Whale Sighting - Sat 10th Jul 2010

Whales sighted off True Blue vessel Explorer this season: 224 humpback whales, 1 Southern Right, 2 minke, 220 Offshore or Oceanic Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), approx 84 Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops aduncus), 20 Common Dolphins, 2 Australian Fur Seal. Flocks of Gannets, 20 Black Browed Albatross and plenty of Sea Gulls.

This morning's whale watching cruise found 1 pod of 2 whales cruising on their northern migration. They were found just off Diamond Bay. They were having quite a lot of down time with many Fluke Up Dives seen. Conditions fantastic with no wind.

2 more Humpbacks off Bondi spotted. Fluke Up Dives galore. They were swimming North on the Whale Highway.

This afternoons whale watching cruise spotted 2 whales about 4 miles off Sydney heads. They were pectoral fin slapping and tail lobbing for our True Blue passengers. It was a little overcast but the seas were nice and calm today with basically no wind.