Whale Tales

We joined a group of State Park Docents on a whale watching trip. The fog had lifted and it was a beautiful day. There were about twenty people on board.

We headed out of the harbor and passed Morro Rock.

We left the harbor and saw spouts almost immediately. There was no doubt that we were going to see whales. They were all over in every direction. These are the Humpback Whales and they were swimming and feeding in groups.

We were close enough to hear them breathing and smell their stinky breath.

They would swim along side the boat with us and then flip up their tail as they made a deep dive. We were not in very deep water so they didn't stay down very long.

This guy was just swimming along and then with a big breath and a flip of his tail he dives down deep.

and a flip of his tail he went down deep.

 The smooth spot in the water is called a footprint and is where a third whale just took a deep dive.


We saw four Blue Whales. They are much larger and lighter in color.

 As we were turning the boat to head back in, this guy gave us a wave!

These Sea Lions welcomed us back into the harbor.

Morro Rock from out in the ocean.