Humpback Magic off Coolangatta/Tweed Heads, Queensland Australias Gold Coast
Over the last few days we have had some of the best weather and sea conditions on the Gold Coast so far this season. The whales have been sleepy in close to the coast, not really doing very much but resting before their big journey back to colder waters.
This week we have had two humpback calves (brand new ones, born just a few days ago) that was pretty special indeed.
We came across a whale that was entangled in fish trap lines on Sunday morning, green rope was hanging loosely over his body which drapped over his tail with obviously something heavy pulling his tail down, we think it was the actual fish trap attached to him. We contacted National Parks, Fisheries and local Governments to get them to help this poor whale, hopefully they have rescued him. We will follow this up.
Plenty of humpback whales about, we have been seeing around 6 pods each trip. Yesterday afternoon, was the best trip all season, we travelled out to 8 miles and there they all were, we would have seen possibly 30 whales and the ACTION WAS FANTASTIC !!!! We had breaching whales all over the ocean, coming close to the boat, behind the boat, in front of the boat, we couldn’t believe what we were seeing, the boat atmosphere was electric. Some guests on board said they had whale watched in several places around the world and this was the best ever !! Now that’s something !!
The whales are out wider this year, so that’s where we are going to see them – another day like yesterday and many more would be pure magic !!!
We are just starting to see the young juvenilles heading back to the Antarctic, they are travelling on their own and slowly moving south, spending time just off Coolangatta just hanging around for a few hours.
Hope to see you out with us soon – the whales are just magic.
This has Carol the Whale Women until next time.