This morning I had to get up a little earlier then normal because we were going on a food web cruise. I got dressed and ate some breakfast did a few things on the computer then it was time for us to leave to go get on the boat so we did.
We walked down to crescent harbor and got on the boat that the cruise was happening on. After a short time the boat left the harbor and we headed out and around the causeway. It was fairly nice out there there were high clouds and it was not raining or snowing at the time like it said it would.
We went to Hayward strait and we stopped there. Shortly after we got there there was a breach I did not see the breach but I did see where it had happened. There were quite a few fishing boats in that area, but there were also a lot of whales, seabird and sea lions. We cruised around watching the whales and the fishing boat. I guess the department of Alaska fish and game were thinking they might do a herring opening there. I watched whales for a while along with sea lions and seabirds. The fish and game did a test set to see if there were enough herring there and if they were had enough eggs in them to make it on opening worth it. While they were doing the test set though some sea lions got in the net and then three humpback whales got into the purse sane so they were unable to close the net and take a sample because they needed to let the whales and the sea lions out. We stayed there and watched whales and sea lions there for a while long. I saw one California sea lion in with a bunch of steller sea lions; And a little while after I had stopped looking at the California sea lion I heard a gasp and as I looked around I saw a bunch of people scurry to the other side of the boat and felt it go sideways and as I looked through the peoples heads I saw why every one went that way. It was because there were a group of humpback whales that were feeding. I got to see there heads but was unable to get any photos of them. After the the whales had gone back down the people spread out a little and I walked to the other side and watched. A short time later the whales came up again but this time I had my camera off. They went back down and a short time later they came back up again and this time I was able to get them. They did this another four times for a grand total of seven time I saw them feeding. and I got photos of every time except for the first to times. They were feeding enough times that I noticed that the gulls would go to where the whales would come up just before they came, so I just watched where the gulls went and then got my camera on the area and the whales would come up and I would get photos of them. We stayed out there for a little while after the last bubble net the whale put up but then we headed back to town because it was getting a little late and the fish and game said that they were going to do an opening and we did not want to be in the way.
Once we got back to the harbor we got off the boat and headed home. Once we got home I went up on the computer did a few things then started doing the blog. This was my favorite food web cruise that I have been on so far.
- Question why did the whales feeding like so many times?
- Question why did the whale breach?
- Question were the whales eating anything other then herring there?
California sea lion and a steller sea lion in the top photos. The California sea lion is in the back and the steller sea lion is in the front. 
Just the California sea lion.
Three different photos of three different times the whale were feeding.
