Chin Slap
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Wild Whales – 12/7/22
Wild Whales in the waters of Flinders Bay roared at pace as a competition pod of five powerful males challenged each other as the female led the chase. Dolphins raced towards our bow as we arrived on scene with the comp pod just starting to get underway as the males converged and other pods in…
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A Wonderful Encounter with Heather and Her New Calf! – 1/8/20
Going through some of this seasons photos and feeling very lucky despite everything happening around us that I have been able to get out on the water and be in my happy place with some incredible people and some wonderful whales!!! These photos are from an afternoon trip on August 1st with a humpback whale…
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Humpback Competition Pod – 25/9/19
A powerful Humpback competition pod was sighted again today and amongst the frothing white water the local Bottlenose Dolphins joined the high intensity event unfolding around us. The entire morning was a fantastic example of The Language of The Whales™ as our first meeting was with a very young Humpback Whale. A yearling and still…
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12 Hours in Monterey Bay – 26/10/19
For this trip we arrived in Monterey at 7:00 in the morning, ready for a full day of searching for animals. As we left the dock, we took a minute to observe the sea lions on the jetty. They were resting on the rocks and in the water. There were a few rafts nearby. The…
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Active Humpbacks in San Francisco – 16/8/19
On our first trip of the day we headed far out west, past the shipping lane. We ended up about 15 miles offshore. There we found five humpbacks feeding in 150 feet of water. The water color was a dark purple-brown color, suggesting that the whales might have been feeding on krill. We saw lots…