[CINC] CX 7/12

[Cubby Winkel]

Condor Express Thursday July 12, 2012

 

Sightings:

Blue Whales       6

Humpbacks        12

 

Crew:

Captain Mat, Captain Dave & Matt in Galley

 

Naturalists:

Gary Sullivan  PID

Rae Emmett

Cubby Winkel

 

The Condor left the harbor under "Grayshine" skies headed to the area where
so many whales had been sighted yesterday.   As we approached the
coordinates fog began to roll into the area.  The visibility dropped to one
quarter of a mile at the best.  Captain Mat announced it would be difficult
to spot blows in these conditions.  We were actually about three miles East
of yesterdays excellent sightings.  All of a sudden Captain Mat spotted the
back of a Blue Whale off to the port of the boat.  Immediately he manuvered
the boat to see the Blue.  Moments later several Humpbacks surfaced in the
same area.  We watched these Whales and moved with them to the East.  The
fog played games with us all day.  Sometimes it would clear giving us
visibility of about a mile and other times we would be so socked in that we
could only see a few feet off the bow.  During the spells of no visibility
we could hear Whales but not see them.  To say the least it was an
extraordinary day considering the conditions we were subjected to.  One can
only dream about how many Whales we would have seen in clear conditions.

 

Thank you Mat and Dave for an incredible experience!

 

Gary, Rae & Cubby

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