Whale Sighting - Sun 11th Jul 2010

Whales sighted off True Blue vessel Explorer this season: 230 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. 4 Fiary Penguins.

The captain on Explorer this morning reported sighting and following 2 single whales swimming slowly along as they follow their annual migratory path north. Another pod of 2 were also spotted and as the vessel passed by these they displayed some very nice tail flukes. There were reports of more coming from the south and the crew were on the lookout for these.