Gold Coast Whales Sunday 17th August 08
Yesterday we had sleepy whales in the morning and very active and friendly whales in the afternoon, two whales came to the boat and swam all around having a good look at us.
Sunday morning saw windy conditions and one whale in the river mouth swiming south with a pod of bottlenose dolphins. This happy humpback was surfing the waves with the dolphins and really enjoying himself. We left this lone whale and headed out to sea, we travelled for over an hour before we came across any more whales – but what whales – it was well worth the wait for these beauties!! Two pods off Coolangatta travelling south, the two pods joined up and put on a real show, we had breaching, pectoral fin slapping and then they turned toward us and came straight over, they rolled, spy hopped, all four whales where very active very close to the boat, the crowd was excited with one young lady crying with joy, they swam under the boat, around the boat, kept on coming back for more looks – wow !!! Now that was truly magic today – how lucky are we? VERY VERY LUCKY!!!
This has been Carol the Whale Women until tomorrow!!