Whale Watching

My favorite place is the beach, I've looked up every possible activity there is to do there and it is currently whale season!!! Although you can almost see whales year around in some spots, if you have extreme patience, they migrate twice a year so that's when the chances of spotting one are greatest. Currently, the whales are headed south and then in a few months they will come back north.

Last weekend, Frank and I took a trip to the Whale Watching Center in Depoe Bay. There were volunteers helping everyone spot the animals out in the deep and televisions with a live video feed of the whales passing by that were directly in front of the building. I do believe I saw a few whales with the help of a pair of binoculars, but unfortunately, my camera did not have as great of a view (which has me considering buying more lenses). I would love to go back in the late spring or early summer months when they migrate north; the volunteers mentioned the whales actually come closer to the shore then as well so the view is supposed to be even better.

There are over twenty different locations to watch whales along the coast of Oregon, I was able to check out three of them (Depoe Bay, Otter Rock, Cape Foulweather Lighthouse). This destination is the most famous for spotting the largest number of whales and is the only one I saw any at.

Stay tuned to see to see what I saw at the other two!

xoxo,
Andrea Aloren