Seal Day

Quick trip to a very open Children's pool. Usually, This beach is void of people, open for hundreds of seals to settle up on the beach only. Today, the beach was filled with people, both on the beach and in the water snorkeling with a few seal pups.

Eclipse

                              

                                          Captain Courageous, Careful and Calm, Careens towards Cetacean

                                         

                                             Karl and the Blue Whale... Paddleboarding in for the Krill



Blue Haze

A Spur-of-the-Moment day on the boat brings a beautiful bounty of Blue whale happenings! We venture straight out, using a distant white vessel as our steady way point. As the boat grew larger and larger, closer and closer, a spout is spotted starboard the apparent commercial whale watcher. As we investigated closer, we found ourselves following two giant Blue Whales, the largest animals on Earth! A spout and spray every few minutes kept us tight on their tales, without us getting too mesmerized in their beauty. It wasn't long before the Whales' motives became clear: lurking just below the surface were balls of a tiny shrimp-like animal called krill. The pinkie nail-sized crustacean, ironically, is the main food source for the world's largest Mammal! Out of no where, a large side flipper cuts through the surface followed by a speeding mass of gray flesh as the animal curves through the water, gulping up as much of the red it can grab. Truly a magnificent sight!

                                         Apologies for the poor quality, but this image depicts the feeding 100-ft. Blue Whale