Whale tours in Western Australia can be enjoyed all year with late August to November the best time to view the southern migration of the Humpback Whales. Our morning began with a young mother whale and her very curious calf as both began to approach us with much interest. Swimming circles around us, the little one was loving every minute of this up close encounter and so was mum as she allowed her calf to burn off some extra energy without her needing to as well. After a little while they settled and we wished them well for their morning snooze as we joined with a bachelor pod who were relaxing in the resting grounds. Just before we were set to depart the same mum and calf from earlier launched into spectacular breaching and tail lobs as after their morning snooze the calf had a burst of energy and showed off the Language of the Whales this little has been learning and practicing.
A beautiful way to complete our morning tour with the company of so many friendly and curious Humpbacks. Our midday tour was busy with the activity of boisterous calves as our first pod was a youngster practicing their tail lobs. Mum showed the calf how it was done before letting baby take over as they were in conversation with a secondary pod nearby. The second pod was breaching, pec slapping and tail lobbing repeatedly. It is wonderful twitch the Language of the Whales unfold in this way and see the calves practicing all that they have been learning over the last few weeks. Eventually the pods started to settle and the male escort made sure to leave a lasting impression as he launched into a powerful tail lob as we departed to assert his dominance and show off to his girl. It was also wonderful to see the Australian Airforce and Navy out today as fighter jets roared overhead and impressive submarine cruised past with Humpback Whales all round, Australia is magnificent!
