Well, it was a he actually.

Ady and I went whale watching as planned and were dropped off at Anchorage this afternoon. We left on a little boat driven by a guy called Philbert (could be Filbert but the spelling looks bad), he was assisted by Francis in looking for whales. We cruised around with the occasional stop to use the hydrophone to listen for any whale song. We heard one singing regularly but couldn't catch a sight of it on the surface.

After 3 hours, we got a good signal on the hydrophone and waited with the engine off. One of the guys on the 'Flydeck' (I think), shouted "6 o'clock" and the other guy slammed the boat into full speed and spun us around. We then saw the glorious sight of a young male sperm whale spouting before he flipped his tail in the air and went under.

The guys on the boat were fantastic and managed to track him before he surfaced again. We got another couple of sights of him before he went into a deep dive. Sadly, I wasn't quick enough with the camera to catch him.

We decided to head back and on the way we saw a group of bottle-nose dolphins speeding north. Another wonderful sight.

I managed to get a few pictures on the way back, it was a gloriously sunny afternoon so we are both a little red now.

Here's a couple of views of Dominica from the boat -

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And here's the view back west as we headed for Anchorage.

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Tomorrow, we aren't sure what we are doing but we may go to Soufriere and see the sights there.

Take it easy