Surrounded by spouts

Here are a few more photos from the pelagic trip to Cordell Bank last Sunday (15 October 2017).  If I remember right, we encountered this group of whales ~20 miles off Bodega Head.

Three examples of Humpback Whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), followed by some audio recordings:

 

 

 

If you can't see the audio files below, click on the title of the post above to go directly to the web page.  Also, you might need to turn up the volume of your speakers to hear the sounds of the whales.  [The third file makes me laugh...it includes a brief commentary by Rick Powers, captain of the New Sea Angler.]