Dwarf Minke Whale
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Hillarys Whale Watching – 8/9/19
Hillarys Whale Watching unfolded today as we found ourselves on the beautiful blue Indian Ocean in the company of a Dwarf Minke Whale and four Humpbacks. Scanning the horizon carefully we noticed a transition as yesterdays Humpback Whales had left the resting grounds and new individuals were now arriving. A darting movement to our port…
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Southbound Humpbacks – 11/8/19
Southbound Humpbacks were sighted today and for the first time this season since sighting our first Humpbacks in May we joined a pod of two adults steadily heading back south. The northern Humpback migration will be transitioning over the next couple of weeks as we begin to sight southbound Humpbacks who are focused on making…
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Surrounded by Four Dwarf Minke Whales! – 10/7/08
I saw this beauty while aboard Spoilsport with Mike Ball Dive Adventures in the Coral Sea, Australia in 2008. I was on the surface taking this photo and was surrounded by about four of them. They were very curious, approaching the ship to investigate divers. From what I recall, Dwarf Minkes come down around July/August…