Good Evening Mammals,

This afternoon we returned to same region as we explored on our 9am trip on the Cetacea.  The sea conditions on the Southwest Corner came alive, and we were tasked with telling blows apart from whitecaps while our craft pitched and rolled like a rolling stone.  These elusive animals surfaced with brevity, only to have their shallow fluking dives cloaked in rough seas that obscured their fluke patterns.  We could also see a couple of humpback beasts breaching in the far distance. 

Passengers were rewarded for their perseverance with a great send-off by two humpbacks who made a beeline for our bow, only to swim single-file under our pulpits!  One of these whales had a T-3 fluke photographed earlier on our 9am trip, and as of now the answer to this whale’s identity is blowing in the wind.  An appropriate theme of intrigue for a whale watch on Bob Dylan’s birthday!  We estimate our sightings to be from 7-9 humpbacks, not including the numerous whale blows boiling from the distant seas along Provincetown.

Thank you for reading of our exploits and we hope you will partake in this fantastic holiday weather!

Peace and Love,

Rich & Laura Howes

Unknown fluke. Laura Howes, BHC lead naturalist

2nd sighted whale crossing bow. Laura Howes, BHC naturalist

1st sighted humpback diving. Laura Howes, BHC lead naturalist

Harbor seal. Rich Dolan, BHC naturalist