We carried on to see if we could find the blue. The main reason we went with a company over 2 hours from San Francisco was because of their success in seeing the blues. It was at the top of my bucket list. This summer the water is warmer along the coast, and they haven't been spotting them as regularly. Si we were thrilled when we started seeing the spouting of a blue! You can see it from a good distance. The whale was only up a bit then went into a dive. They will usually dive for 15-20 minutes and may travel 2 miles during their dive. So usually, they spout, you race to get as close as you can, then they dive and move away from you. Well not this blue. She came up after 2 minutes and was a little closer. The pix don't do it justice. It was a thrilling experience!