Chasing Dolphins

Calm winds greet us this morning, although stronger winds are forecast for latter today. With Bernie off doing some other things a mate Andrew Halsall went up to Marine Drive to see what he could see. The call came through, that a couple of whales were breaching out near Limestone Head and several more were seen west of Breaksea Island. We find these whales east of the safe water marker and still heading west. We travel with them as they head towards Middleton Beach where several dolphins come in to join the 2 humpbacks. We had both bottle-nose and common dolphins playing with the whales. At times the whales seamed to be trying to squat the dolphins with their tails and the dolphins seamed to be riding the wave pushed up by the whales. We spent about 90 minutes enjoying the company of the whales and dolphins.
Master of the vessel Paul Guest