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Whale, Dolphin & Wildlife Sightings Report 2021

May 1: 2 Humpback Whales & 1 male King Eider Bird *

May 2: 2 Humpback Whales *

May 5: Cancelled due to high seas

May 8: 12PM – 2 Pectoral Slapping Whales; 5pm: – 2 Whales & 1 Beautiful Sunset *

May 12: 2 Dolphin Pods over 200 * Awesome Jumping Show *

May 15: (Private Charter) Jumping Dolphin Pod *

May 16: Humpback Whale & Wake Riding Dolphins *

May 19:  Humpback Whale Feeding * delightful Dolphins *

May 22: 12pm – 2 Humpback Whales * Tail Slapping *Breaching; 5pm Sunset: Humpback Whale Breaching  * Tail Slap *

May 23: 2 Humpback Pectoral Slapping Whales *

May 26: Humpback Whale *

May 29 & May 30: Cancelled due to high winds

May 31: 2 Whales Swimming in Tandem *

June 2: Tail Throwing Humpback Whale  * 50+ Dolphin Pod * Great Trip *

June 5: 12pm~ Awesome Humpback Whale & Pod of 100+ Leaping, Jumping Dolphins ~ Swimming Together; 5pm Sunset: Humback Whale & Pod of Dolphins * GREAT DAY!

June 9:  RARE SIGHT ~ Dolphin riding on the NOSE of one of the  Humpback Whales * Total Sightings… 2 Lunge Feeding Humpback Whales Swimming with 100+ Playful, Leaping, Jumping Dolphins * A Great AP ADVENTURE

June 12: 12pm ~Pod of  Dolphins; 5pm Sunset ~ Breaching Humpback Whale & Pod of Dolphins *

June 13: BEST TRIP OF THE SEASON! 6 Tail Throwing, Breaching, Lunge Feeding, Pectoral Slapping Humpback Whales  PLUS OVER 300 Bottlenose Dolphins *  AWESOME SIGHT!

June 16: 2 Humpback Whales & Pod of over 300 Playing & Leaping Bottlenose Dolphins *  

June 17: 5 Humpback Whales * Lunge Feeding * 400 Bottlenose Dolphins * SPECTACULAR DAY

June 18: 3 Humpback Whales* FULL BODY BREACH* Tail Slapping  * Beautiful Pod of  Dolphins

June 19: 12 pm ~ 4 Humpback Whales~ 2 Swimming in Tandem * Lunging * POD of Dolphins;  5pm: 3 Humpback Whales ~ 1 Breaching * Pod of Dolphin *

June 20:  4 Humpback Whales  ~ 1 Lunging *  2 Tandem Swimming * Pod of 200 Dolphin *  DELIGHTFUL DAY on the WATER!

June 23: Minke Whale & 2 Pods of Dolphins * Picture Perfect Day on the Water!

June 24: 2 Humpback Whales * Pectoral Slapping  * Pod of Dolphins *

June 25: 2 Humpback Whales ~ Tail Throw * Pod of 60 Dolphins *

June 26 12pm: 2 Humpback Whales * 1 Breaching * Tail Slapping  *

July 3 12pm: 2 Humpback Whales Swimming in Tandem; 5pm: 5 Humpback Whales * 1 Humpback Breaching* 2 Swimming in Tandem * Pod of Beautiful Dolphin * AWESOME DAY!!!

July 4: 2 Humpback Whales* Tail Lobbing * Breaching  & Beautiful Dolphins *

July 5: Lunge Feeding Humpback Whale & 300 Bottlenose Dolphins

July 7: Pod of 150 Playful Bottleneck Dolphins!

July 8: Breaching, Lunge Feeding Humpback Whale *  Pod of Bottlenose Dolphins

July 10 12pm:  1 Minke Whale * 2 Lunge Feeding Humpback Whales * 2 Pods of Dolphins *5pm: SUNSET: Breaching & Pectoral Slapping Humpback Whale * Pod of 100 Dolphins *

July 11: 3 Humpback Whales * Lunge Feeding * Pod of Bottlenose Dolphins * WHALES AND DOLPHIN FEEDING TOGETHER! AMAZING SIGHT * JERRY IS BACK!

July 14: 2 Humpback Whales, Dolphins, a few Cownose Rays & lots of Wilson Storm Petrels

July 15, 12pm:  1 Minke Whale * Pod of 100 Playful/Feeding Dolphins * 2 Thresher Sharks * Cownose Rays! 5pm, SUNSET: Lunge Feeding Humpback Whale * Dolphins * Cownose Rays * Spinner Sharks *

July 16: Awesome Lunge Feeding Humpback Whales!

July 17 12pm: 3 Humpback Whales * 2 Swimming in Tandem* Pectoral Slapping/Waving; 5pm: 3 Humpback Whales * DOUBLE LUNGE FEEDING * Breaching *

July 18: 20 Thresher & Spinner Sharks * FEEDING FRENZY *

July 21: Incredible Day on the Princess! 2 Breaching, Feeding, Tail Throwing, Pectoral Slapping, DOUBLE LUNGING HUMPBACK WHALES & Pod of 100 Delightful Dolphins, Plus 2nd Pod of WAVE RIDING DOLPHINS!

7/22: Humpback Whale

7/23: 2 Humpback Whales  *  Tail Throwing * Lunge Feeding

7/24, 12pm: 3 Humpback Whales * Lunge Feeding * Tail Throwing * Breachng * Pectoral Waving; 5pm: 2 Lunge Feeding, Double Tail Throwing Humpback Whales

7/25: Tail Throwing, Breaching, Humpback Whale *  Pod of 70 PLAYFUL Dolphins

7/26 SPECIAL ALL DAY SEAFARI: 3 Humpback Whales * Lunge Feeding * 600 Playful Dolphins* 12 Hammerhead Sharks * Cownose Rays * Mola, Mola * Beautiful Trip!

