The weatherman tells us we can look forward to stronger winds over the next few days, but it will be off shore so conditions in King George Sound should be ok for whale watching. As long as the whales come into the Sound that is.
Friday
We head out to find 2 Humpbacks out near the "Safe Water Marker" and follow them for some time. We leave them, as we have had word that over towards Whale-world, we have a pod that are very active. 20 minutes after we have left these whales Bernie tells me that they are entering Princess Royal Harbour. But we have found a pod of 3 whales off whale-world heading towards 2 more whales in Frenchman Bay. They do not join up, insted they turn and start heading toward Michaelmas Island. We follow as these whales seam to be the most active we can see.
We have more whales over towards Seal Rock and now a breach out deep. Not worth heading out there as we would be heading into choppy sea. We continue with our 3 whales and they cross the path of a lone young whale. We only see it once so may be he was intimidated by the larger whales.
Now ahead of us about 1000 meters away, we have more whales that are heading in towards Marine Drive. Our whales are just cruising and we follow them until it is time for us to head home, we are now over on the northern side of King George Sound so we head in to the coast and follow it back to the Marina.
Saturday
Bernie tells me that we have 2 whales at the mussel lease north of Mistaken Island, several whales heading into Goode Beach and some close to the dive site "HMAS Perth"
We see blows just behind the Twin Sisters. When we arrive in the area it seams that we have a pod of 6 or 8 whales cruising through the mussel lease on the southern side of Mistaken Island. We also pass a juvenile off by its self.
The whales pert and then come back together, some swimming in and out of the mussel lease. Some skirting the edges. We end up following 3 or 4 whales as they head out towards the islands. they are changing direction constantly and can be a little hard to follow, then they start to head north. We have blows further out to sea and blows over toward Marine Drive. Bernie then comes over the 2-way to say there is a whale breaching over towards the "Safe Water Marker" but I can not see it as we have clear skies the sun is shining and we have many white caps with the northerly winds. Then I see several blows so we leave the whales we have been with and head to see how many are ahead.
We find 5 or 6 whales cruising fast. We follow as they break the surface at times with a third of their bodies. Or stopping and throwing their tail out of the water. They are moving quite fast at times and several time change direction to swim just off our bow. We follow and now 2 whales come in from the deep. Our pod heads out and we turn to check out the whales that have come in and are now behind us. They take 2 breaths and then dive. Its time to head for home so we hit the coast at Ledge Beach and I get some help to drive home from the children who have be with us today.
Friday
We head out to find 2 Humpbacks out near the "Safe Water Marker" and follow them for some time. We leave them, as we have had word that over towards Whale-world, we have a pod that are very active. 20 minutes after we have left these whales Bernie tells me that they are entering Princess Royal Harbour. But we have found a pod of 3 whales off whale-world heading towards 2 more whales in Frenchman Bay. They do not join up, insted they turn and start heading toward Michaelmas Island. We follow as these whales seam to be the most active we can see.
We have more whales over towards Seal Rock and now a breach out deep. Not worth heading out there as we would be heading into choppy sea. We continue with our 3 whales and they cross the path of a lone young whale. We only see it once so may be he was intimidated by the larger whales.
Now ahead of us about 1000 meters away, we have more whales that are heading in towards Marine Drive. Our whales are just cruising and we follow them until it is time for us to head home, we are now over on the northern side of King George Sound so we head in to the coast and follow it back to the Marina.
Saturday
Bernie tells me that we have 2 whales at the mussel lease north of Mistaken Island, several whales heading into Goode Beach and some close to the dive site "HMAS Perth"
We see blows just behind the Twin Sisters. When we arrive in the area it seams that we have a pod of 6 or 8 whales cruising through the mussel lease on the southern side of Mistaken Island. We also pass a juvenile off by its self.
The whales pert and then come back together, some swimming in and out of the mussel lease. Some skirting the edges. We end up following 3 or 4 whales as they head out towards the islands. they are changing direction constantly and can be a little hard to follow, then they start to head north. We have blows further out to sea and blows over toward Marine Drive. Bernie then comes over the 2-way to say there is a whale breaching over towards the "Safe Water Marker" but I can not see it as we have clear skies the sun is shining and we have many white caps with the northerly winds. Then I see several blows so we leave the whales we have been with and head to see how many are ahead.
We find 5 or 6 whales cruising fast. We follow as they break the surface at times with a third of their bodies. Or stopping and throwing their tail out of the water. They are moving quite fast at times and several time change direction to swim just off our bow. We follow and now 2 whales come in from the deep. Our pod heads out and we turn to check out the whales that have come in and are now behind us. They take 2 breaths and then dive. Its time to head for home so we hit the coast at Ledge Beach and I get some help to drive home from the children who have be with us today.
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