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2025 Flotilla to Alaska Day 30 - Explorer Basin to Red Bluff Bay

by Laura Domela 27 Jun 2025 22:26 PDT
More bubblenet feeding - 2025 Flotilla to Alaska © Laura Domela

So many more whales this morning, right off the bat as we exited Explorer Basin, outside of Tebenkof Bay.

Breaching, bubble net feeding, tail-slapping, fin-slapping, all of it! Weather was super gray and foggy but conditions were calm so we just hung out and floated around for quite a while, watching the show.

And a few more for identification purpose (we saw some of the same whales as yesterday, but identified three more new ones).

Humpback Streetlamp, male, SEAK-2010 - 2025 Flotilla to Alaska - photo © Laura Domela
Humpback Streetlamp, male, SEAK-2010 - 2025 Flotilla to Alaska - photo © Laura Domela

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