Whale Behavior
Identifying their games and tricks
Whales can be identified by their swimming, diving and breaching behaviors. Common behaviors you may encounter on your whale watching adventure:
Spyhopping - When the whale pokes its head out of the water to look around.
Breaching - The whale will swim fast towards the surface and then jump right out of the water, falling back at an angle with a loud splash. The Grey Whale enjoys this behavior.
Tail slapping - Certain types of whales display this behavior, which can be very loud.
Spouting - The frequency of breathing and the height of their spray or blow can also identify whales; spouting is usually quite loud, and can often be seen and heard up to a mile away.
Swimming - Unlike fish, which swim by moving their tails right to left, whales move their tails up and down.
