Whale Watching Advice?
 

It appears many of the providers offer both AM or PM trips. Are there any advantages (based on time of day) besides basic temperature considerations?

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Change your title.

To clarify - Boston area.
I'm inquiring as to morning versus afternoon trips (not a specific provider or location).

If in the Boston, Cape Cod or Cape Ann area...try the morning.

Do yourself a favor, don't eat right before the trip, unless you enjoy being seasick.

As for "temperature considerations," you'll be cold out on the water in both the morning and the afternoon. The North Atlantic is cold & windy all day, so bring a windbreaker, and if you're really cold-sensitive, bring a sweatshirt. I can usually get away with just a windbreaker & shorts, but not everyone is comfortable in just that.

The morning trips are more fun, I think, because the bracing ocean air really wakes you up, and it's a good excuse to buy a hot coffee in the galley or take a long a big one from shore. Plus then you have the rest of the day for sightseeing and dont have an appointment looming all morning.

The whale watches tours from Boston & Cape Ann are of similar duration, but from Cape Ann you reach the watching area faster, so you'll potentially get more time watching the whales and less time travelling to & fro.

The tours out of Boston are way more convenient if you're staying in the city, though, and if you don't have a car they're really your only option. Book early!

I've been on 4 whale watches - 2 from Cape Ann & 2 from Boston (run by the Aquarium). All 4 were great, I had a super time, and even with the longer trip out & back from Boston I enjoyed being on the water. The afternoon trip I took sold beer in the galley, so my friend & I had a cold beer on the way back, since it was my birthday.

If you're prone to seasickness, or have never been on a small ocean vessel, take along some ginger or mint chews, they might help if you start feeling oogy.

HTH

m, Boston