Whale Watching

We decided not to take a whale watching excursion.  There were many options available.  Almost too many to choose from.  That means the whale watching that we did was from the cruise line. 




Whale #1

One thing you need to know when choosing a whale watching tour is that they might guarantee that you will see a whale.  If one person sees a spout of water, the back of the whale break the surface or the fluke break the surface then they have been successful.  There is a slightly higher chance of seeing something impressive on a tour.  But then again, if you hit it on the wrong day or time you barely see anything. 



Whale #2

We saw 4-5 whales.  I can't tell you what kind of whales they were because all that we saw were the water spout and part of the back and/or a fluke.  It was difficult to tell how far away they were but we guessed half a mile to a mile away.



Whale #2 further away

Then on one buss tour we drove by a bay and someone in the back of the bus yelled, "a whale!"  You know that everyone stood out and tried to look out the window.  The bus driver calmly said, "Those are refered to as rock whales.  Sorry, people but it is not a real whale."



"Rock Whale"