Today was one of those days you just didn’t want to end. From start to finish it was just incredible. We had beautiful weather and flat calm seas and of course the whales didn’t disappoint either.

The highlights from our sightings included a pod of Common Dolphins to start our day in the morning trip.

These dolphins are so beautiful and so much fun to watch. They tend to be active and are very fast!

They’re normally a challenge to photograph, but everything just aligned perfectly yesterday allowing us to get some amazing up close and personal looks! Some of the calves within this pod were very young as they still had some visible fetal folds.

Our day ended further away from home, but it was well worth going the extra miles! We came upon one Humpback Whale which turned into two and then a third one popped up! They were doing some napping (or logging) as they rested quietly at the surface.

Once they woke up, feeding was on their agenda as they began bubble feeding! The first bubble net that they blew was right off our bow giving us an unforgettable look at this incredible behavior!

We were able to identify two of these individuals pretty quickly; NA-0379 “Crown” and NA-0688 “Nile”. The third took us some time, but eventually we were able to determine it was NA-0331 “Scylla”. It was pretty incredible seeing this trio of adult female working in unison to feed.

Throughout the day we also spotted Harbor Porpoise, White-sided Dolphins, Finback Whales, and another juvenile Humpback who has yet to be named. I’ll be posting more photos soon.

A HUGE thank you to Cape Ann Whale Watch for an INCREDIBLE day! You never disappoint!

-Mandy