4 Spermwhales side by side
by firmm Team
Text: Rea Schütz, photos: firmm
In the harbour one can hardly feel a breath of air. I am looking very much forward to the refreshing breeze out on the sea. We are departing and all the guests are in a good mood. Our boat sways pleasantly from side to side and only after a short time Katharina spots the first sperm whale blow. We are there in time to hear him breath before diving down elegantly. Shortly after that the next sperm whale shows up. The giant animal swims parallel to the boat before it also says good bye.
Only a couple of minutes later we hear the announcement: two sperm whales next to each other, no even three, oh there are four! Unbelievable, four sperm whales next to each other, swimming side by side in one row! This we have never seen before! One of them seems to be a little bit smaller than the other ones. To hear such giant animals breath impresses me over and over again and the glitter of sunlight on their backs is really beautiful.
Then another blow behind the four animals, approximately 200 meters away. After we have been able to observe the whales for quite a while, two of them dived down simultaneously and with great elegance. Shortly after them the other ones followed, one by one.
After this nice farewell it was time for us to return to the harbour and so we finished our trip totally impressed by four sperm whales side by side.