The Belugas are in Greenwich Cove

A trio of beluga whales that appeared in Narragansett Bay over the weekend have been spending some time in the calm waters of East Greenwich Cove Tuesday morning.

Matt Jarbeau of the East Greenwich Yacht Club shared these videos of two of the whales swimming peacefully among the mooring buoys not far from the shore.

Officials from Mystic Aquarium and Institute for Exploration were in area waters on Monday to confirm the presence of the whales and make observations.

The Providence Journal reported that a whale expert said the whales don’t seem to be in distress and are most likely feeding. They also said their presence here, which had not ever been recorded until a sighting last year, could be a sign of the changing environment.

A video of the whales swimming off the Jamestown coast was shared by David DeSalvo of North Kingstown over the weekend.

Last year, Dale Denelle of South Kingstown spotted one while fishing in the West Passage. At first, he thought it was a great white shark and began to get scared.

“First it came under the boat and scared the crap out of me,” he said. “I thought it was my mind playing tricks on me.”

He, too, whipped out his camera and captured video of the encounter.

Belugas are commonly found in cold waters, such as in the Arctic and rarely are seen south of Canada.