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Humpbacks generally travel through King George Sound
on their way north and Southern Right whales will
generally spend weeks just off the coast. At times
staying in the same area for 6 to 8 weeks just
hundreds of meters from shore.
We have tried to
give you an idea of where the whales were sighted.
This will enable you to relate it back to our map.
Please note that these whales were close to the boat
unless otherwise stated. We do not count whales
further than 500 meters from the boat.
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25th Aug |
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2 southern rights
middle of King George Sound. Quiet and at times
swimming around us. PM / 2 Southern Rights making
their way towards Breaksea Island. 2 Humpbacks
coming in from Breaksea, we follow them and leave
them @ Mistaken Island. |
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24th Aug |
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No Cruise due to
weather conditions. |
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23rd Aug |
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No Cruise due to
weather conditions. |
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22nd Aug |
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1 Humpback west of Seal
Rock and heading west but very quiet and we leave
when we spot a breaching whale 2-3km east of Seal.
Passengers get some good pics. |
21st Aug
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1 southern right off
Benderge Beach. Reports of cow and calf on Nanarup
but we could not find. 20 whales reported @ Cheynes
Beach. Very choppy seas over Herald Reef.
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20th Aug |
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2 southern rights off
Basket Bay but very quiet. Humpback cow & calf
(smaller than yesterday) coming from Nanarup and
heading west over Herald Reef. |
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19th Aug |
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1 Southern Right @
Ledge Point & very quiet. Humpback cow & calf @
Benderge Beach and heading west. |
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18th Aug |
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2 Humpbacks coming in
from Islands but hard to watch. Southern Right cow
and calf @ Herald Point and traveling west slowly. |
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17th Aug |
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Humpback cow & calf +
mid-wife. Traveling in from Michaelmas Island and
heading south through the middle of the sound. Calf
breaching and swimming around the boat. Good pic.
Bigger calf than yesterday. |
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16th Aug |
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Humpback cow & calf +
mid-wife. Traveling in between Michaelmas 7 Breaksea
Island and heading south towards bald head. |
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15th Aug |
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No Cruise due to
weather conditions. |
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12th Aug |
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9 Humpbacks found in
the middle of the sound heading towards Marine
Drive. They travel the sound and we leave them east
of seal rock as they head towards Limestone head.
Very calm and good tail pic. |
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11th Aug |
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7 Humpbacks found in
the middle of the sound heading towards Marine
Drive. They travel the sound and we leave them east
of seal rock as they head towards Limestone head.
Very calm and good tail pic. PM / 8 Humpbacks found
in the middle of the sound heading towards Marine
Drive. They travel the sound and we leave them east
of seal rock as they head towards Limestone head.
Very calm and good tail pic. |
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10th Aug |
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6 Humpbacks found in
the middle of the sound heading towards Marine
Drive. They travel the sound and we leave them east
of seal rock as they head towards Limestone head.
Very calm and good tail pic. |
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9th Aug |
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4 Humpbacks found in
the middle of the sound heading towards Marine
Drive. They travel the sound and we leave them east
of seal rock as they head towards Limestone head.
Very calm and good tail pic. PM / 5 Humpbacks found
in the middle of the sound heading towards Marine
Drive. They travel the sound and we leave them east
of seal rock as they head towards Limestone head.
Very calm and good tail pic. |
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8th Aug |
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3 Humpbacks found in
the middle of the sound heading towards Marine
Drive. They travel the sound and we leave them east
of seal rock as they head towards Limestone head.
Very calm and good tail pic. PM / 2 humpbacks
traveling in from South of Breaksea Island and
breaching. Great photos. |
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5th-7th Aug |
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No Cruise |
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4th Au |
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2 humpbacks coming into
Middleton Beach. We spot blows over at Ledge Point
and go to investigate but find nothing. We think
that they were Southern rights and left because of
the Humpies. We find 2 more humpbacks coming in with
20 plus dolphins we watch and have them swim around
us for some time. |
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3rd Aug |
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2 humpbacks south of
Breaksea Island heading west. We follow to Bald
Head. More whales seen traveling parallel and 2 more
whales coming in to join us. We leave and they
breach. |
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2nd Aug |
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AM / We find 2
humpbacks traveling towards Marine drive from the
twin sisters. They spend 1.5 hours close to shore.
