Looks
like Today will be the best day of the week. Things are not looking too
good for the weekend. We have had a group of St Mary's students cancel a
dive trip to Albany for the weekend and the forecast is not even so hot
for whale watching. Hope the folks in the Urban Down Hill ride like it
wet.
Friday though, we have blue skies and not too much wind yet. We have enjoyed morning tea and enjoyed the pleasure of some bottle nose dolphins as we pass Seal Rock but no whales have been sighted in King George Sound today.
We get out onto the line between Bald Head and Breaksea Island and I can see blows further south. Then a breach south east. Now blows south west of us. OK which pod do we go to first. The closest seams like a good idea. we find 2 humpbacks heading west they take several breathes then dive.
Ok they aren't too much fun so we turn and head east. Now we have what looks like 3-4 whales 1 km east of us. Blows south of those whales, blows south of us and blows east of those. It seems that the larger pod are staying on the surface for the longest time so we head in that direction.
They are also heading towards us so it is not long and we are travelling along side 4 humpbacks but there are 2 more whales heading in to join them. One of the whales has a lot of white on its side and we can see it easily even when it is under the surface of the water. We cruise along between the two pods.
At times we have whales throwing their tails from the water and I am hopeful that we ma have a breach close by. After all we are some way out and there is a bit of swell out here. But it seems not today.
We leave the whales drop in on some New Zealand Fur Seals and then head for home. As we enter King George Sound a small whale throw its tail from the water about 300 metres off to the east. I slow down still hoping for a breach but I don't see the whale again. Most folks have headed down stairs and are toasty warm in the cabin as we head towards home in time for lunch.
Now we just have to work out how many whales we have spotted and fill in the CALM log book.
10 whales close more in the distance:)
Friday though, we have blue skies and not too much wind yet. We have enjoyed morning tea and enjoyed the pleasure of some bottle nose dolphins as we pass Seal Rock but no whales have been sighted in King George Sound today.
We get out onto the line between Bald Head and Breaksea Island and I can see blows further south. Then a breach south east. Now blows south west of us. OK which pod do we go to first. The closest seams like a good idea. we find 2 humpbacks heading west they take several breathes then dive.
Ok they aren't too much fun so we turn and head east. Now we have what looks like 3-4 whales 1 km east of us. Blows south of those whales, blows south of us and blows east of those. It seems that the larger pod are staying on the surface for the longest time so we head in that direction.
They are also heading towards us so it is not long and we are travelling along side 4 humpbacks but there are 2 more whales heading in to join them. One of the whales has a lot of white on its side and we can see it easily even when it is under the surface of the water. We cruise along between the two pods.
At times we have whales throwing their tails from the water and I am hopeful that we ma have a breach close by. After all we are some way out and there is a bit of swell out here. But it seems not today.
We leave the whales drop in on some New Zealand Fur Seals and then head for home. As we enter King George Sound a small whale throw its tail from the water about 300 metres off to the east. I slow down still hoping for a breach but I don't see the whale again. Most folks have headed down stairs and are toasty warm in the cabin as we head towards home in time for lunch.
Now we just have to work out how many whales we have spotted and fill in the CALM log book.
10 whales close more in the distance:)
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