And suddenly they appeared: Orcas! It was a group of 11 animals, all females, juveniles and a newborn whose patch behind the eye was still completely yellow. They jumped and swam close to our boat for a long time.
I'm curious to see what the sea will offer us on this first day out after three long weeks of Levante, during which our boat had to stay in the harbour.
There is no end to the amount of interest, and we receive many enquiries from journalists and documentary filmmakers. They would love to know why the Orcas bump into sailboats. All scientists worldwide would like to know as well.
In the evening, the Centro was turned into a cinema without further ado. The tables were rolled to one side and chairs were set up. Lars put a GP-Challenge bracelet and Swiss chocolate on each chair.
David stood on top of the boat, on the small platform that is even above the fly deck, in order to have an excellent overall view. For the windier it is, the more difficult it gets to spot the animals in the whitecaps.
On July 19th at 20.35 on the last trip of the day we had the rare luck to see a Minke Whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata). This does not happen very often here in the Strait of Gibraltar.
It wasn't long before we spotted the Orcas divided into different groups. They took no notice of us because they were busy trying to get tuna off the fishermen's lines.
The adolescents were introduced to the world of whales and dolphins in the Strait of Gibraltar and joined five trips with the foundation firmm to observe whales.
From a distance, we could not yet tell that it was really Observador. The Sperm Whale was swimming towards the Atlantic and began to turn very slowly when he heard us.
