Whale Watch Reports

During our Whale Watching excursions today we witnessed some different behavior from our resident Gray Whales. While they normally dive down to feed off the bottom, there was a bunch of surface actitivy leading us to believe that the whales decided to possibly feed on some floating crab larvae or a small crustacean such as krill. When it comes to...
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Another day, another whale! Today we were very pleased to see a number of individual Gray Whales traveling straight then a little ways south of Depoe Bay. As the Northern migration comes to an end, the whales we see this time of year are our residents. These guys will stick around until the end of summer when they move along to different...
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Passengers and crew of the Sunrise got a two for one deal during their fishing trip this morning! While out Bottom Fishing some Gray Whales decided to cruise by and wave a farewell flipper to their bony finned friends. As Gray Whales are baleen cetaceans, bottom fish (rockfish and ling cod) are not part of their daily diets but the whales do gather amphipod...
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We sent out our whale watching fleet today and they came back with more reports of Gray Whales! When you come out with us, you may notice these animals have patches of white scattered about their bodies. Would you believe that those patches are actually living animals as well? They are clusters of barnacles! On a full grown Gray Whale,...
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As the summer months begin we get the privilage of spotting some of the nearly 200 resident Gray Whales that frequent the Oregon Coast off Depoe Bay. The Morning Star and the Mariner were successful today in the ongoing quest to visit these giant denizens of the sea. The term "resident" when it applies to marine species means that the animals do not migrate to...
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