Archive for: October 2008

It’s been a few days since I’ve put pen to paper, but here we go:

Sunday 19th - Calm day off Coolangatta, no swell and sleepy whales, plenty about, but all in rest mode today.  One breach all trip.

Mon 20th - …

What a fantastic day out watching the humpback whales today, the seas were calm and no wind and HEAPS of cows and calves travelling back home to the antarctic.  We set out at 9am from the Tweed River and within …

Wow! what a brilliant day we all had today whale watching off Coolangatta!  We started with me giving the group a great pre-departure talk, reved them up for what was to be a great day, off we headed.  I am often asked …

Sun 12th - What a beautiful day off Coolangatta for whale watching, the sea is calm and no wind again and HEAPS OF WHALES !!!  Cows and calves and pods everywhere, not a lot of activity all on a rest …

The day off Coolangatta started out a bit overcast but that didn’t deter our happy whale watchers, they were ready for action !! and action they got !!

The seas were reasonable with a slight choppy slop but no swell and …

Mon 6th Oct - too rough

Tues 7th Oct - sloppy seas today off Coolangatta, whales breaching out wide, we travelled out to them and were given a great show of a pair constantly breaching, then one other humpback whale joined …

Friday 3rd October - too windy - no trip

Saturday 4th - hard to find the whales on the 9am trip, found two off Kirra but not at all active and very evasive.  Did a lot of travelling today with hardly …

A lovely gold coast day, plenty of whales again with around 6 pods with a couple of adult whales in each pod.  No calves this morning.  The humpbacks were all swiming slowly, not in any hurry, one pod was very relaxed …

The seas are alive with the sound of WHALES !!  Todays trips was simply awesome, so many whales and we had so much fun.  The Gold Coast sea conditions were a little sloppy but generally good with plenty of whale …