Our intern Brooke writes the review today:
Monday, July 17th: Today was one of the best whale watching days of the summer! Our morning 9:30 am trip started off great. We left the inlet and headed North towards Long Branch and for the entire trip we saw tons of bait fish balls sitting right at the surface which was a great sign that our whales were close by. Then, right off of Pier Village we had a whale pop up right next to the boat surprising the crew and everyone on board! He kept coming super close and sticking his head and eyes out of the water to check us out! We stayed with that whale for a little bit before heading back home to prepare for our next trip. On our second trip we saw so many whales we didn’t even know where to look! Again, off of Long Branch we had a breaching whale, a lunge feeding whale, a whale spouting in the distance, and a whale that was flipper slapping very close to the boat! Our guests on board were happily overwhelmed by all the activity around us and everyone got great photos and videos of our active whales! The whales were feeding continuously and acting very playful which made for an incredible day. Today was a beautiful day on the water with amazing whale sightings!