Month: August 2016

9:00am- A dismal report from Captain Larry on the Ocean Explorer greeted us as we left he harbor at 9:00am: he had seen nothing on his early morning whale watching …

9:00am- Calm seas greeted us this morning, making animals easy to find! Capt Ryan found a pod of 300 common dolphin right off the bat, just 1.5 miles from Newport …

9:00am- 3oo common dolphin 11:30am- 200 common dolphin 3:00pm- 1 humpback whale, 200 common dolphin

11:30am- Just one trip today. We had to punch through some fog to begin with, but it opened up to clear skies just a few miles beyond the harbor. Sightings were …

9:00am- Clear skies and calm seas! It was to be the only opportunity we had to whale watch today as the weather soon turned rough. Starting out about 2 miles …

9:00am- 200 common dolphin, 50 bottlenose dolphin 11:30am- 2 humpback whales, 200 common dolphin 3:00pm- 50 common dolphin  

9:00am- Yesterday marked 27 days in a row that we had seen humpback whales; the challenge was on to make it another day with whales! Capt Ryan and Capt Taylor …

9:00am-1 humpback whale, 200 common dolphin 11:30am-1 humpback whale, 400 common dolphin 3:00pm- 100 common dolphins

9:00am- 1 humpback whale, 300 common dolphin 11:30am- 1 humpback whale, 200 common dolphin 3:00pm- 100 common dolphin

9:00am- 1 humpback whale, 300 common dolphin 11:30am- 2 humpback whales, 1 minke whale,  500 common dolphin 3:00pm- 1 humpback whale, 2 minke whales, 500 common dolphin