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Rare White Fluke Humpback Calf – 9/11/24
Rare white fluke Humpback calf was sighted today, a very unique and special sighting of such a beautiful individual Humpback Whale. What a beautiful morning it was as we headed out, the sun was shining and the waters were calm. As we came into the sighting grounds we spotted the most stunning little calf, this…
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Humpback Baleen – 10/11/24
Humpback baleen was on full display today as onboard our morning tour a gorgeous calf played and cleaned his baleen by washing seawater through with an enormous mouth wide open! It is something we observe very rarely and this morning the young calf certainly stole the show with his unique way of playing as he…
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Humpback Pec Slaps – 4/11/24
Humpback pec slaps were observed on a beautiful Monday spent with our whales today as we ventured out to the sighting grounds. We first came across a resting mum and calf in the shallows taking it easy before their big migration back to Antarctica. We had a lot of mums and calves spread all around…
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The Three Amigos – 29/9/24
Today I had the most incredible grey whale encounters of the season with a trio I have been referring to as the three amigos. They have been displaying a stunning amount of (rare) surface behaviors and socialization, including breaching, headstands, rolling, and lunging through the water. So far two of the three whales have been…
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Spectacular Humpback Show – 19/6/24
Every austral winter, Southern Humpback Whales (???????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????????????????????????????????? ????????????????????????????????????) embark on one of the longest migrations of any animal. From the cold, food-rich waters of Antarctica, the whales swim about a staggering 7000 kilometres to the warmer waters of Queensland to mate and raise their young, passing the other states of Australia’s east coast along…