Whale Sighting - Tue 29th Jun 2010

Whales sighted off True Blue vessel Explorer this season: 137 humpback whales, 2 minke, 220 Offshore or Oceanic Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), approx 74 Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops aduncus), 2 Australian Fur Seal. Flocks of Gannets, 20 Black Browed Albatross and plenty of Sea Gulls.

1 pod of 2 Humpbacks seen on the AM cruise with the winds blowing westerly at 10 knots making the seas pleasant. A further 5 whales were spotted heading North. With much surprise to the passengers they enjoyed intracting with the boat on their travels.

3 pods of two humpback whales were sighted this afternoon just off Macquarie Lighthouse performing some beautiful fluke updives whilst gracefully making their way north. The skipper stated it was a perfect afternoon for cruising with beautiful sunshine and flat seas.