2011 06-23 SB Channel

Blues and Humpbacks on the feeding grounds including a rare series of two Humpbacks chin-slapping (mini-breach) simultaneously.

Image #1 of 2: Two Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) simultaneously execute a partial breach, also known as a "chin slap."
Megaptera novaeangliae breaching 2011 Channel 035
Image #2 of 2: Two Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) simultaneously execute a partial breach, also known as a "chin slap."
Megaptera novaeangliae breaching 2011 Channel 036
A friendly giant. A Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) visits the Condor Express.
Balaenoptera musculus passengers 2011 Channel 002
A Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) shows off its tail flukes. Special guest "Marilyn" Monroe was there to see the show.
Megaptera novaeangliae passengers 2011 Channel 009
Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) tail.
Megaptera novaeangliae passengers 2011 Channel 005
Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) spout.
Megaptera novaeangliae 2011 Channel 004
Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) spout.
Megaptera novaeangliae passengers 2011 Channel 002
Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) tail fluke waterfall.
Balaenoptera musculus tail fluke waterfall 2011 Channel 019
Extra wide. Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) tail.
Balaenoptera musculus tail fluke 2011 Channel 021
Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) head and spout.
Balaenoptera musculus 2011 Channel 006
Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) right flanks and dorsal fin.
Balaenoptera musculus 2011 Channel 015
Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) and its friend, the Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis).
Balaenoptera musculus Delphinus capensis 2011 Channel 010
Close up look at a Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) spouting.
Balaenoptera musculus 2011 Channel 025
Mother (right) and her calf (left) Blue Whales (Balaenoptera musculus).
Balaenoptera musculus cow calf 2011 Channel 002
Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) and a raft of California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus).
Balaenoptera musculus Zalophus raft 2011 Channel 024
Santa Cruz Island Dudleya (Dudleya nesiotica).
Dudleya nesiotica Painted Cave wall 2011 Sta Cruz 003
One goes left, the other goes right: Risso's Dolphins (Grampus griseus).
Grampus griseus 2011 Channel 005
Tall dorsal fin of a Risso's Dolphin (Grampus griseus).
Grampus griseus 2011 Channel 002
A Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) being led by Pacific White-sided Dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens).
Megaptera novaeangliae Lagenorhynchus obliquidens 2011 Channel 099
Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) chin slapping.
Megaptera novaeangliae chin slap 2011 Channel 060
Close look at a Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) spouting.
Megaptera novaeangliae spout 2011 Channel 101
Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) tail.
Megaptera novaeangliae tail 2011 Channel 018
Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) tail fluke waterfall.
Megaptera novaeangliae tail fluke waterfall 2011 Channel 013
Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) tail fluke.
Megaptera novaeangliae tail 2011 Channel 102
Three Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
Megaptera novaeangliae THREE 2011 Channel 095
Sometimes a Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) will lay its tail flat on the surface like this....not a diving maneuver.
Megaptera novaeangliae tail resting 2011 Channel 017
Various color variants of the Ochre Star (Pisaster ochraceus) in the intertidal zone - Santa Cruz Island.
Pisaster ochraceus Painted Cave intertidal 2011 Sta Cruz Island 003
Two Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
Megaptera novaeangliae TWO 2011 Channel 003
Two Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae).
Megaptera novaeangliae TWO 2011 Channel 001
Tons of fun - California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus) hauled out on the rocky cliffs at Santa Cruz Island.
Zalophus californianus 2011 Channel 015

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2011 06-23 SB Channel