HBDiveGirl
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Nate: "I'll be happy just kayaking. If we see whales, fine, but it's a gorgeous day already!"
Blue whales are really big.
Trying to find one in 9 square miles of sea, when sitting at the water line in 15-foot kayaks.... well, it may be the worlds biggest stitching implement but it's still a needle in a haystack.
Our best tools: Silent kayaks, strong arms and shoulders, patience, and good ears.
These "needles" breathe.
Nate and I water-spidered out of King Harbor (Redondo Beach) on a couple of fast Scupper Pro kayaks and took a bearing on the third cloud from the left. With the sun rising at our backs, the water appeared solid, it's satiny surface dimpled by the light breeze.
Time Passed.
The breeze expired.
The water melted to glass.
The tiniest dark fin tip teased us from way Way WAY out.
Stopping to listen, Nate used his Jedi powers:
And we had whales:
Awe inspiring morning, as 2 "small" blue whales breathed and dived, breathed and dived.
One was about 40-feet long, the other just a little smaller.
On closest approach, one breathed about 8-feet away from me, rolling over under water as I watched its freckled white tummy flow by through the clear blue water.
We could hear their exhalations often, and several times we were near enough to hear the shorter, sharper inhalation.
40-feet of cuteness.
Thanks, Nate, for sharing an amazing morning!
~~~~~
Claudette
"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough."
--Albert Einstein
Blue whales are really big.
Trying to find one in 9 square miles of sea, when sitting at the water line in 15-foot kayaks.... well, it may be the worlds biggest stitching implement but it's still a needle in a haystack.
Our best tools: Silent kayaks, strong arms and shoulders, patience, and good ears.
These "needles" breathe.
Nate and I water-spidered out of King Harbor (Redondo Beach) on a couple of fast Scupper Pro kayaks and took a bearing on the third cloud from the left. With the sun rising at our backs, the water appeared solid, it's satiny surface dimpled by the light breeze.
Time Passed.
The breeze expired.
The water melted to glass.
The tiniest dark fin tip teased us from way Way WAY out.
Stopping to listen, Nate used his Jedi powers:
And we had whales:
Awe inspiring morning, as 2 "small" blue whales breathed and dived, breathed and dived.
One was about 40-feet long, the other just a little smaller.
On closest approach, one breathed about 8-feet away from me, rolling over under water as I watched its freckled white tummy flow by through the clear blue water.
We could hear their exhalations often, and several times we were near enough to hear the shorter, sharper inhalation.
40-feet of cuteness.
Thanks, Nate, for sharing an amazing morning!
~~~~~
Claudette
"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough."
--Albert Einstein