Blue Ocean Whale Tour, Moss Landing CA

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Blue Ocean Whale Tour, Moss Landing CA

Postby avalen » Sun Jun 14, 2015 11:15 am

What a fabulous day this turned out to be. Although it was a little foggy and misty, it was still fun and well
worth the money to do the Blue Ocean Whale Tour out of Moss Landing California. (Monterrey Bay)
There are several of the whale tours out of that harbor but I'm glad I chose the one I did cause they had
the biggest boat! and when your out there in the open ocean....I want the biggest boat of all! :lol: Saw
a couple in a kayak even and that just scared me, especially when the whales were RIGHT THERE!!
on with the pictures.....
the boat is the one in the middle with the blue and white banner across the top, the top was open seating
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inside and a little outside deck at the back
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the front, and the orange out of focus thingy is life boats (four)
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the first mate fishing balloons out of the water, they do this often
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the captain and the marine biologist (she taught us the whale stuff)
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These guys were everywhere and quite verbal :D loved it but there were signs on the docks warning
folks that they are dangerous and to stay clear of them.
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exiting out the harbor we passed an old pier stand just filled with cormorants, and yes, it stunk bad!
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sea otters that live in the harbor
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me of course
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one of the reasons I need a good camera...several whales breeched and the cell phone camera is just not
quick enough to get the pick..
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off in the distance a whale flaps his fin as if it is waving at us...the captain takes us closer
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there were many many whales and we could actually see the pods and the green circles they would make
in the water. Lots of spouts and the captain took us right up there and we found ourselves right in
the middle of these pods! At one point one breached right to my left and of course I didn't get the shot.
But it was something I will never forget! Oh, and I didn't get seasick one bit, some folks on the boat did.
Somewhere with Ava and Maggie
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Re: Blue Ocean Whale Tour, Moss Landing CA

Postby MandysMom » Sun Jun 14, 2015 12:01 pm

What a fabulous day! Glad you had fun.
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Re: Blue Ocean Whale Tour, Moss Landing CA

Postby WickedLady » Sun Jun 14, 2015 12:11 pm

Too bad you missed the money shot but you had a good time and that's what counts. Thanks for sharing.
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Re: Blue Ocean Whale Tour, Moss Landing CA

Postby mtngal » Sun Jun 14, 2015 12:38 pm

Awesome day Alice! Great pics too.
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Re: Blue Ocean Whale Tour, Moss Landing CA

Postby BirdbyBird » Sun Jun 14, 2015 1:01 pm

Good photos are only one thing. Great memories are the best. :)
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Re: Blue Ocean Whale Tour, Moss Landing CA

Postby gingerK » Sun Jun 14, 2015 3:42 pm

Wonderful Ava, so glad you had a good time.
Any day spent in the company of my animals is a good day.
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Re: Blue Ocean Whale Tour, Moss Landing CA

Postby Liz » Sun Jun 14, 2015 5:35 pm

Great day you had, so glad you could enjoy, and your pictures will help you remember it all.
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Re: Blue Ocean Whale Tour, Moss Landing CA

Postby Bethers » Sun Jun 14, 2015 6:37 pm

Lots of my blurry and bad pictures bring back the memory the most - so don't feel bad about them - and I save almost all of them :) You had a wonderful day, wonderful whales, wonderful memories - that's what it's all about!
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Re: Blue Ocean Whale Tour, Moss Landing CA

Postby Liz » Sun Jun 14, 2015 7:24 pm

Alice, I sent you a pm.
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Re: Blue Ocean Whale Tour, Moss Landing CA

Postby snowball » Tue Jun 16, 2015 10:47 pm

what a fun day!!! so glad you shared with us
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