CORAL is a mature male humpback that was born in 1988 to SILVER. He has at least four siblings. However, when CORAL was only three years old, his mother died from an unfortunate fishing gear entanglement. CORAL is easily identified by the rake marks on his flukes, which are thought to be scars caused by the teeth of Orcas (killer whales). CORAL is often seen breaching, flipper-slapping, lobtailing and kick feeding. In 2005, he was spotted accompanying an injured right whale who was missing half her tail fluke, just like SILVER, CORAL'S mother. CORAL was last seen in 2008.

Sightings Information

We are happy to report that CORAL is alive and well! CORAL turned up in the Dominican Republic during the breeding season on March 11th and we saw him recently on July 11th feeding with two other males, ALPHA and ROCKER. We also saw his brother Peninsula in July.

Previous years sightings - 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

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