As the Turks & Caicos Explorer II pulls the mooring for the final time and leaves the Silver Bank behind, we are joined by yet another pod of dolphins riding the wake of the bow.
Blow after blow around the mooring and all over the four square mile area we monitor. Again this week, we came across an abundant amount of mothers and calves, sometimes three pairs in the same area.
Early the next morning, with the wind very calm, we saw multiple blows in the south-south east. A rowdy group, high in energy and numbers. Seven whales all fighting for the chance with a female.
Over the last four weeks we have watched this particular pair become more and more comfortable with our tenders and the guests in the water. The adult female, when coming up from being settled, now comes to us head on…
…when seemingly out of nowhere, about one hundred feet away, up comes the enormous fluke, high above the surface of the water before lowering again. Once we see the whale take a few breaths and dive beneath the surface again, we make our slow approach…
For the first two days we continued to get into the water with mother and calf pairs, many that we recognize from previous encounters. As time goes on, the whales become more comfortable with us and while mothers log at the surface in front of the guests…
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