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Perth's Flirty Humpback 5th September 2017 This young male Humpback seemed to be putting on the moves today when he swam straight over to us, staying for over an hour as he tried his very best to capture our attention and it worked! He had us at hello even before the enormous breach only meters away
Fremantle's Friendly Humpbacks 4th September 2017 September brings some rather friendly Humpbacks along our Western Australian coastline who are enjoying the last few weeks of their Winter getaway before slowly heading back to the big krill fridge waiting for them in Antarctica. We had Humpbacks all around as two big...
Fathers Day Whale Watch in Fremantle 3rd September 2017 A very happy Fathers Day to all of the dads around the world and our Western Australian Humpback Whales certainly knew it was an important day for the humans today and decided to share the love with an incredible interaction which lasted over 90 minutes and had everyon...
Humpbacks in Perth 2nd September 2017 The very first Humpback Whales who begin the migration south once again are generally the yearlings, juveniles and young adults who have happily completed their leg of the northern migration and are now ready to begin feeding again down in Antarctica where an abundance...
Southern Humpback Migration Season 2017 1st September 2017 The start of the Epic Southern Humpback Whale Migration for Season 2017 began today with an incredible encounter by Wobbles and her mate! Our very first whales we met today were an escort pod with one large female who we named Wobbles and her protective male escort. Ap... Augusta Whale Watch Season 2017 31st August 2017 Today marks the last day of winter and after three amazing months in beautiful Augusta, Western Australia we are now saying goodbye after another wonderful year of whale watching in Flinders Bay! This season in Augusta brought many surprises and spectacular moments tha... Last Day in Flinders Bay 25th August 2017 A wonderfully calm day to enjoy our last tour in Flinders Bay for Season 2017☀️ Colourpatch and his mum Irwin were also enjoying the beautiful conditions and were having a long sleep in the morning sunshine. You can learn more about how whales sleep here and the behavi... Southern Right Whales Season 2017 24th August 2017 We had plenty of fun in the sun today as we met our local mother and calf Southern Right Whales once again and they were all looking very well! Little Colourpatch and Irwin were in their usual spot along the coast and today Colourpatch lifted his very big tail fluke ri... Southern Right Whales Augusta 23rd August 2017 A magnificent afternoon in Augusta and we were not the only ones enjoying the sunshine! Our mother and calf pods were relaxing in the warmth while the two adult Southern Right Whales seemed to have all the time in the world as they came over to say hello and check out... Flinders Bay Southern Rights 19th August 2017 Southern Right Whales Irwin and her calf Colourpatch were sighted this morning and we are amazed every time we see her calf, he is growing so big! Looking closely at his unique white marking I wonder if you can see the crocodile jaws hidden there? That is why we decide... Augusta Southern Rights 18th August 2017 We had the special opportunity today to be amongst six Southern Right Whales who were all around us and enjoying the magnificent calm conditions. Two mother and calf pods and a pod of two adult whales kept us busy watching as they seemed to enjoy each others company. L... Western Australia Southern Right Whales 17th August 2017 We played a fun game of hide and seek today as we watched carefully amongst the separate mothers and calves for the elusive tag that seemed to not be sending a great signal. These tags are from the Murdoch University and it is really import they all return back to the...
Humpback Calf born in Flinders Bay Arrives in Ningaloo Reef 14th August 2017 That's The Way The Cookie Crumbles We are the happiest whale watchers in the world today! We have received some wonderful news that one of the little Humpback calves sighted in Flinders Bay 10 days ago has successfully arrived in the nursery grounds in Ningaloo❤️ Thank...
Augusta Whale Watching - Southern Rights Breaching Away! 13th August 2017 The Southern Right Whales currently visiting Flinders Bay are having a wonderful time in their nursery grounds. The babies born earlier on in the season are now growing in size and getting bigger, stronger and more adventurous! Little Colourpatch decided to practice al... Southern Rights in Flinders Bay 10th August 2017 August is definitely the month of the Southern Right Whale! A celebration of new babies being born and getting to spend time with one of the most remarkable and charismatic characters in the whale world Smiling Southern Right Whale 7th August 2017 Have you ever met a whale that made you smile back at them? A beautiful young female Southern Right Whale certainly did as she spy hoped close to our vessel and it very much looked like she was smiling at us and in return we smiled back Tail Slapping Practice 6th August 2017 Many people would be enjoying a Sunday morning sleep in but not Colour Patch! Deciding it was the perfect time to practice his tail slapping we watched as he carefully balanced his flukes above the surface before allowing them to fall which created a wonderful splash..... Kapow! 5th August 2017 A magnificent Saturday with our wonderful whales as we sighted our very familiar baby Humpback Flin Flinders and baby Southern Rights and their mums. Two adult Humpbacks showed us the perfect example of the magnificent inverted tail slapping and peduncle slaps only met... Colour Patch & Flin Flinders 4th August 2017 We had the wonderful opportunity to meet little Colour Patch today, the three week old Southern Right Whale calf and his mum who were enjoying their winter morning. Shortly after saying hello to them we met Flin Flinders again, the young Humpback Whale calf and mum who... Dummy Spit 2nd August 2017 We had an interesting situation today as we watched a very frustrated male Humpback throw a dummy spit! He had just lost a competition with another male for the affection of a lovely female Humpback and decided to release those frustrated energies with a magnificent br...
A Whale Called Michelle 31st July 2017 Today was remarkable! Not only did we meet a curious juvenile Humpback who played and swam circles around us, enormous full bodied breaching and head lunges by a young male Humpback and mother Southern Rights resting with their calves but we had the most incredible ex...
Hello Weekend 27th July 2017 The Southern Rights were waving, Humpbacks playing and Bottlenose Dolphins foraging as we approached the weekend. A calm and peaceful morning before the storm and our whales were making the most of this good weather and preparing for a very windy weekend! Two young mal...
Sensational Start to Southern Right Season 26th July 2017 Sufferin Succotash... What a sensational start to the Southern Right 2017 Season! Mothers and calves are enjoying the nursery grounds of Flinders Bay and today it was not just the mouth of this head lunging Southern Right that was open... so was ours
A Bunch of Galahs 25th July 2017 There was a bunch of galahs down at the Augusta Boat Harbour today as our guests onboard heard the strange but distinctive sound and looking above sure enough, there they were! Seeming completely out of sorts as they flew above the ocean they quickly redirected and hea...