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Mother Humpback vs Shark off Rottnest Island 2nd November 2017 We had a showdown today just off of Rottnest Island as a protective mother Humpback defended her calf from a 1.5 meter shark that had been sighted in the area. Full body breaches had all 30+ tonnes landing on the surface and we could see in the distance her body clear...
Hillarys Whale Watching 1st November 2017 It was yet another beautiful day off the coast of Perth and as we made our way from the Fremantle Fishing Boat Harbour we were met by Hiccups the local Bottlenose Dolphin and a few of his friends actively hunting in the harbour. We soon sighted a sleepy mother and calf...
Western Australia Whales in the Sound Footprint 31st October 2017 Female Humpbacks and their calves were hanging out in the most popular place to be this Tuesday morning in Western Australia as they disappeared in the sound footprint created by reef and ships just off the coast of Fremantle. We enjoyed watching seven mother and calf...
Humpback Whales Double Tail Dive off Perth 30th October 2017 A glorious morning in Perth today as we sighted pod after pod of mothers and calves, a lone flying fish and a big bachelor pod of five male Humpbacks. There were so many Humpback Whales around everywhere we looked and it was exciting to observe a range of different beh...
Fremantle Kindergarten for Humpback Whales 29th October 2017 School was in as four mother and calf pods all converged together to create a big kindergarten pod of eight Humpback Whales today. They were practicing peduncle slaps, tail slaps and pec slaps as the females watched over their playful calves. What was very interesting...
Humpback Whale Spy Hop off Hillarys 28th October 2017 Curious by nature our migrating Humpback Whales will often perform a behaviour known as a spy hop when wanting to establish what is happening just above the surface. This is true for all age groups and today after watching a young Humpback calf practice her pectoral sl...
Best Time to See Humpback Calves in Perth 25th October 2017 We are starting to see the peak of our southern Humpback migration as over twenty mother and calf pods were sighted today surrounding the coast just off Perth! We met a very special pod of two mother and calf pairs who had joined up and school was in for the morning as...
Perth Whales Breaching 24th October 2017 It was a rather spectacular start to the day as off in the distance a female Humpback cleared the ocean with a massive head lunge and her calf quickly followed with a breach. The surface activity continued as both mother and calf breached and peduncle slapped their way...
Whale Watch Perth 22nd October 2017 Sunshine, Humpback calves and friendly Bottlenose Dolphins completed the most beautiful Sunday Perth morning today☀️ The perfect conditions were drawing a crowd of boat traffic towards Rottnest Island and we found ourselves acting just like a male escort Humpback as we...
Perth Telethon Whales 21st October 2017 The whales of Western Australia must be breaching with excitement and celebrating Telethon's 50th Anniversary which all starts this weekend
Baby Whales Off Fremantle 20th October 2017 The baby Humpback Whales have started to arrive in big numbers and the waters off Fremantle are fast becoming a playground for these enthusiastic calves. When we have a number of mother and calves around we often will have the opportunity to sight surface activity as t...
Fremantle's Humpback Mother's & Calves Breaching 19th October 2017 We had a spectacular example of the Language of the Whales today as three separate mother and calf pods communicated with explosive energy that had us believing the young calf wanted to fly! All three mothers were communicating slightly differently, one started the con...
Whale Watch at Rottnest Island 15th October 2017 Another magnificent day that ended with a big splash as a young Humpback calf shared a fantastic display of surface behaviour with breach after breach
Whale Watching Western Australia 14th October 2017 Not a breath of wind as we departed this morning with small clouds covering the sky we were delighted to catch up with one of the local male Bottlenose Dolphins who live in the Swan River and whom we know very well... Hii! He had all his mates with him this morning and...
Perth and Fremantle Whale Watching Tours 12th October 2017 The Humpback calves were following in mums footprints today as two mother and calf pods raced towards our vessel with a whole crowd of males following. One of the females made the quick and very smart decision to race right under our bow and hide in our sound footprint...
Fremantle Whales 11th October 2017 We had a big escort pod today of a mother, her calf and two enthusiastic followers! These two males tried to persuade the female to follow them but her entire focus was of course on her calf and things only got less promising for these males when two others arrived on...
Fremantle Whale Watch 9th October 2017 Today was a magnificent morning for whale watching and as we left the Fremantle Fishing Boat Harbour we were greeted to breaching on the horizon! Shortly after our arrival we could see a mother and calf being followed by three male Humpbacks and once again the female d...
The Whales of Perth 8th October 2017 We sighted the largest female for the southern migration so far today and her enormous calf! He was so big and seemed to be enjoying the company of two other males that had just recently joined up with mum and were very gently trying to impress her while at the same ti...
The Western Australian Southern Humpback Migration 7th October 2017 Cruising out from beautiful Fremantle we could see breaching and peduncle slapping off in the distance against Rottnest Island and once we arrived we could see what all the commotion was about, a young calf and his mum were defending their spot on the coast! Close by w...
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...