Greetings and welcome to this edition of our Cruise Reports, this for the week of March 10-16, 2018. Our guests included whaleswimmers from Scotland, Germany, Switzerland and even the US, with a number back for their second or fourth visits from England and Canada, too. Welcome to one and all! As I’ve written before, no two
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March 10, 2018
Whales At Our Mooring
Humpback Whales Visit Our Mooring on the Silver Bank Not all whale experiences on the Silver Bank happen in the water, or even on a boat! I was flying the drone just to get a few shots of the area when this group of four passed by. It is a mother and calf accompanied by
March 4, 2018
Cruise Report, Week 5: Feb. 24 – Mar. 2, 2018
Greetings Whaleswimmers! Thanks for joining us here with our Cruise Report for the fifth week of our 2018 Silver Bank humpback whale season. We had a boatload of guests including many returning friends and even a little bit of family, a special treat when so far from home, as well as a bundle of new
March 4, 2018
A Humpback Whale’s Motherly Love: An Aerial Point of View
Greetings from the Dominican Republic between weeks 5 & 6 of our 2018 season! We here at Conscious Breath Adventures are very excited to add a new piece of photo/video equipment to our operation: a new camera drone! While we always enjoy taking and sharing photos and video of the humpback whales, and our guests’
February 3, 2018
Cruise Report, 2018 Week 1: Jan. 27-Feb. 2 – Conscious Breath Adventures
Greetings! Hello and welcome to the first Cruise Report of our 2018 humpback whale season, Conscious Breath Adventures’ tenth, and my sixteenth, on the Silver Bank! We’ll be sharing highlights and photos from each week we spend with the whales this spring, and hope you can share in our appreciation for these majestic animals. As our
October 30, 2013
Bahamas Dolphins Cruise Report: Week 3, July 13-20, 2013
Our third and final week in the Bahamas started on the rainy but warm afternoon of July 13th with guests boarding the M/V Carib Dancer in West End, Grand Bahama Island before cruising north along the western edge of the Little Bahama Bank toward the White Sand Ridge. We were joined by a full boat
June 26, 2013
The International Whaling Commission Takes Interest In Whale Watching
The International Whaling Commission (IWC), is the organization that deals with the management of whales around the world, best known for their worldwide ban on commercial whaling. Because of this ban, many people think of the IWC as a conservation organization, but in fact the IWC was originally, and still is, a commercial fishery organization
April 23, 2013
Conscious Breath Adventures’ Cruise Report: Week 10, March 30-April 5, 2013
Wow! The 2013 humpback whale season on the Silver Bank has come to an end. It was a wonderful few months with the whales and, with forgiveness requested for my short break, I hope you enjoy this final Cruise Report. I find that the last week of the season is always a bit of a
March 30, 2013
Conscious Breath Adventures’ Cruise Report: Week 9, March 23-29, 2013
Variety was the keyword this week on the Silver Bank where it seemed like we never saw the same situation twice…
March 23, 2013
Conscious Breath Adventures’ Cruise Report: Week 8, March 16-22, 2013
Sunday, March 17: Our first afternoon of Week 8 had us out in our whale boats, Pec & Fluke, looking for friendly humpback whales. There were plenty of whales to be seen, with lots of mothers and their calves cruising around the Silver Bank. After a nice afternoon on the water we were happy to