Somedays it all comes together, the weather conditions, the sea conditions, the Whales and dolphins give a show, a good show. This is what happened on Saturday, August 24^th on the American Princess Cruises Whale and Dolphin watch out of Sheepshead Bay, Peir 3, Eammon’s Ave, Brooklyn NY (across the street from Applebee's).

The AP pushed off with Gotham Whale at Noon and returned around 345p. The weather was perfect with low humidity, 80 degrees with W winds 5 to 10 kt, becoming S late. Seas around 0-1 ft. Wave Detail: S 1 ft at 5 seconds and SE 1 ft at 9 seconds.

The whale watch started before we pushed off. There were a few baby Cownose Rays swimming around the AP at the dock. We pushed off and Capt. Frank with is trusted crew of spotter’s headed out of lower NY harbor, past the Breezy Point Jetty and wow what a sight the ocean was flat! You could see any disturbance on the water miles away.

We came upon hundreds and hundreds of dolphins. Actually, for the whole entire trip Dolphins where everywhere you looked. There were many dolphin calf’s, juvenile dolphins, pregnant Mom’s, and something we normally do not see, offshore Dolphins were in the mix. These Offshore Dolphins are huge! Generally, these offshore dolphins reach lengths around 10 to 14 feet and weigh over 1,000 pounds. Compared to inshore Dolphins who are much smaller. The dolphins were in a playful mood and started surfing the back wake of the American Princess as we moved on looking for whales. It did not take long for us to met up with a humpback and what we saw was spectacular.

The whale and dolphin pod started playing with each other. They were going at it! The Dolphins were all over this whale and the whale was loving it. The whale inverted and swam upside-down pectoral fin slapping along the water while the dolphins were interacting with the whale. It did a spy hop, a small tail throw and then started lunge feeding. The bait started to surface so the whale did a few feedings and then went back to playing with the dolphins. We saw another blow and went to check out the whale. As we traveled the dolphins were riding the APs wake giving a show. We saw two other whales this day for a total of 4 whales and 500+ Dolphins, baby Cownose Rays, a small sea turtle. A great day out on the American Princess Cruises.

You need to get out and go whale watching! Get out on the American Princess Cruises with Gotham Whale and see what is out there.