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Couple whale watch pics from(today) Boston Harbor.

from what I understand it could be from fishing line or killer whale. A lot of them have marks from killer whale attacks.
 
OMG I have the same camera! and Im a zombie too!!

zombies unite!!


RARRRRRR


err ok I just realized that halloween was yesterday..
 
I thought that there was a legal distance the boats had to keep from whales now... That doesn't look like it's any distance at all.

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Just a quick google revealed legal distance of 100 yards... not sure if that's for all whales or certain species. AFAIK, a vessel on the ocean in open seas is bound by the laws of it's country of origin, so even if you went x number of miles off the coast, it was still bound to the U.S. laws.
 
Nice pics.....

My wife and I went down to New Zealand for our honeymoon and went whalewatching down off of Kaikoura -- it was absolutely great, I'd recommend it to anyone. I've got some great picks from that one (the boat was able to drift within 50 feet of the whales - the engine is turned off so as not to annoy them), maybe I'll post them if I get a chance.
 
Originally posted by: DrPizza
I thought that there was a legal distance the boats had to keep from whales now... That doesn't look like it's any distance at all.

edit:
Just a quick google revealed legal distance of 100 yards... not sure if that's for all whales or certain species. AFAIK, a vessel on the ocean in open seas is bound by the laws of it's country of origin, so even if you went x number of miles off the coast, it was still bound to the U.S. laws.
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If the whale comes right next to the boat what are you supposed to do? Those 2 pics are the only close ones I was able to get since after that one incident the boat stayed kinda far from the whale.
 
Originally posted by: Zombie
Originally posted by: DrPizza
I thought that there was a legal distance the boats had to keep from whales now... That doesn't look like it's any distance at all.

edit:
Just a quick google revealed legal distance of 100 yards... not sure if that's for all whales or certain species. AFAIK, a vessel on the ocean in open seas is bound by the laws of it's country of origin, so even if you went x number of miles off the coast, it was still bound to the U.S. laws.
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If the whale comes right next to the boat what are you supposed to do? Those 2 pics are the only close ones I was able to get since after that one incident the boat stayed kinda far from the whale.
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Precisely. Boats are forbidden to approach whales beyond a certain point, but there is no law that prohibits the whales from coming along side a boat. These are curious creatures, and once I had the pleasure of touching the fin of one on a whale watch out of Plymouth when the Gray rested his flipper against the boat for a few seconds. An unforgettable moment.

Edit- for accuracy, twas a Humpback, not a Gray 😀
 
hey, great pics 🙂.

my friend's going to college in boston right now, i've seen that skyline once. anyways, it's always exciting to see whats' going on in other parts of the US. makes me want to go visit.
 
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