Humpback Magic – Gold Coast Queensland Australia
The Humpback’s Northern Migration is all but over, with several whales now being spotted going South. These are not in any hurry and are happy just hanging around Coolangatta for a while. We are still seeing some going North, but the majority is now heading south.
We have had some magical experiences over the past week or so and everyday we encounter new humpbacks with loads of personality to share with us. We last wrote on the 11th August, so here is the 12th August encounter: one single whale heading north, only a young one, he settled to the boat and began to breach and get use to us being in the area, he came to the boat several times and delighted us all – especially me !!!.
13th – all the whales were diving today, most of them going north today, no activity at all, but still a pleasant day, we came across three pods. Had the dolphins to the boat today.
14th – heaps and heaps of whales today around 30 !!! all whales just happy hanging around in the area all seemed to be going in one big circle around the area and our boat. They were tail lobbing, pectoral fin slapping, breaching – a fantastic day for the whales today.
15th calm sea, no wind, whales going north and south again today, about 12 whales this morning.
All very relaxed and happy swimming around and rolling over.
16th nice day out heaps and heaps of whales all going south today, all moving slow and very happy and relaxed int he water around the area. Had two pods come together and swam together for ages, happily enjoying each others company. We left these and went further north and found another 4 pods off Burleigh – a great day out, heaps of flying fish and a pod of dolphins. Great day out.
The babies are on their way and the action is about to hot up with their arrival, we have had such a fabulous season so far and we now look forward to the southern migration.
This has been Carol the ‘Whale Women’ until next time.