We head off to cruise around Mistaken Island and
find 2 Humpbacks and a new calf at the twin sisters
and 1 young whale further south east. PM / We find 1
young humpback in Frenchman Bay and follow towards
Middleton Beach at one time it swims around us for
some time, giving passengers a very close look. |
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1st Aug |
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AM / 8 Humpbacks
traveling on the line from east of Breaksea to Bald
Head, we leave and head east again to pick up 6
humpbacks at the SW end of Breaksea. We follow to
Bald head and leave when 1 humpback crosses our
path.
PM / 2 humpbacks south of Breaksea Island heading
west. We follow to Bald Head. More whales seen
traveling parallel but further south. |
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31st July |
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8 humpbacks going past
Bald Head & we follow. On our return home we find 2
humpbacks coming in from the Islands we leave west
of Mistaken Island and they follow us to the channel
entrance. |
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30th July |
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12-14 Humpbacks found
east of Breaksea Island. We follow them west as they
split in to 2 pods. They come together close to Bald
Head. |
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29th July |
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4 Southern Rights
Whales half way along Nanarup Beach. Found 2 and
then watched as they join others some 800 metres up
the beach. |
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28th July |
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8 Humpbacks come in
from east of Michaelmas Island and putting on quite
a display though no breaching. We leave close to
Seal Rock. |
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27th July |
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The best days whale
watching I have ever had. 2 humpbacks south of the
eastern end of Breaksea Island. Then 5-6 humpbacks
east of the Islands traveling west. Joined by
another 5-6 humpbacks. We spent 1 hour with the
whales breaching around us. Great photos, Many
breach shots. We left them a little late, still
breaching. |
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26th July
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3 humpbacks in Princess
Royal Harbour. We follow out and find 1 humpback
close to channel marker. Then we find 2 humpbacks
traveling west from Seal Rock and we leave at
Mistaken Island |
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25th July |
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Whales seen from Marine
Drive, inside Islands @ 1100 hrs. |
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24th July |
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AM / 2 Humpbacks south
of Mistaken Island and head through Frenchman Bay to
Limestone Head. 2 Humpbacks head in from Limestone
Head. We leave and head home
PM / 2 Humpbacks east of safe water marker heading
east, we leave at Islands. 1 Humpback south of ledge
beach. 2 Humpbacks traveling from Seal to Limestone
Head. |
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23rd July |
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! Humpback cow & calf
travel from safe water marker to Limestone Head via
Goode Beach |
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22nd July |
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1 Southern Right west
of Michaelmas Is very quiet. 1 Humpback NE Limestone
Head, very quiet. |
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21st July |
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1 small Humpback off
Bald Head. 2 Humpbacks off Goode Beach. More seen
from Whale world. |
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20th July |
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Found 1 Humpback
leaving Princess Royal Harbour left it at Bald Head
after several breaches. |
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19th July |
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1 Humpback west of
Breaksea and singing under us. 2 humpbacks between
the islands. 3 Humpbacks traveling west from
Michaelmas to Middleton beach with pod of dolphins. |
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18th July |
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2 Humpbacks east of
Mistaken Island and traveling into Frenchman Bay and
on to Limestone. |
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17th July |
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No Cruise Storm
Warning. Humpbacks seen breaching deep early. |
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16th July |
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1 Southern Right 1.5km
off Middleton Beach Very quiet. |
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15th July |
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1 Southern Right Skippy
Reef very quiet.
1 Southern Right off Nanarup 1 breach close to the
boat. |
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14th July |
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3 Humpbacks seen just
past channel markers. 1 with large white markings. 2
Humpbacks just off Marine drive went in to Princess
Royal Harbour.
