Bernie visits us at the boat to tell of several pods of whales in King George Sound.
We head out and although Bernie said there were whales over near Seal Rock but they are not that obvious when we cruise past on the way to some blows we have seen towards the middle of King George Sound.
We find 2 whales and follow for some time. 1 small whale lifts its tail and dives and then 2 more over towards Michaelmas Island about 1 km away and another 2 heading south east. We can see breaches out deeper so with the whales around us being pretty quite we head out to see if we can catch some action. No luck today.
We find another lone juvenile whale along side Limestone Head and 2 adults heading south out near Bald Head, but they are travelling and just taking a couple of breaths and then diving.
We go visit the New Zealand Fur Seal colony at Bald Head cove and as we leave the cove the juvenile cruises past us.
We cruise in along the coast stop out side Whale-world and then head towards Seal Rock. It is flat calm and as we head towards Seal Rock I spot a two whales break the surface over towards a couple of squid fishermen.
We head over and follow the whales as they head to Flat Rock just off Whale-world. The whales are very quiet and we knock the boat out of gear. The whales dive and we see their foot prints heading away from us. Then the whales surface and are now heading back towards us. They come in and swim past the stern of the boat as if heading back towards Seal Rock. They then turn and swim around us. Then head off again. Now they are back under the boat. Now they are swimming around us, surfacing at the bow and then at the stern. They swim around us for some time to the delight of our passengers. When they have had enough, they slowly swim away and we headed home.
One of my passengers, commented that they thought I would be over this, after 14 years of watching whales.
I must say, I still to this day love when whales interact with the boat. I just wish I had more time to capture on video or with my camera.
PS a thought. Are these whales the same ones that swam around us yesterday?
We head out and although Bernie said there were whales over near Seal Rock but they are not that obvious when we cruise past on the way to some blows we have seen towards the middle of King George Sound.
We find 2 whales and follow for some time. 1 small whale lifts its tail and dives and then 2 more over towards Michaelmas Island about 1 km away and another 2 heading south east. We can see breaches out deeper so with the whales around us being pretty quite we head out to see if we can catch some action. No luck today.
We find another lone juvenile whale along side Limestone Head and 2 adults heading south out near Bald Head, but they are travelling and just taking a couple of breaths and then diving.
We go visit the New Zealand Fur Seal colony at Bald Head cove and as we leave the cove the juvenile cruises past us.
We cruise in along the coast stop out side Whale-world and then head towards Seal Rock. It is flat calm and as we head towards Seal Rock I spot a two whales break the surface over towards a couple of squid fishermen.
We head over and follow the whales as they head to Flat Rock just off Whale-world. The whales are very quiet and we knock the boat out of gear. The whales dive and we see their foot prints heading away from us. Then the whales surface and are now heading back towards us. They come in and swim past the stern of the boat as if heading back towards Seal Rock. They then turn and swim around us. Then head off again. Now they are back under the boat. Now they are swimming around us, surfacing at the bow and then at the stern. They swim around us for some time to the delight of our passengers. When they have had enough, they slowly swim away and we headed home.
One of my passengers, commented that they thought I would be over this, after 14 years of watching whales.
I must say, I still to this day love when whales interact with the boat. I just wish I had more time to capture on video or with my camera.
PS a thought. Are these whales the same ones that swam around us yesterday?
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