Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Day 5: Whale Watching Cruise

Today we boarded the boat DISCOVERY with the Pacific Whale Foundation in hopes of getting a closer look at some humpback whales.  Within 5 minutes of leaving the harbor we spot 2 humpbacks.   We then moved on and 20 minutes later we spotted 3 more and we remained in this area as these 3 were giving a wonderful show and great photo opportunity's.   We only had 1 whale give a breach that is when the whale come straight out of the water head first then falls over, we missed it as it happened on the other side of the boat.  We were also treated to a rare siting of a false Killer Whale (a dolphin) this dolphin is very aggressive (A Bully)  of the Dolphin Family.

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