They are always on a mission, and it is reflected in their swimming pattern. They are not happy campers. Inexperienced people often think they are seeing two different makos around the boat because the mako can move to a new location so quickly. Blue sharks will hang around the chum cage for hours, but a mako, porbeagle or thresher is restless, and they will not stay very long. Minke whales, threshers and makos, while free swimming will occasionally jump out of the water.
Whales have horizontal tails and show a lot of black.
The mako will have a snow white bottom, and a fish's typical vertical tail. Look for the long tail on the thresher. The snow white belly of a hooked mako, making repetitive jumps off the corner of our boat. A sunfish, Mola mola is very common in this area, and will often have its dorsal fin protruding from the water . This dorsal fin is often mistaken for that of a sharks dorsal fin.