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Humpback Clouds 25th June 2017 Breaking news today... Humpback Whales create their own weather system! Yes sir, when you have twenty Humpbacks in a Competition Pod it creates many exhalations in one small area which from a distance looks very much like a large, moving cloud☁️ The largest competition...
Rainbow Treasure 24th June 2017 Hiding after the stormy weather over the last few days was a beautiful rainbow that we sighted on this mornings tour. We watched carefully in Flinders Bay as we approached the end of the rainbow itself and then we saw the treasure appear from the deep... a juvenile Hum...
Breach Before the Storm 19th June 2017 We enjoyed the beautiful start to a lovely day as we made our way out and met two resting Humpbacks who were relaxing in the calm conditions before a large amount of splashing caught our attention off in the distance. On our arrival we could see two pods of Humpbacks a...
Curious Company 18th June 2017 Today we encountered the most curious of company in Humpback Whales and Bottlenose Dolphins who seemed as fascinated by us as we were of them! The bay is still teeming with many Humpback Whales this morning and our first pod was happily playing with the local Bottlenos...
Saturday Crowds 17th June 2017 We lost track of how many Humpbacks we sighted today on both our morning and afternoon experiences, it was crazy! The whole of Flinders Bay was filled with Humpbacks looking for a fun time and males busily seeking out available female Humpbacks within the bay. Numerous...
360 Degrees Humpbacks 16th June 2017 Everywhere we looked this morning we sighted Humpbacks! Flinders Bay was buzzing with the excitement of Humpback Whales who had recently arrived in the bay and were ready to socialise and compete with all whales full of energy having only recently left Antarctica. One...
Mama Mia 15th June 2017 A very special day as Common Dolphins were sighted on all of our tours and in the afternoon they decided to have some fun with a pod of two Humpback Whales that elegantly twisted and turned on the oceans surface carefully matching every move of the nimble Dolphins. Muc...
Look At Me 14th June 2017 The wind created an interesting environment change for our Humpback Whales today who have been enjoying picture perfect conditions for the last two weeks. Today it was necessary to make a little bit more noise on the surface to be heard and that is exactly what one yea...
The Amazing Race 13th June 2017 Just before the rain there was a distant sighting of steam rising from the surface of the ocean and the moment of mesmerisation was quickly broken when SPLASH
Competition Pod Day 12th June 2017 On both tours today we had competition pods which had our hearts racing as we watched these powerful male Humpbacks show off their dominant behaviours and the females use our vessel to race underneath, trying to keep the males from getting too close! On our morning exp...
Southern Stars 11th June 2017 Watching the surface carefully today for a reason why this "Humpback" was so still and then ta-da... a Southern Right Whale appeared! Logging close to us and away from the busy Humpback Whales the surprise of sighting another Southern Right so early in the season caugh...
Meet D-Spot 10th June 2017 A magnificent whale was sighted today and we named him D-Spot after the spot of white on his dorsal fin and we will have no troubles in recognising this whale should we meet him again one day. A competition pod this morning had everyone onboard hearts racing as they di...
Kaelyn 9th June 2017 Inspired by one of our youngest guests today, one of the juvenile Humpbacks sighted on this mornings tour was named Kaelyn and was enjoying an early morning cruise around Flinders Bay. Many whales have been quietly resting over the last two days with one whale logging... Jessie's Girl 8th June 2017 This afternoon it felt like we were signing the Rick Springfield hit "Jessie's Girl" as a female Humpback and her male escort came right alongside our vessel to see what was happening. She then began flirting with everyone onboard by tail sailing and gently rolling ont...
Dolphins & Humpbacks 8th June 2017 We have seen the arrival of some much larger mature Humpbacks into Flinders Bay today with one very large female on the afternoon tour. A special experience this morning as a pod of 15+ Bottlenose Dolphins interacted with three relaxed Humpback Whales who twisted and t...
Three Amigos 7th June 2017 Peduncle Slaps have been sighted on many of our tours over the last week and this amazing behaviour is very impressive with all age groups of Humpback Whales but the more mature the whale the bigger is the resulting splash! We joined a pod of three amigos today as they...
Sunrise to Sunset 6th June 2017 We had a very special early morning tour today and what an incredible sunrise it was, revealing a day that was going to be filled with outstanding Humpback interactions! Early arrivals into the bay were busy communicating with impressive peduncle slaps while a young wh...
WA Day Celebration 5th June 2017 Today we celebrated WA Day 2017 and the whales did too! We had interactions with 20 Humpback whales and two competition pods with males pushing and jostling to try and see who was the strongest. Our afternoon tour ended with a big bang as two resting yearlings awoke wi...
Blessing Of The Fleet 2017 4th June 2017 Today started with a very big surprise as a larger than life mother and calf Southern Right Whale greeted us on the lawns of the Augusta Boat Harbour... it was the Blessing of the Fleet 2017
Outstanding Breaching 3rd June 2017 The Language of the Whales™ was very loud today out in Flinders Bay as four separate pods of Humpback Whales communicated to each other with some spectacular surface behaviour sighted. One pod of two young whales were breaching, peduncle slapping, head lunging, inverte...
First Competition Pod 2nd June 2017 We sighted our first competition pod for the season today as eight whales pushed and jostled for the position of top whale and the hopes of impressing the young female... unfortunately many of these whales were just juvenile males and the female seemed to quietly leave... Augusta Magic 1st June 2017 Many yearling Humpbacks have been sighted over the last few days and even more again today with some spectacular surface behaviour sighted. Breaching, head lunging, tail slapping and peduncle slaps were seen on both our morning and afternoon departures with one young w... Mothers and Yearlings 31st May 2017 Flinders Bay was filled with Humpback yearlings this morning and we sighted three of these yearlings who were still with their mum. One pod displayed some amazing surface behaviour with the yearling breaching while mum rolled onto her back and showed everyone onboard w... Humpback Yearlings 30th May 2017 Today we met Humpback yearlings enjoying their time in Flinders Bay! These young whales have only just left their mothers for the first time and average age is 12-16 months old, still only babies. They have learnt everything they need to survive from their mum and spen...