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Humpback Calves Fremantle 6th October 2017 The baby Humpbacks were making a bit of a splash today as one little fellow decided he would spend his morning playing with a pod of Bottlenose Dolphins and he made sure to show off all of his tricks including peduncle slap, tail slap and even a breach over his mums ba...
Whale Watching Perth 5th October 2017 The Humpbacks were all around today but something seemed a little bit different as we sighted the same behaviour amongst all pods. Orca (aka Killer Whales) have been sighted along the Western Australian coastline over the last few days and with at least one known pod o...
Whale Watching Fremantle 4th October 2017 Mothers and calves seemed a lot more relaxed today without all the boys chasing them around like yesterday morning! It is interesting to see the different sized calves that are currently cruising past Fremantle with their mums, some are larger while others are on the s...
Humpback Whales Southern Migration 3rd October 2017 The Western Australian Humpbacks are heading south towards their summer feeding grounds found in Antarctica and the 2017 calves (all 2-3,000 of them) are now travelling with mum down the coast on their very first road trip. Along the way they will need to listen carefu...
Perth Whale Watching Peduncle Slap Spectacular 2nd October 2017 Today we watched for over one hour peduncle slap after peduncle slap just off of the Perth beaches and we lost count after the first thirty! Remarkably, we again sighted the female Southern Right Whale and her calf from Saturday who were still enjoying some relax time...
Perth Whale Watching 1st October 2017 The baby Humpbacks have arrived for season 2017! We met three different mother and calf pods just off the coast of Perth this morning with one little female calf showing her adventurous spirit as she came racing over to meet us before being abruptly stopped by mum who...
Summer & Jess 30th September 2017 Today we had some very special guests onboard and the whales seemed to know that their best human friends had come to meet them because for the very first time ever we sighted a female Southern Right Whale and her calf interacting with a female Humpback Whale and her c...
Humpback Whales Playing off Rottnest Island 29th September 2017 Another eight big Humpback Whales were playing just off Rottnest Island today and everyone joined the pod, including us and the seaweed! As three separate pods became one we noticed the youngest male in the group take a very big interest in us and as he came over so di...
Humpback Whales in the Perth Rain 28th September 2017 We were surrounded by whales and gentle rain today as off in the distance enormous peduncle slaps told us that our Humpbacks were communicating to each other. Approaching we met three separate pods who were all in the middle of a deep conversation and all eight whales...
Seaweed Facial at Rottnest Island Spa 27th September 2017 It was all about the seaweed facial today
Humpback Breaching Off Perth 26th September 2017 We had a variety of age groups today as we met both adult and sub-adult Humpbacks enjoying some time in Perth. The adults had enjoyed their rest and were now off on a mission to complete the next leg of a long journey back to Antarctica as we watched the consistent mov...
Humpback Calf Off Rottnest 25th September 2017 We had a re-sighting of the Humpback calf and his mum from yesterday this morning and although mum was enjoying a sleep her little one seemed to recognise us and was a bit playful! Gently rolling on the surface and a couple of gentle lifts of his rostrum and pectoral f...
First Humpback Calf for Southern Migration 2017 24th September 2017 Today we met our very first Humpback calf on the southern migration for season 2017! It was very exciting to watch as one whale raced away from three chasing whales and then a tiny little Humpback popped up right next to mum❤️ The whale who was racing away was mum and...
Cottesloe Whale Watching 19th September 2017 Today the Humpback Whales literally swam over to us! After meeting a very friendly pod of three socializing Humpbacks and spending some time with them we were a bit distracted until a quick glance ahead sighted yet another three Humpbacks swimming straight over to us a...
Spring Whale Watching in Perth 18th September 2017 Whale Watching with Humpback Whales is often interesting as the more whales within a pod the more social or competitive it generally is, especially during the migration season. So you can imagine the scene of 12 Humpback Whales in three separate pods all enjoying each...
Perth Humpback Whales 17th September 2017 The start of the southern migration brings many young whales who are almost at or have just reached maturity. These young whales range from 9-12 meters in length and are not only full of youthful enthusiasm but also wonderful curiosity and love to investigate all that...
Perth Whales & Dolphins at Play 16th September 2017 We had a very special interaction with two young Humpbacks and a pod of 12 Bottlenose Dolphins today on a beautiful morning in Perth☀️ Sighting a Humpback and Dolphin interaction is quiet rare for humans but it does happen often in the wild, for us humans it is all abo...
Whale Watching in Perth 15th September 2017 Today was a very special day as we celebrated a wedding proposal with the whales!
Humpback Tail Dives at Rottnest 13th September 2017 Our first big adult Humpbacks arrived today and their sheer size and sound created a presence everywhere they went! One of the nearby juveniles breached with some rather long hang time but this still didn't attract the attention of these two big whales who decided we c...
Southern Right Whale Off Fremantle 10th September 2017 We had an extraordinary moment today when we sighted a mother Southern Right Whale and her calf just off the Fremantle coast resting quietly! It is very rare and special to sight a Southern Right Whale this far north with her calf and she has been using this coastline...
Humpbacks Off Cottesloe 9th September 2017 A boisterous male Humpback greeted us with a big head lunge as his introduction today, just letting us know that the female he was with definitely was going to remain his and not ours! This male has seen an interaction with an Orca possibly in his younger days or maybe...
Humpbacks Breaching in Port of Fremantle 8th September 2017 There were Humpbacks in the Port of Fremantle today! For the very first time we sighted two young Humpbacks breaching in the Swan River mouth creating a bit of a fuss and it certainly took us a few seconds longer than usual to understand what we were seeing
Glassy Humpbacks in Fremantle 7th September 2017 The weather was superb this morning as the wind dropped to a whisper and the conditions became glassy... that point when you can almost see your reflection in the ocean! Our southern migrating Humpbacks seemed at ease in these calm conditions as they shuffled around sm...
Three Humpbacks Visit Perth 6th September 2017 Four Humpback Whales approached our vessel today and our first sighting of them was of big pectoral slaps, almost as if they were waving us over! Four became three as the smallest one shuffled over to a small fishing vessel to show off while the three remaining whales...