Whales of the Silver Bank - Breaching

There are four types of breaching you will witness during your Whales of the Silver Bank Expedition. A spinning head breach, chin breach, tail breach and lunge breach. This may be a form of solicitation, warning device or just a way of having fun.

 

spinning head breachSpinning Head Breach
A spinning head breach is when a whale comes out of the water, head first, twisting its body, left or right, arching its back, landing on its side or back.

chin breachChin Breach
A chin breaches is when the whale comes out of the water, lunging forward and up, stretching out, moving straight ahead; chin down as it returns to the water.

dorsal finTail Breach
A tail breach is when the whale raises the majority of its body out of the water straight back and up into the air and then twisting its body as it returns to the sea.

humpback whalesLunge Breach
A lunge breach is when the whale comes charging out of the water at about a twenty-three degree angle, typically very fast and during rowdy groups.

 

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