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“The Sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.” 
Jacques Cousteau

Humpback Tour of the Year

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I am so blessed to see marine life daily what is the experience of a lifetime for most people who tour with me. I think of Jacques Cousteau and his words “The Sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.”

The sea conditions were forecast to be less than 2 foot, but we had some pretty good sized 4-foot seas that I was trying hard to keep the boat steady so that I could take photographs. This whale in today’s photoblog is DoubleDrop. In some, you can see his baleen when his mouth is partially open. You can see where his eye is, but I don’t see one where his eyes are open.

Added Edit: I looked through the photos in this blog and noticed the poor Steller Sea Lion bull did not even get a mention. The worlds largest sea lion species that frequent our Salish Sea. Other than the whales the only mammal in the Salish Sea larger than a Steller Sea Lion is the Elephant Seal, which is a rare sighting for us.

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