How cold is it this morning?
We have a good crowd on and the sky is clear and as yet the winds have not picked up.
I have seen several whales from Marine Drive and when I talk to Bernie he tells me a couple of whales are between "The Perth" and Seal Rock heading east.
I increase revs as I know the wind is forecast to increase and these whales are on their way. Bernie also says there was a whale heading towards Goode Beach.
We have a good crowd on and the sky is clear and as yet the winds have not picked up.
I have seen several whales from Marine Drive and when I talk to Bernie he tells me a couple of whales are between "The Perth" and Seal Rock heading east.
I increase revs as I know the wind is forecast to increase and these whales are on their way. Bernie also says there was a whale heading towards Goode Beach.
We find the whales close to Limestone Head, they are about 500 metres
away I reduce revs and head in the general area they have lifted their
tails and dived. We cruise for a while at idle and then I see the whales
just off our bow heading up to the surface to take a breath. I take the
boat out of gear and the whales swim past our bow. Take two breaths and
dive again.
We follow but these whales are spending a lot of time travelling deep and we have spotted several blows deeper.
In all we see about 4 different pods of whales travelling on the line.
The first pod we find has 6 whales in it and they are spending time on the surface as they travel. Some good tail shots are captured but it can be harder than first thought to capture that great shot. Some people standing with me on the fly bridge have decided to just store it in "the memory bank"
These whales head off around Bald head and there are several pods behind us.
We go into the seal cove to check out some New Zealand Fur seals.
We leave the seals and as we do the whales that we first saw are cruising past us. We watch them go and head to a pod coming from Breaksea Island. There are 2 in this pod. These whales dive so we head to the next pod. its a single whale heading out of King George Sound towards Breaksea.
The winds are picking up so I head into the Sound and we find a very small humpback with no particular place to go, we follow for some time but he is hard to track.
Its now 1135hours so we head for the marina.
Most have headed down stars to the warm cabin but Ill continue to drive from the fly bridge as it gives better visibility.
But its still Very cold:)
We follow but these whales are spending a lot of time travelling deep and we have spotted several blows deeper.
In all we see about 4 different pods of whales travelling on the line.
The first pod we find has 6 whales in it and they are spending time on the surface as they travel. Some good tail shots are captured but it can be harder than first thought to capture that great shot. Some people standing with me on the fly bridge have decided to just store it in "the memory bank"
These whales head off around Bald head and there are several pods behind us.
We go into the seal cove to check out some New Zealand Fur seals.
We leave the seals and as we do the whales that we first saw are cruising past us. We watch them go and head to a pod coming from Breaksea Island. There are 2 in this pod. These whales dive so we head to the next pod. its a single whale heading out of King George Sound towards Breaksea.
The winds are picking up so I head into the Sound and we find a very small humpback with no particular place to go, we follow for some time but he is hard to track.
Its now 1135hours so we head for the marina.
Most have headed down stars to the warm cabin but Ill continue to drive from the fly bridge as it gives better visibility.
But its still Very cold:)
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