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Sat April 30th Whale Watch Herring Cove Beach (Date Changed)

Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2016 7:33 pm
by kayakerjnj
It will be that time again, to hopefully catch the beasties doing their thing.

The water will still be cold but if they are about and willing to give us a show, it promises to be another fun day.

Please plan on cold water attire along with all the other caveats. As this is still be in cold water season and the conditions can be "textured" this is not an appropriate trip for recreational or beginner paddlers (sorry).

Conditions will dictate whether or not the trip will go off as scheduled.

Plan on a 9:30 Launch Time

We'll see what the day brings, perhaps we can get a short paddle while we're on the watch.

Please RSVP, for all who will attend by Friday noon, the 29 th.

Thank you!

Re: Sat April 30th Whale Watch Herring Cove Beach (Date Chan

Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2016 6:26 pm
by cgr
can't make it with date change, have fun!

Re: Sat April 30th Whale Watch Herring Cove Beach (Date Chan

Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2016 7:47 pm
by cychan
Cindy and I are coming. We will be paddling our tandem.

Re: Sat April 30th Whale Watch Herring Cove Beach (Date Chan

Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2016 6:11 am
by kayakerjnj
Hope the warming conditions and good weather will hold for this trip next week.

Have a great weekend!

Re: Sat April 30th Whale Watch Herring Cove Beach (Date Chan

Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2016 8:35 am
by Kris C
I will be there; looking forward to it!

Re: Sat April 30th Whale Watch Herring Cove Beach (Date Chan

Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2016 10:51 am
by Azane
Hey Jordan, thanks for the post. It's a "yes" for at least one of us...A is getting over a cold....iffy. Have GPS, Will Travel! Best, Steve

Re: Sat April 30th Whale Watch Herring Cove Beach (Date Chan

Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2016 2:43 pm
by Gary
Check out this article.
Looks like there is a good chance of seeing the whales
The warning is for motor boat operators hitting a whale

Good Luck, wish I could make it!!

http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/0 ... story.html

Re: Sat April 30th Whale Watch Herring Cove Beach (Date Chan

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2016 6:59 pm
by Eileen
Count me in! We probably have to park in the lot to the left - by the bath houses. The lot to the right is mostly washed out.

Re: Sat April 30th Whale Watch Herring Cove Beach (Date Chan

Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2016 7:06 pm
by Eileen
Mark G will going also.

Re: Sat April 30th Whale Watch Herring Cove Beach (Date Chan

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 12:08 pm
by Azane
Sorry, will have to pass this one. Happy sightings! S

Re: Sat April 30th Whale Watch Herring Cove Beach (Date Chan

Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2016 10:46 pm
by cychan
hi Jordan,

just to confirm that both cindy and I are coming.

jim

Re: Sat April 30th Whale Watch Herring Cove Beach (Date Chan

Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2016 6:22 am
by kayakerjnj
Good Morning Jim & Cindy

Thanks for confirming.

Looks like it should be a good day for tomorrow.

See you in the AM

Safe travels

Re: Sat April 30th Whale Watch Herring Cove Beach (Date Chan

Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2016 5:37 pm
by cychan
Hi Jordan,

I assume that it is going to be 9:30 am launch. Could you send us the location? thanks.

I assume that we going to Herring Cove Beach parking lot as usual?

Jim

Re: Sat April 30th Whale Watch Herring Cove Beach (Date Chan

Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2016 7:43 pm
by kayakerjnj
Hi Jim,

Yes, 9:30 Launch.

The location is below

https://goo.gl/maps/cu9ihAGgaBU2

Looks like it should be a good day to go out from there.

Light winds out of the NE tomorrow, should keep the conditions great for seeing our big fluked friends :)

Have a good night, and we'll see you tomorrow.

Safe travels.

Re: Sat April 30th Whale Watch Herring Cove Beach (Date Chan

Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2016 8:55 pm
by Eileen
See you in the morning. Looking forward to this!

Re: Sat April 30th Whale Watch Herring Cove Beach (Date Chan

Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2016 6:14 pm
by kayakerjnj
Thanks for a good day

We saw whales pretty quickly, at a distance at first and then some up close briefly.

Briefly only because some clown in a motor boat fishing basically came right up on them and then they scooted out of the area.

Still fun to see them.

A couple of brief videos with my GoPro catching them surfacing and such. Kris & Mark might have a few still photos that came out well.

A good day!

Re: Sat April 30th Whale Watch Herring Cove Beach (Date Chan

Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2016 8:25 pm
by Eileen
It was a good day. Thanks for pulling it together.
The whale we reported as being tangled is probably free-we went out to the other side, and saw the rescue boat and a whale. We could even see the buoy that was attached to the poor whale, so we knew it was the one. After dinner, went back, and the boat was gone. Hope the whale is free...

Re: Sat April 30th Whale Watch Herring Cove Beach (Date Chan

Posted: Fri May 06, 2016 6:55 pm
by kayakerjnj
Some pictures and a couple of videos from the day.

Re: Sat April 30th Whale Watch Herring Cove Beach (Date Chan

Posted: Sat May 07, 2016 5:59 am
by Ron
I was not able to watch the videos, "invalid parameters".

Re: Sat April 30th Whale Watch Herring Cove Beach (Date Chan

Posted: Sat May 07, 2016 7:11 am
by Gary
Hi Jordan

Great videos
How close were you when you started to back up in the video.

Looks like it was a great day
Gary

Re: Sat April 30th Whale Watch Herring Cove Beach (Date Chan

Posted: Sat May 07, 2016 7:17 am
by pat
I was able to view the videos, but in both cases, the speed dropped to very slow motion after about 10 seconds.

Re: Sat April 30th Whale Watch Herring Cove Beach (Date Chan

Posted: Sat May 07, 2016 12:05 pm
by Eileen
Thanks for sharing.