ISP is fabulous. Wife and I are boarding NCL Spirit Wed. 8/24/22 to Alaska. We hope to have some of the good fortune humpback whale watching that we experienced a few years ago in ISP. We were on a small boat with two ladies we had just met. One was a whale fanatic who follows whales the world over as she cruises. I know what you are thinking but she is no relation to Melville's characters from Moby Dick. But she truly was a whale enthusiast. She took no pictures, claimed they were all in her head.
The captain has since retired so I can't recommend him. It was late May and he told us they were feeding on exceptionally plentiful schools of herring at that time. These little fish were about the size of sardines. It surprised me as I thought the humpback ate plankton mostly. Well, we witnessed multiple occasions of bubble net feedings where the whales (about three, four, or five of them) churned the schools of herring up to the top and the humpbacks lurched high out of the water to capture them. It was incredible
When we went back to our ship, we went to the garden cafe on deck eight for lunch. Right outside the window and just below us, the humpbacks were bubble net feeding again. It was a spectacular memory.
ISP blew Juneau away from a whale watching standpoint though we saw several Beluga killers which were unique but few humpbacks. Well, that's my story. Maybe I will put on a few pictures from our soon to be cruise. If not, I will try to put on some of my wife's really great pics from before but not until we return. Gotta finish packing.
