Right whale Catalog #3860 breaching on Jan. 31, 2016 approximately 14 NM off Amelia Island, FL. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, taken under NOAA research permit #15488
Right whale Catalog #3860 breaching on Jan. 31, 2016 approximately 14 NM off Amelia Island, FL. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, taken under NOAA research permit #15488
Right whale Catalog #3860 breaching on Jan. 31, 2016 approximately 14 NM off Amelia Island, FL. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, taken under NOAA research permit #15488
Right whale Catalog #3860 breaching on Jan. 31, 2016 approximately 14 NM off Amelia Island, FL. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, taken under NOAA research permit #15488
Catalog #4094 and calf sighted approximately 5 NM off Ponte Vedra Beach, FL on Feb. 1, 2016. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, taken under NOAA research permit #15488.
Right whale Catalog #3560 surfaces for a breath on Jan. 11, 2016 approximately 6 NM off Vilano Beach, FL. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, taken under NOAA research permit #15488.
The 2016 calf of Catalog #3317 photographed approximately one nautical mile off Little Talbot Island, FL on Jan. 14, 2016. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, taken under NOAA research permit #15488.
Our third humpback whale sighting of the season approximately 8 NM off Atlantic Beach, FL on March 1, 2016. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, taken under NOAA research permit #15488
Right whale Catalog #3317 and her 2016 calf sighted approximately 13 nautical miles off Amelia Island, FL on Jan. 13, 2016. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, taken under NOAA research permit #15488.
Catalog #1968, a 27-year-old female, sighted in very poor condition off the coast of Boca Raton, FL on Jan. 30, 2016. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, taken under NOAA research permit #15488
Right whale Catalog #1812 rolling to one side with her calf between her flippers approximately 16 NM off Jacksonville Beach, FL on Feb. 28, 2016. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, taken under NOAA research permit #15488
A bottlenose dolphin swims past Catalog #3317’s head approximately 1 NM off Ponte Vedra Beach, FL on December 11, 2015. Her second calf surfaces close behind. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, taken under NOAA research permit #15488.
The 2016 calf of Catalog #3450 turns to look at our research vessel on Feb. 1, 2016 approximately 1.5 NM off Ponce Inlet, FL. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, taken under NOAA research permit #15488
Right whale Catalog #3317 and her 2015 calf were sighted approximately 1.5 NM off Ponte Vedra Beach, FL on December 10, 2015. They are the first right whales seen off Florida this winter! Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, taken under NOAA research permit #15488.
The young calf of right whale Catalog #3317 swims at the surface accompanied by a large group of bottlenose dolphins. This mother and calf pair were spotted 1 NM off Atlantic Beach, FL on December 11, 2015. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, taken under NOAA research permit #15488.
Right whale Catalog #3450 and calf swim into the tidal current at Sebastian Inlet on Feb. 9, 2016. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
A pod of bottlenose dolphins with a couple of calves in the mix photographed on December 16, 2015 approximately 2 NM off Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, taken under NOAA research permit #15488.
The 2016 calf of Catalog #3115 swims directly in front of its mother on Jan. 21, 2016 approximately 11 NM off Little Talbot Island, FL. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, taken under NOAA research permit #15488
A great hammerhead swimming at the surface approximately 23 NM off Amelia Island, FL on December 1, 2015. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, taken under NOAA research permit #15488.
Right whale Catalog #3180 raises her fluke while diving approximately 9 NM off Cumberland Island, GA on Jan. 25, 2016. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, taken under NOAA research permit #15488
A close approach by the 2016 calf of Catalog #3115 photographed on Jan. 21, 2016 off Little Talbot Island, FL. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, taken under NOAA research permit #15488.
Near sunset on December 22, 2015, the FWC right whale aerial survey team spotted the third mother-calf pair of the season less than ¼ NM off Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. lorida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, taken under NOAA research permit #15488.
Right whale Catalog #3450 and calf off Lighthouse Point Park near Ponce Inlet on Feb. 1, 2016. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, taken under NOAA research permit #15488.
Right whale Catalog #3860 lifts her head out of the water on Jan. 31, 2016 approximately 14 NM off Amelia Island, FL. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, taken under NOAA research permit #15488