Fluke
AND - I saw my first whale. Like any enthused woman, I stood up and screamed at the blob - yet to be verified of its true whaleiness - "prove your whaledom" at which point the whale breached, and flapped its tale about.
Magnificient! Peaple tell me that on a good day that have seen 40 whales drifting by, some as close as 10 m to the base of the cliff where they were standing.