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Whale Watch

Thousands of whales make their way
through Oregon each Spring and Fall.

Passing on their way from Alaska to the calm lagoons of Baja, California to breed.

Whales only travel about 1 to 3 miles per hour.

December through February they head south and March through May they head north, so viewing whales, almost all year is possible.

Their round trip will be around 12oo miles.

The gray whale is the most common one seen, weighing in at 45 tons and 45 feet in length.

The newborn calf will weigh 15oo pounds.

One of the most interesting things about these mamuals is the feeding habits. They feed off the bottom in sand and mud, eating crabs, shellfish and worms.

Whales can stay down a long time when they feed, before coming up for air. The blow is the vapor left in the air like a white puff and is 15 feet high.

This blow, is what you watch for when you are looking for them. It is not easy to see. The best time to watch for whale is early morning, when the water is still and has little white caps on it.

We recently returned for California and Oregon going up Hwy 101.

At Patricks Point in Trinadad, California we were told a mother and her calf were at Wedding Rock.

The calf was just a week old,as close as anyone knew.

Getting to Wedding Rock is a climb but so worth it, there is a wonderful view of the ocean and you are high enough to see the whale if there are any.

We were lucky in seeing the mother by finding the blow. It would be 10 minutes between blows and she would move around in different spots. The calf was harder to see as it stayed by her side when she came back up.

I took some pictures but they don't show up like you would think they would. I got discouraged and decided to put my camera away. 

Just as I did so and was watching the baby all by himself, he came out of the water and slapped his tail or fluke.

I was really upset then. But what a thrill that was, we had never seen a whale do that before. 

 

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