DarrenM Posted October 8, 2019 #51 Share Posted October 8, 2019 14 hours ago, Capt_BJ said: 🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarrenM Posted October 8, 2019 #52 Share Posted October 8, 2019 4 hours ago, MicCanberra said: Had a scary experince in the North Atlantic once. 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Drock20J Posted October 8, 2019 #53 Share Posted October 8, 2019 I love watching flying fish! I have seen a few pods of dolphins, and when we docked in St. Croix there was a beautiful sea turtle hanging around the dock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rala Posted October 8, 2019 #54 Share Posted October 8, 2019 1 hour ago, Drock20J said: I love watching flying fish! I have seen a few pods of dolphins, and when we docked in St. Croix there was a beautiful sea turtle hanging around the dock. I have seen flying fish on a couple of occasions. They are beautiful...so silvery and ethereal. 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare sparks1093 Posted October 8, 2019 #55 Share Posted October 8, 2019 I've seen dolphins and flying fish from a cruise ship. From my last Navy ship I saw a migrating group of golden rays that were flying underneath our ship (we were doing a towing exercise so we weren't going very fast). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordanaire Posted October 8, 2019 #56 Share Posted October 8, 2019 We docked in St. Maarten once and noticed an older gentleman sunning in his birthday suit on the ship next to ours. Another time we were coming in to St. Thomas and I noticed several men gathered on the starboard side of the ship gazing at something. I walked over to see what had their attention and on a nearby yacht was a woman in her birthday suit doing something X-rated. You see all kind of things on a cruise! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capriccio Posted October 8, 2019 #57 Share Posted October 8, 2019 (edited) Orca family (2 adults, one baby) in Glacier Bay swimming alongside the ship. A grizzly walking the beach in Glacier Bay (the Captain announced it and I thought the ship would list when over 2,000 passengers and numerous crew moved to the starboard side of the Coral Princess). A puffin watching the ship pass very closely also in Glacier Bay while we were on our balcony. Flying fish during a trans-Atlantic cruise. An eagle that looked like it was intent on dive bombing our balcony but turned off at the last moment (while docked in Ketchikan). A pod of dolphins following our ship when leaving San Pedro while we were on our aft suite balcony. They followed us for 1/2 hour or more. Two great excursions from a ship: King Penguins at Volunteer Point (Falkland Islands) and an entire island of tens of thousand of Magellanic Penguins (Isla Magdalena) off Punta Arenas, Chile. Edited October 8, 2019 by capriccio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warm Breezes Posted October 8, 2019 #58 Share Posted October 8, 2019 After 19 cruises I have seen dolphins once sailing into San Juan, a sting ray while at port in Cozumel, and jellyfish as far as the eye could see in the Gulf of Mexico. That's it. I keep looking but fail to find more often than not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted October 8, 2019 #59 Share Posted October 8, 2019 2 hours ago, jordanaire said: We docked in St. Maarten once and noticed an older gentleman sunning in his birthday suit on the ship next to ours. Another time we were coming in to St. Thomas and I noticed several men gathered on the starboard side of the ship gazing at something. I walked over to see what had their attention and on a nearby yacht was a woman in her birthday suit doing something X-rated. You see all kind of things on a cruise! Nature in all its beauty and ugliness in one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted October 8, 2019 #60 Share Posted October 8, 2019 6 hours ago, gooch47 said: I can't believe I didn't mention the Galapagos Islands. Of course, most of the wildlife was seen on the various islands but there was plenty to see from the ship, too. Yes, plenty of sharks and turtles from the ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldubs Posted October 9, 2019 #61 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Oooh, crispy fried calamari. My favorite! