Over the next few days we'll be patrolling the small islands around Salt Cay, Turks & Caicos, looking for Humpback whales. The past few days our diving off Provo turned up no whales.... bummer... whales singing in the distance, but no whales visually. We did see black tip reef sharks, sting rays, turtles and more , buuttttt........
The next day.... we had our first encounter with Humpbacks... a mother, a first year calf and escort. The calf is 6-8 weeks. The escort is a male, maybe the father, who is showing the mum he is a good protector and defender for her young one. He will stay by her side as long as she accepts him. Mum is about 35 ft long....crazzzyyyy. And that`s approx. a 14-15 ft baby....
Later in the day we had the privilege of seeing a 2 day old newborn being raised to the surface repeatedly, minute after minute, by the mothers nose to instigate the breathing process...amazing. She will stay down here for 6-8 weeks to allow her little one to mature for the journey north to their summer feeding areas.
Tomorrow...more intense searching...
Tomorrow...more intense searching...
