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I haven't seen too much exciting from the ship. I think I saw a whale spout, but that is it. My wife saw a turtle or something come to the surface and then re-submerge. Hoping to see more though eventually.

 

I am cruising out of Galveston in a few weeks. I have heard a rumor that dolphins are a common site there, is there any truth to that?

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Once...a small one, while on a snorkeling excursion off Belize. But it was a smaller one, and most likely one that doesn't consider humans to be lunch. It swam about 15 feet below me and kept on its merry way.

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Dolphins and flying fish are what I notice with the ship underway. Sometimes a few turtles while docked. Once, in St Croix in January, 2 adult and 1 baby whale were swimming on the other side of the dock. These are Caribbean sightings.

 

Alaskan sightings are mostly whales, orcas, dolphins and seals.

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You will not see sharks...in deep water, they rarely come to the surface. Flying fish will be the most evident. Sometimes, dolphins in shallower waters, when approaching or leaving land.

 

At sea, you are more likely to see seaweed (especially if you're in the Gulf Stream) than any sea life!

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You are simply not as likely to see sharks - porpoises and whales are air breathers, so they periodically break the surface - and flying fish do leap to escape predators - but sharks, even if they might be near the surface, have no reason to actually break the surface of the water - and unless you are looking straight down, you will not see anything below the surface of the water.

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On a Baltic cruise and from my balcony, I looked down and saw a mother whale and her calf just underneath us. What a thrill! We did see a shark fin while recently in the British Isles, also pods of bottlenose dolphins, flying fish. Have seen turtles in the Caribbean.

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We saw a massive school of dolphin crossing the wake of our ship in South America. You had to be watching but you could see them jumping hundreds of them maybe a thousand jumping dolphin. It was amazing. I love seeing flying fish. We saw them mainly in the Southern Hemisphere. I love being on the sea. What a thrill.

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Seen many things off the West Coast

A whale breaching in front of an NCL ship while it was rounding Land's End in Cabo

A chilly February cruise to Avalon we couldn't figure out what all these black sticks sticking up in the water, in the kelp beds. It was the sea lions sticking their fins in the air for warmth, that was the cruise when our small tender was escorted in by several dolphins and sea lions.

 

 

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On our cruise last December, a pod of dolphins kept pace with the ship for about 5 minutes, leaping out of the water periodically like a fantastic water ballet. It was the most amazing sight. Just me and this older gentleman who spoke no English in a promenade seating area, but we shared our delight and enjoyment with smiles and nods. My husband was so envious when I told him about it earlier...he had gone to get ice cream!

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Have you ever seen sharks when cruising to the Caribbean? I mean from the ship not when diving, snorkeling, or on an excursion. I've seen a pod of dolphins and flying fish. What have you seen?

Not sharks. Just flying fish.

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