Cape Ann Whale Watch
Sightings Report
10/3/08 We spent most of the trip watching a group of 3 whales. Mother and calf was in this group
The whales were very close to the boat.
9 Humpbacks & 1 Finbacks  
Every trip is different so book soon.
( 15 miles for the harbor)
whale watching Massachusetts is Best!

Type of whale     Number of whales

Humpback               9-12 in the area                     
(Megaptera Novaeangliae)

Finback                     2
(Balaenoptera Physalus)

Minke                         4-8
(Balaenoptera Acutorostrata) 

Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin        
(Lagenorhynchus Acutus)

Risso's Dolphin
(Grampus griseus)

Grampus 
(griseus)

Harbor Porpoise
(Phocoena phocoena)

Right Whale
(Eubalaena glacialis)

Sei Whale
(Balaenoptera borealis)

Pilot Whales
(Globicephala)

Blue Whale
(Balaenoptera musculus)

Bird Sightings

Sooty Shearwater       10-20
(Puffinus griseus)

Greater Shearwater    10-20
(Puffinus gravis)

Manx Shearwater
(Puffinus puffinus)

Wilson's Storm Petrel         10-20
(Oceanites oceanicus)

Northern Gannet                 5
(Sula bassanus)

Common Tern
(Sterna paradisaea)

Loon                  1
(Gavia immer)  

Bonaparte`s Gull
(Larus philadelphia)

Other Sightings

Lots of Gulls

* While every effort is made to differentiate between individual whales,
it is possible that a whale may be sighted more than once in any one week.

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Whale watching Massachusetts is best.