Gold Coast Whale Watching – Tweed Heads – Coolangatta – Australia – Queensland
Humpback Whales everywhere – calves everywhere – what a show !! Since my last post on the 28th September we have been inundated with calves playing off Coolangatta. Some humpbacks are still travelling north and plenty now heading south, still not in any hurry and very happy to visit the boat for a closer look – now this is my favourite thing !!
Tuesday 29th – had 3 very friendly whales to the boat. Had a cow teaching her calf how to tail lob – that was so cute ! Came across one large pod of three cows and three calves. Had turtles – great day out today.
Wednesday 30th – very calm, all whales going south in the morning, the afternoon trip was a little choppy but we had heaps of whales breaching and playing, pectoral fin slapping – loads of activity – heaps fun !!
Thur 1st October – choppy conditions, found whales straight away, heaps and heaps of them today – fantastic!
Fri 2nd – choppy conditions again – breaching whales – turtles and dolphins today
Sat 3rd – choppy again – fantastic whales today, heaps of activity
Sun 4th – sloppy sea – found whales straight away – two huge humpbacks came straight over to the boat – what a fantastic sight, everyone was beside themselves with excitement – including me of course !!!. Whales still going north and south – great day out
Mon 5th – choppy again – all whales going south – not active today
Tue 6th – nice conditions – hurray ! had whales straight away and all morning playing – great day
Wed 7th – fantastic day had heaps and heaps of whales, plenty of juvenilles all going south
Thur 8th – fantastic whales and plenty of them !! had a very active cow and calf and plenty of action from a pod that played chasings with the cow and calf – great action today
9th and 10th – too rough
Sun 11th – sloppy sea and whales a bit hard to find today and wanted to dive a lot, found two very happy whales straight up, had a double breaching and plenty of action from this pair, other pods were not at all interested in the boat or anything else other than going home !! can’t blame them really !!
The season is far from over with heaps of whales still on their way.
If you have any thoughts on the shark nets that keep trapping our whales – drop me a line – I would like to hear from you.
Happy whale watching – this has been Carol the ‘whale women’ until next time
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