![]() ![]() My first thought was, Wow, I smell terrible. On land, an animal as large as the fin whale would almost certainly be crushed under its own weight.A few years ago, a finback whale snotted all over me during a whale-watching trip off Santa Barbara, California. Their incredible size is only possible because of their aquatic lifestyles and the buoyancy provided by seawater. Reaching lengths of at least 85 feet (26 m) and weights of 80 tons, this species is second only to its close relative, the blue whale. The fin whale is the second largest animal to ever live, in the entire history of Earth. Join us soon the trips get better as we head towards fall whale migration season. The whale is so huge it did not fit in my cameras view here are some of the photos i took. we found it Wednesday.The families on the boat went crazy see to humpback whales come close to the boat and then we saw the finback whale and we observed it just swimming along. Danielle our naturalist had been talking for days about 2 Finback whales being off the coast of Sandy Hook. We were all excited to see a Finback whale on our trip. Trip summary! 5 finbacks (including one that was pushing 70 feet! Look at the size of that head!), 2 minkes (but probably more), about 100 short-beaked common dolphins, 3 sea turtles, 1 shark, and 1 inshore humpback! Quite a day! Jersey Shore Whale Watch Gotham Whale Reflecting on the experience, the best part was the never ending laughter and beauty shared among friends new and old.įrom our naturalist on board, her report is very short to the point. ![]() It was crazy! Got some tail shots and the perfect day on the water came to an end. I mean really next to the boat, immediately in front and along side the boat. Well, you know how you always think, wouldn’t it be great if the whale would surface right in front of the boat? Well it did. Then the excitement: something was flapping or jumping… was it a shark or a whale? A Humpback whale. It was such a great day but no humpbacks,……until the end! Captain Dave took the scenic way home from the south so that we passed by Sea Side. Otherwise they wind up in the ocean and some whale or other wildlife swallows them and it causes all types of issues. Please dispose of the helium balloons properly. It was the head of the turtle! Loggerhead SeaTurtleīalloons: we fished out Spider-Man, and a happy 21 or 11 birthday along with others. I couldn’t figure out what this orange colored round type of object was. More whales, dolphins, jumping fish, shark, tuna and a sea turtle or two. 9( Wilson Storm Petrels )We were told to look for a bird with a white face and were told they found it. Unfortunately, I don’t remember any the the bird names. The birders had food that they were putting out to attract the birds and the birders were enjoying themselves. So huge! Some maybe 80 -85 feet long! Whereas the minke whales are small, 25 feet or less.ĭolphins were swimming with the whales and also swimming with the boat. The boat, the Queen Mary from Point Pleasant, has an upper and lower level so much room for 27 passengers to move about.Īs we approached the area of where the tuna fishing boats were, we saw our first Fin back and Minke Whales. Started with a beautiful sunrise! Does it get any better than a sunrise over the ocean? Next, time to enjoy some bagels and coffee compliments of Captain Dave. Went on a 12 hour whale watching, bird exploration trip to the Triple Sea Wreck area about 40-50 miles off of the coast. ![]() Bluefin tuna everywhere near the Atlantic Princess wreck site NJ.dolphins, and some of them were racing each other.Still need to go through my pictures but wanted to get this post up ! ![]()
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