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted October 9, 2019 #62 Share Posted October 9, 2019 52 minutes ago, ldubs said: Oooh, crispy fried calamari. My favorite! Almost enough to feed everyone on the ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daisymay1960 Posted October 9, 2019 #63 Share Posted October 9, 2019 On 10/7/2019 at 12:29 AM, CruisinginWonderland said: I need to go to Alaska. It counts as the best trip we have ever done . We started in Fairbanks ( 3 flights from the UK!) And did a DIY trip over a week to Seward to pick up the cruise 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kartgv Posted October 9, 2019 #64 Share Posted October 9, 2019 We've seen many of the things already listed, but 2 occasions stand out in my memory. One was a massive pod (many hundreds!) of dolphins surrounding the ship leaving Catalina. The other was somewhere along the West Coast, had just finished dressing for dinner and walked out onto my balcony just in time to see a whale breeching about 50 yards straight out from the ship. That was spectacular enough, but it stayed right along-side the ship for about 15 minutes, matching our speed. I didn't hear anyone else out on their balconies, so it felt like it was just me and the whale. Eventually it gave a great tail slap and disappeared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoriPhil Posted October 9, 2019 #65 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Ah - you reminded me of our last visit to Glacier Bay! About 6 in the morning (those lovely long days!); I'm outside at the balcony railing and DH is wondering over just barely awake when we saw our only major whale breech directly off our balcony. Wowsers - he was awake after that! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted October 9, 2019 #66 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Great memories are often made when a camera is not to hand as well. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkacruiser Posted October 9, 2019 #67 Share Posted October 9, 2019 10 minutes ago, MicCanberra said: Great memories are often made when a camera is not to hand as well. More true words have never been written by any of us who cruise!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkacruiser Posted October 9, 2019 #68 Share Posted October 9, 2019 I think I remember the port correctly--Puerto Madryn in Argentina. Zaandam was docked opposite Europa 2. A large area of sea water was aft of the pier between where the two ships were docked. Jellyfish--many of them--appeared and were good sized animals. Interesting to watch and attracted the attention of the few of us on both of the ships at that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted October 9, 2019 #69 Share Posted October 9, 2019 Plenty of seals/sea lions in the water there as well when we were there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clo Posted October 10, 2019 #70 Share Posted October 10, 2019 On 10/8/2019 at 12:09 PM, Warm Breezes said: After 19 cruises I have seen dolphins once sailing into San Juan, a sting ray while at port in Cozumel, and jellyfish as far as the eye could see in the Gulf of Mexico. That's it. I keep looking but fail to find more often than not. Try Antarctica! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted October 10, 2019 #71 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Because we dive we see many of the animals mentioned face to face Mantas feeding A 40 ' Whale Shark Spotted Eagle Ray Octopus Thus the wildlife that we like to see from on board a ship is in colder water like these Sea Lions swimming with our ship Penguins swimming and jumping on an iceberg Orca chasing a penguin A humpback swimming toward our ship The end of our tale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipmaster Posted October 10, 2019 #72 Share Posted October 10, 2019 (edited) On 10/5/2019 at 10:25 PM, CruisinginWonderland said: Being a recent cruise addict convert, but life long ocean lover, I’m fascinated with any sea wildlife. Anything super exciting? The flying fish are fun. I’d watch dolphins ALL day. The coolest thing we saw though, was pulling into Cabo, we saw a school of 5 or 6 manta rays swimming right along with us for a minute & then go on their way. The variety of passengers never cease to amazing me. Sometimes the most entertainment is siting in the lounge, LOL Of course the Bears and Dolphins were also treats. Most of the time I was too busy to be staring for hours out. Edited October 10, 2019 by chipmaster 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted October 10, 2019 #73 Share Posted October 10, 2019 5 hours ago, scubacruiserx2 said: Because we dive we see many of the animals mentioned face to face Mantas feeding A 40 ' Whale Shark Spotted Eagle Ray Octopus Thus the wildlife that we like to see from on board a ship is in colder water like these Sea Lions swimming with our ship Penguins swimming and jumping on an iceberg Orca chasing a penguin A humpback swimming toward our ship The end of our tale Wonderful collection , thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted October 10, 2019 #74 Share Posted October 10, 2019 4 hours ago, chipmaster said: The variety of passengers never cease to amazing me. Sometimes the most entertainment is siting in the lounge, LOL LOL, it can be an after dark activity. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare scubacruiserx2 Posted October 10, 2019 #75 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Yep , you're welcome . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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