Whale Watch Coolangatta/Tweed Heads Tues 26th Aug 08
A calm day on the Gold Coast, seas were calm, no wind and a warm spring day was on the way. Today our beautiful whales were out wide, further than normal, we didn’t care, the boat ride was awesome! As I sat on my perch at the front of the boat, up high to see the view, we headed off, “there she blows” calls Tony, who was up higher than I, on the roof of the boat, as he stands up tall, he could see for miles, and true enough, there they were, three pods of magificant humbpack whales lazing around in the calm waters. As we approached, three pods, two heading north and one heading south, they joined for a short period and kept on their way. We followed two heading south, very quiet in the water. We left these two and headed back north, came across a fantastic pod of two heading south !! They were very relaxed and came to the boat a few times, there they are !!! wow how exciting !!
All in all a beautiful day out and plenty of whales about, on the way back in another pod, so today probably around 12 whales – no calves today. We had pectoral fin slapping, rolling over, tail flicks and total enjoyment !!
This has been Carol – The Whale Women – until tomorrow !!