WILDGuides

Great service: the book already arrived on Friday of the same week!
Well enough in advance of our whaling cruise to the Bay of Biscay in mid-August.
If the Beasties wouldn't show up, we still have the nice pictures in this field guide to console us.

For some mild distraction you might want to pick up a book about Whales and Dolphins. I particularly favour this one [Whales and Dolphins of the European Atlantic] because it shows views of the animals taken from the surface - just the sort of views you would see from up here - no smiley faces.