Dive 25 Lanesville Shore

Pre Dive

We pulled up to Lanesville Shores and as Pete and Chris were deciding where to anchor, Laurant yells that he has just seen a whale. Of course, we looked at him like he was nuts. We were 30 ft offshore. The area where he saw it was just over some rocks by the mouth of Foley Cove. Laurent is swearing up and down that he has seen a whale so we look at each other and say let's go see if he did.

Off we went to find the whale. We are about 50 yards further out from the mouth of the cove. We have all taken an area to check. Then the shouts, "Whale". It was dead ahead. Only a portion of the whale surfaced, the blow hole then the back. The whale was a humpback, probably a juvenile. We thought it was about 40 ft long, it was about 8 ft across. Pete saw the tail.

I got into my dry suit really fast. I didn't even put on my fuzzy's. I wanted to get to the bow but also wanted to be dry while i filmed. Gave one camera to Pete who was on the upper deck and I took one to bow. Laurent had his camera too. With 3 cameras going we should be able to get something that is usable in the movie.


The whale would come up twice, first to breath then the second to get ready to dive. The whale would stay down about 5 minutes and then come up again. The depth of the water is only about 70 ft. The whale was just meandering down the cost.

This was the most awesome day of the year. This beats the sharks (sorry Veronica), the mola mola's, and lobzilla. Back to the dive log.

Lanesville Shores

After the whale sighting this was a let down. I was the last one in the water. I forgot to take in Pete's sea-doo. Very gloomy. Ears were squishy. Body cold. Only had on the dry suit, no fuzzy. Stayed in about 10 minutes and then decided I was done. Not much there.

Dive 25
Lobsters 14