Yesterday’s once in a lifetime encounter! We were joined on the boat by the lovely Brenda Tregunna who spotted a work up way out on the horizon by dodman point. As we made our way over, gannets started pouring into the water and we saw fins below them. When we got close we noticed there were around 50 common dolphins feeding on a large bait ball under the water. All of a sudden we heard a loud sound to the side of us “similar to that of a jumbo jet”. This was our first sight of the first whale. The next time it came up was right in front of the boat! After watching this small 30ft fin whale feed, we were just about to leave the feeding frenzy when we heard another burst of sound from behind us. To our amazement a SECOND fin whale had joined the commotion. This whale must have been 70 feet long! Mesmerised by the sheer size of this individual we stayed and watched as it displayed an unusual feeding behaviour. It began coming right to the surface on its side, showing off one side of its huge tail and we even got to see the baleen of one of the individuals as seen in photo 8. What an absolutely mind blowing encounter (especially as it was my first ever whale). Once again nature treated us to a beautiful interaction, bringing us not one but two of the world’s second largest animal on our planet. There will be more posts to come from this incredible trip so stay tuned folks!
Em x
(All photos by me)
