The Memory Bank.

After having a couple of days when we only had a couple of people who wished to cruise, not enough passengers to leave the jetty.  Heading out with clear skies but knowing that the winds would soon strengthen and hoping we could find some whales before the weather arrives. We head towards Bald Head and then over towards Breaksea Island. The wind is starting to get stronger and I don't wish to head too far out unless I am sure of finding some whales. We enjoy some morning tea as we cruise on the northern side of the island. Then after spending some time watching New Zealand Fur Seals at the eastern end of Breaksea Island. We spot a couple of blows. Making our way towards the blows we thing we have 3 humpbacks. Now we can just find 1 young whale cruising al alone. As we travel with it then we spot the other whales. Their are 3 more whales ( 2 adults and 1 juvenile)  about 400 metres away from the lone juvenile. We are now between the 2 pods and as we travel along I think that we have a new born calf with the adults.  As we follow for some time the young whale off to our left suddenly breaches about 50 metres away from us. Too quickly for any one to catch on film but those on the fly-bridge with me are all very pleased that we had seen it. The talk was then about some times just filing these things in the memory bank and not being to worried that we did not capture on film. We stick with the whales for some time and then head back towards town in time for lunch.