<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:tahoma,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div><ul><li>Sunday, 4.20, 12pm<br></li><li>Speed Twin</li><li>2 Grays<br></li><li>By Coal Oil Point</li></ul><ul><li>Sunday, 4.20, 3pm<br></li><li>Speed Twin<br></li><li>1 Humpback<br></li><li>By the oil rigs</li></ul>On the noon trip there were about 28 passengers. We headed out towards Santa Cruz with no luck. We then met up with the Condor by Coal Oil Point to check in on a solo fast travelling Gray. Then a couple of passengers spotted another solo Gray out near Platform Holly. Time was running out so we only stayed with the fast traveller for a few minutes when it sounded and we headed back to Stearn's Wharf.<br><br>On the late afternoon trip there were only 5 paying passengers, and couple of the Speed Twin's crews daughters on board. We headed out to the oil rigs as Captain Steve got word there was a
Humpback in the area. The seas were rough, with swells over 6, but the passengers really enjoyed the ride. Captain Steve spotted a blow of the solo Humpback and brought us to the area he saw it last. The crew and I looked for over 10 minutes with no sighting. The passengers were asked to stay in the galley as the swells were pretty big while we searched. I was at the bow of the boat when off in the distance I see the Humpback breach. I yelled up to Captain Steve to let him know and just then a strong breeze picked my new Naturalist Corps baseball cap right off my head and it ended up in the water! Steve saw it happen and decided to go after it! After a few minutes the crew was able to retrieve it and off we went to see the Humpback. We got to the area where it was last spotted and the passengers came out on deck. Then out of the depths it breached! The passengers, the crew, and myself were pretty excited. We watched it for over a half hour before we had
to head back. As we were heading back and everyone went back to the galley Captain Steve said that the whale was pec slapping. So Steve's daughter, one of the passengers and I went to see what was happening. We watched the whale pec slapping and slapping its' fluke over 30 times as we headed back full speed to the wharf.<br><br>Another great day at sea!<br><br></div></div></body></html>