Minke whales return, Sharks steal the show!
After a few days of windy and rough conditions hemming the Whalewatch Explorer into the North West Coast of Mull, making whale spotting tricky, a drop in wind and calm conditions allowed us to head across to Coll. Here we picked up two minke whales feeding off the Cairn's, however it was the estimated 18 basking sharks that took the limelight today!
At one point at least 8 sharks surrounded the boat and we could have been forgiven for the thinking we were in some kind of horror movie, but really these harmless giants are simply filtering out plankton from the water.
As we drifted eating our lunch on board, 2 more slowly manouvered close to the boat, mouths wide open, guzzling their lunch from the turqoise blue waters off the Cairns of Coll.
Rachael
SLS Guide
At one point at least 8 sharks surrounded the boat and we could have been forgiven for the thinking we were in some kind of horror movie, but really these harmless giants are simply filtering out plankton from the water.
As we drifted eating our lunch on board, 2 more slowly manouvered close to the boat, mouths wide open, guzzling their lunch from the turqoise blue waters off the Cairns of Coll.
Rachael
SLS Guide
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