Mark and Philip took their good friend Andy on a birthday boat ride today to show him some whales. Well February has not disappointed and nor have the whales. Within minutes of leaving the dock we found our whale. True to form, we had to work hard to keep our eyes on him in the swell. We lost him for 30 minutes and picked him up on the way to Parrot Cay. Both Andy and Mark managed to get a full frontal underwater view as he passed by. Not once but 4 times! How many people do you know get to see a for the first time whale on their birthday and then board a flight 90 minutes later? Only at Big Blue……..
We can’t wait for March. See you down here.
Lucky Laura………right place at the right time AGAIN! Whales and dolphins up close and personal at Pine Cay! Truly magic. Does it get any better?
Mark and Philip were joined by an old friend and long time Big Blue client, Andy and sneaked out on the Natural Mystic to find some new SUP and Kayak territory close to home. The fact is we hit bull’s eye! New and extended range trips coming soon. We are super stoked to find this new stash. Keep an eye out for our new trips.
What a season! February is not even finished and nearly the whole Big Blue team has had multiple whale sightings and encounters! Our Stand Up guide, Ray was able to get his first in water encounter as well. Needless to say he is jumping for joy. Get down here and give us a call!
Mark spent a long weekend over in South Caicos exploring new kayaking heaven. Miles and miles of channels and mangroves deep into the heart of East Caicos. Watch this space for more information. Very exciting indeed!
Whales at Water Cay, whales at Pine Cay, whales at Leeward, whales all over!!
let’s not forget the diving has been pretty spectacular too…West Caicos had multiple sharks, eagle rays and turtles and our friendly grouper who we haven’t seen for the longest time swam by for a kiss, cuddle and belly rub.
CAPTIAN LYNN : “after diving the Football field we had a call from Ben on Worldcat telling us to look out for a whale just beyond Eagle Ray Pass….we spotted him straight away as he was constantly smacking his fluke down on the surface of the water….as we got nearer he was waving his pectoral fin at us before rolling over to show off his belly…..I jumped into the water not knowing where he had gone but looked down to see him at about 25ft below me just chilling out….he hung out there for about 20 minutes for us all to see, then rose up gently before swimming off. We then headed to Aquarium where we heard a whale on the dive and Laura saw him from the surface while on the boat”.
Imagine doing your first ever dive, a DSD in fact and while your instructor is demonstrating skills you see and 40 foot humpback behind her. Well this is what happened to Laura and her student. EPIC. Stuff of dreams. The whale check the two of them out and then headed over to the wall to say hello to our dive group cruising the wall. UNREAL!
2012 whale season has well and truly kicked off! It seems like all our trips are coming back with whale stories and encounters. The best encounter so far has to be Captain Dave and Laura with their guests while diving at Pine Cay’s football field. The singing could be heard as soon as the divers got in the water. Indeed it was so loud everyone knew the whale was close by. After the dive the singing could be heard while standing on the boat! Our divers then managed to get in the water and watch the whale sing in the head down position. Brilliant.
