Whale Behaviours

When we take students whale watching in the Bay of Fundy we never know what we will get the opportunity to see.  Below are some of the interesting whale behaviours that we have seen over the years.

Surface active group (SAG) - right whales socializing 

and possibly courting. 

Lobtailing - lifting tail out of the water and 

then slapping the surface with the tail

Breaching - jumping out of the water

Breaching humpback coming down.

Skim feeding - right whales feed by skimming through the water 

with mouth open to filter plankton from the water

Peduncle throw - lifts tail out of the water and swings it sideways

Spyhop - pokes head above the water to see 

what is going on above the surface

Flipper slap - slapping the surface with a pectoral fin