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11 May 2007, 3:34 pm / Happy
My partner and I have a vacation place on Cape Cod--Provincetown. P'town is famous for "whale watching", and since I'm coming to trust Dramamine more and more, we're starting to go out on the boats more often.
On Monday, we had the best whale watch trip EVER. We saw 11 - 15 humpbacks CLOSE up, 2 finbacks very close (they're HUGE), and a whole bunch of white sided dolphin.
Within minutes of leaving the harbor there was a humpback, diving, showing his/her fluke. The naturalist said that whale had been around "for days", but we weren't going to stop because we were heading out to Stellwagen Bank where there was a whole group, feeding. Stellwagen is a famous area where the whales come to feed. About 80 minutes in, we were *surrounded* by humpbacks and a few finbacks. It was ***inredible***. Everywhere you looked, there were spouts, fins, heads, flukes...it was a whale watching DREAM. Lots of white sided dolphin, some cow/calf pairs, and everything was super-active today. The weather was clear and about 60, and the seas and wind were calm. What a day to be on the water!
The best part was comign back in...that humpback that we didn't bother stopping for on the way out was still there. We were sitting downstairs, facing backwards, thank goodness. That whale just HURLED itself out of the water in a full breach. We jumped up and shouted to the people next to us, who missed it. Then, it did it again...SEVEN times in a row that whale breached. It was absolutely beautiful there, in between the lighthouses, just having a grand ol' time all by itself.
We also went back out yesterday, but Monday was better. We were really hoping to see a Right Whale. The sighting reports have been amazing: http://whalesight.kissblogs.com/blog/_archives/2007/5/4/2926098.html
Spring is the best time to whale watch on Cape Cod! 
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