Were they Blue Whales?!

We saw a bunch of whales along the coast back in early August coming back from San Francisco. I didn't know what they were, but sort of assumed that they were Humpbacks. Stephen spotted them out the window and we ended up stopping to watch for a while along the side of Highway 1 (roughly sixty or so miles north of San Simeon).

I decided to find out after reading Following the Paper Trail [by Ken Weiss] in Saturdays LA Times about a group who tried to walk down the entire California coast this summer (the article mentions Humpbacks).

They did have big spouts and the time of year fits, but they were only about a half mile offshore. I found WhaleRoute pretty interesting to poke around on but I still don't know anything.

Were they Blue Whales?! I can't say, but we saw them along miles of the coastline and it was amazing.