Imagine
being within feet of some of the most graceful, rare mammals in
the world. Departing from Plymouth Harbor, our whale excursion
gives you the chance and the opportunity to experience sights
that you will never forget. Stellwagen Bank is a marine sanctuary
and one of the primary feeding grounds for Humpback Whales, Dolphins,
Fin Whales, Minke Whales, and Harbor Porpoises.
Our
experienced naturalists will guide you on a trip that is educational,
exciting and impressive, you will learn how individual humpback
and finback whales can be identified using unique markings and
pigmentation patterns that are found on their bodies. Join our
naturalists inside the main cabin for a short introductory video,
showing the most common whales, dolphins and porpoises that migrate
to our New England waters to feed throughout the season.
After the video, take a few minutes to view
our educational displays that include marine charts of local waters,
diagrams of whales, our humpback fluke-ID catalog, humpback baleen,
whale teeth, prey items (including sand lance and copepods). Listen
to some of the best recordings of humpback song collected by CJB
friends and colleagues who study humpback whales down in the Caribbean
during the winter breeding and calving seasons. And don’t
forget to take home a variety of free educational literature for
you and your family, complements of Captain John Boats.
Learn how CJB biologists are collecting data
to help scientists learn more about the whales that are sighted
in the waters of New England, and why our coastal waters are so
rich and productive, including the waters of the Stellwagen Bank
National Marine Sanctuary. And hear about all the other unique
marine wildlife that you will have an opportunity of viewing when
offshore, like northern gannets, shearwaters, basking sharks and
ocean sunfish. It’s just not a whale watch, but a marine
wildlife cruise!
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Imagine
being within feet of some of the most graceful, rare mammals in
the world. Departing from Plymouth Harbor, our whale excursion
gives you the chance and the opportunity to experience sights
that you will never forget. Stellwagen Bank is a marine sanctuary
and one of the primary feeding grounds for Humpback Whales, Dolphins,
Fin Whales, Minke Whales, and Harbor Porpoises. 
Our
experienced naturalists will guide you on a trip that is educational,
exciting and impressive, you will learn how individual humpback
and finback whales can be identified using unique markings and
pigmentation patterns that are found on their bodies. Join our
naturalists inside the main cabin for a short introductory video,
showing the most common whales, dolphins and porpoises that migrate
to our New England waters to feed throughout the season.