3 Small Humpbacks traveling past Limestone to Bald
Head. 1 Very small Humpback of Misery Beach.
Smallest I've seen with no mother. |
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13th July |
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3 single small
humpbacks spread through Frenchman Bay. 2 whales
seen coming in from Islands and 1 small whale seen
heading north from Limestone Head.
5 Humpbacks on line from Bald Head to East Breaksea
Island. Close to Bald Head. Rough seas. Put on a
show. |
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12th July |
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1 Southern Right north
of Seal Rock. 5 Humpbacks east of Breaksea Island.
Bernie spotted 2 SR west of Michaelmas Island at
1200 |
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11th July |
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7 Humpbacks between
Islands traveling west 2 head south 5 head west and
we leave south of Mistaken Island |
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10th July |
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2 Humpbacks east of
Murray Rd. 1 heads NW we stay with other and have
him swim with us. |
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9th July |
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15 humpbacks in several
pods SE bald head.
20 Humpbacks between Bald head & Breaksea Island in
small pods. |
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8th July |
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2 Humpbacks very very
quiet traveling past Misery Beach and on to Bald
Head. |
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7th July |
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2 Humpbacks found west
of Breaksea Island and we left them as they headed
towards Bald Head. 3 Humpbacks heading to Frenchman
Bay and then turn and head to Bald Head. |
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6th July |
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Humpback mother and
calf south of Nanarup heading towards Michaelmas
Island |
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5th July |
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16 Humpbacks east and
south of Bald Head. All whales within 400 meters of
us. 5 whales swim around us for 45 min. Many more in
distance.
3 Humpbacks found East of the channel and traveled
in to the mussel lease north of Mistaken Island and
then to Limestone Head. |
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4th July |
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2 Humpbacks east of
Mistaken Island and traveled past Seal Rock. |
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3rd July |
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2 Humpbacks traveling
west from between the Islands. Came in to the
channel entrance and along Goode Beach. |
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2nd July |
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2 Humpbacks heading
East from Bald Head. 3 Humpbacks heading west meet
and swim with us. Several more south. |
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1st July |
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No Cruise / Storm
Warning |
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30th June |
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No Cruise / Gail
Warning |
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29th June |
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No Cruise / Gail
Warnings |
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28th June |
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No Cruise Strong Winds |
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27th June |
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No Cruise Strong Winds. |
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26th June |
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Several pods total for
cruise 13 whales all Frenchman Bay Limestone area. |
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25th June |
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6 Humpbacks on line
from Bald Head to East Breaksea Island. In group 3.
Conditions not good. 1 Southern Right at jetty on
Breaksea. |
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24th June |
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5 Humpbacks on line
from Bald Head to East Breaksea Island. Hard to
watch. |
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23rd June |
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Cruise sound and find 2
Humpbacks 1 km North East of Limestone. Choppy seas
at Limestone Head. |
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22nd June |
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2 humpbacks north of
Breaksea Island heading west. Turn South when 1km
past Michaelmas Island. |
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21st June |
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Strong winds No cruise
today. |
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20th June |
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No cruise today because
of weather. Strong winds and heavy rain. 4 Humpbacks
in King George Sound in region of Gull Rock at 0900
hours. |
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19th
June |
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No
Cruise due to weather. No whales seen from Marine
Drive at 0900 hours but conditions for sightings
very hard. |
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18th
June |
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3
Humpback whales seen at safe water marker at 0830
hours. We caught them at Limestone Head and left
them as they rounded Bald Head. 2 humpbacks 800
metre's south of our position while watching above. |
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17th
June |
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2
Humpbacks found south of the eastern end of Breaksea
Island. We followed towards Bald Head. Several more
1km south and traveling west. Whales taking 4
breaths and then dive, hard whale watching. |
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16th
June |
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3
Humpbacks east of Mistaken Island and heading west.
We watched for 1 hour and 45 min. At times swimming
around the boat. A good day. |
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15th
June |
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3
Humpbacks found at Bald Head and we followed west.
Found 2 more as we left the 3 and went to confirm
count. |
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