Bottlenose Dolphin
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Happy Humpbacks and Hungry Dolphins – 5/11/25
Happy Humpbacks and hungry Dolphins were observed today as mother whales and their babies were taking it easy while the local Bottlenose Dolphins had found a giant fish for lunch! It was a beautiful day with a warm breeze and calm sea, perfect conditions for spotting whales. On our morning tour we met a lovely…
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A Breaching Right Whale – 16/10/25
Wowie! We did not expect to run into two adult Southern Right whales along our morning charter! These two were super relaxed with their surfaces, originally spotting them early just out of the moorings. Southern Right whales are distinct from their white callosity formations on their rostrums as well as a lack of dorsal fin.…
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Back Offshore – 12/9/25
Two more YCN pelagics off Staithes yesterday and it could not have been more different from the shearwater-fest of two weeks ago. Not a single shearwater seen and only one Arctic Skua. Richard’s Fea’s-type Petrel didn’t reappear and we struggled for the first four hours in rough seas. Fortunately, the Bottlenose Dolphins we’d seen off…
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Pilot Whales and Orcas – 10/2/25
With low winds and a sunny day ahead of us, we were excited to see what the day was to hold and what a fantastic day on the water it turned out to be! As we approached the hotspot deckhand, Luke, was up on the roof, calling pilot whales ahead, and we spotted a massive…
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Kayaking with Dolphins – 25/7/20
I was out kayaking in my duo boat with a friend. The Bottlenose dolphins took us into their slipstream and took us on a wild ride. It happened near my home, here in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand. These dolphins had just towed the boat for miles in their slipstream, then began hunting nearby.…