2011 06-25 SB Channel
Blue Whale mother & calf; Humpback Whale mother & calf, and both species feeding on krill on the surface. Three trips today: two oil seep tours up to Platform Holly, and an afternoon whale watch in the breeze.
Read MoreA very tiny Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) calf. For you Condor Express veterans, this calf is the child of "Rope," a mature female we have seen almost every season for the past 9 or 10 years. Rope gets her name from the fact that she was entangled in fishing gear and had a rope tightly wound around her when she was first identified. She somehow shed the rope and is left with a prominent scar around her body which is how we identify her nowadays. This is her 3rd calf in ten years.