At 0820 hours as Jason and I stand on Marine Drive we spot several blows
half way across King George Sound.
We leave the Marina at 0930, whales have tails and we don't have fences so we put in a call to Bernie to see where the whales have gone. Bernie replies that at 0920 one of the whales was breaching south east of the mussel lease south of Mistaken Island. I explain the tell tail signs we are looking for to our passengers as we round the lease and head towards Seal Rock, keeping a look out towards Goode Beach.
We cruise slowly past the dive wreck HMAS Perth and several hundred metres off to our starboard side the biggest humpback whale I have seen for a long time slowly surfaces. Its takes 2 breaths and dives again. We cruise over to get a closer look and from some distance we can see the whale glide through the water just under the surface as there is a lot of white on the side of the whale. Its calm and the foot prints are the size of a room in your house. The whales surfaces and its blow goes higher than the roof of the top deck of the boat.
We cruise along and enjoy morning tea with the whale cruising along side us, taking several blows and then diving giving good tail shots, with sun glistening of the water as it runs off the whales tail. I am sure this whale is a cow and I would not be surprised if she was looking for a quiet place to give birth.
We leave her as she cruises towards Michaelmas Island. We continue towards Bald Head but its not long before we find a very small quiet humpback, it takes two breaths and dives, we don't waste time as we have heard that there are more pods of whales "on the line".
We cant see any good blows and the swell is still uncomfortable out here so we put the hammer down and head for the Islands. As we are getting close we spot the back of 2 whales as they break the surface followed by 2 blows east of Michaelmas. They are heading towards us and although we now are going quite slow the whales pop up behind us. We try and put the boat in a position for some good photos. They are heading to the western end of Breaksea and once they get past the end, we peel off to check in on the seals.
Ok its time to head home, all we need now is some dolphins.
We leave the Marina at 0930, whales have tails and we don't have fences so we put in a call to Bernie to see where the whales have gone. Bernie replies that at 0920 one of the whales was breaching south east of the mussel lease south of Mistaken Island. I explain the tell tail signs we are looking for to our passengers as we round the lease and head towards Seal Rock, keeping a look out towards Goode Beach.
We cruise slowly past the dive wreck HMAS Perth and several hundred metres off to our starboard side the biggest humpback whale I have seen for a long time slowly surfaces. Its takes 2 breaths and dives again. We cruise over to get a closer look and from some distance we can see the whale glide through the water just under the surface as there is a lot of white on the side of the whale. Its calm and the foot prints are the size of a room in your house. The whales surfaces and its blow goes higher than the roof of the top deck of the boat.
We cruise along and enjoy morning tea with the whale cruising along side us, taking several blows and then diving giving good tail shots, with sun glistening of the water as it runs off the whales tail. I am sure this whale is a cow and I would not be surprised if she was looking for a quiet place to give birth.
We leave her as she cruises towards Michaelmas Island. We continue towards Bald Head but its not long before we find a very small quiet humpback, it takes two breaths and dives, we don't waste time as we have heard that there are more pods of whales "on the line".
We cant see any good blows and the swell is still uncomfortable out here so we put the hammer down and head for the Islands. As we are getting close we spot the back of 2 whales as they break the surface followed by 2 blows east of Michaelmas. They are heading towards us and although we now are going quite slow the whales pop up behind us. We try and put the boat in a position for some good photos. They are heading to the western end of Breaksea and once they get past the end, we peel off to check in on the seals.
Ok its time to head home, all we need now is some dolphins.
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