7/28: 5 Humpback Whales * GREAT SHOW 

7/30: 3 Humpback Whales (One being JERRY)  2 Humpbacks Swimming in Tandem & Tail Throwing *  Pod of 50 Dolphins

7/31: 12pm Noon, 2 Humpback whales  * JUMPING SHARKS * 50 Dolphin * Cownose Rays; 5pm: 5 Active Humpback Whales * Lunge Feeding * DOUBLE LUNGING * Tail Throwing * 20 Bottlenose Dolphins *

 8/1:  6 Humpback Whales * 2 Simming in Tandem * Lunge Feeding * Possible Minke Whale * Pod of  25 Dolphins *

8/4: 5 Humpback Whales  * Lunging * Tail Throwing & Tail Slapping * Breaching *  Great Day to be Whale Watching!

8/6: 1 Lunge Feeding Humpback Whale * 15 Cownose Rays *  Lots of Wilson Storm Petrels *

8/7 12pm: Lunge & Subsurface Feeding Humpback Whale; 5pm: Pectoral Slapping Humpback Whale* Pod of Dolphins *

8/11: 12 Feeding Sharks; Threshers, Spinners, Black Tips

8/12: Bottlenose dolphin Bonanza

8/13: 15 Spinner Sharks

8/14 12pm: Pod of Bottlenose Dolphins; 5pm “JERRY” Well known & followed Humpback Whale!!!

8/15: Humpback Whale * Pod of 200 Dolphins * Picture Perfect Day!

8/19: 12pm Pod of Bottlenose Dolphins; 5pm: 60 Bottlenose Dolphins * 12-18 Spinner Sharks

8/20: Minke Whale & Pod of Bottlenose Dolphins

8/25: Pod of 125 Delightful, Playful Bottlenose Dolphins

8/26 12pm:  ~ 2 Humpback Whales * SPY HOPPING * Tail & Pectoral Slapping; 5pm: ~2 Humpback Whales * FULL BODY BREACH * Lunge Feeding *

8/27: Humpback Whale ~ Lunge Feeding

8/29:Hudson Canyon Whale Exploration:  1000 PILOT WHALES, Lots of mixed inshore/offshore Bottlenose/Rissos/Common Dolphins * 3 Loggerhead Sea Turtles * 1 Breaching Mahi Mahi * Several Sharks* 1 Entangled Humpback Whale *Flying Fish * Lots of Great Sheerwaters & Autobahn Sheerwa * Wilson Petrels

 9/3: 2 Humpback Whales! Beautiful Day on the Water!

9/4: 12pm: 2 Humpback Whales * 1 Lunge Feeding, Tail Lobbing; 5pm: Humpback Whale

9/6: 4 Whales: 3 Humpback Whales * 1 Minke * 150-200 Bottlenose Dolphins * Cownose Rays ~ Gorgeous day on the ocean!

9/8: Pod of Bottlenose Dolphins

9/10: Amazing Pod of Leaping Bottlenose Dolphins

9/11 12pm: Pod of 175 Leaping & Playing Bottlenose Dolphins & Awesome Breaching & Pectoral Slapping Humpback Whale; 4pm: 2 Humpback Whales * Breaching

9/12: 2 Breaching Humpback Whales* Pod of Bow & stern Riding Bottlenose Dolphins

9/15: Breaching, Lunge Feeding, Tail Slapping, Humpback Whale

9/18, 12pm: 2 Humpback Whales * 1 Breaching * 4:30pm

9/19: 1 Minke Whale*  4 Humpback Whales * Lunge Feeding * 100 Bottlenose Dolphin * Perfect Day, Flat Seas!

9/22 : 4 Humpback Whales * Breaching *  Pod of  50 Playful, Wake-Riding, Tail-Slapping Bottlenose Dolphins 

9/25, 12pm: 2 Humpback Whales & 75 Bottlenose Dolphins; 5pm Sunset: Breaching, Pectoral Slapping Humpback Whale * Minke Whale & Pod of Bottlenose Dolphins

9/26: 2 Humpback Whales (1 being JERRY ! ) * Tail Slapping, Tail Throwing * Pectoral Slapping, PLUS 40 Bottlenose Dolphins * WAKE RIDING!

9/29: 2 Humpback Whales & 35 Wake Riding Bottlenose Dolphins!

10/1: Humpback Whale & Pod of Bottlenose Dolphins 

10/2: Humpback Whale & Pod of 200 Bottlenose Dolphins ~ an AMAZING DAY!

10/13: 2 Humpback Whales * Tail Slapping!

10/15: Lunge Feeding Humpback Whale ~ BEAUTIFUL DAY ON THE WATER!

10/16: Lunge Feeding Humpback Whale!

10/17: Lunge Feeding Humpback Whale ~ AMAZING DAY!

10/23: Humpback Whale &  Bottlenose Dolphins

10/24: BEST DOLPHIN SHOW IN YEARS ~ 200 COMMON DOLPHINS * LEAPING, BOW RIDING, & TALKING * AUDIBLE CLICKING & WHISTLING!

11/20: Bottlenose Dolphins & 1st HARBOR SEAL OF THE SEASON!

11/21: Bottlenose Dolphins 

11/28: TAIL LOBBING HUMPBACK WHALE!

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