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Whale Sightings from CONDOR up to 28 August 2010 |
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Monday, 30 August 2010 15:24 |
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We log all sighting information for Whales and dolphins in terms of our permit with Marine an Coastal Management .Brief exerpts below show what activity to expect . We number all planned trips from the start of the season .The BBWW Vessel is condor and the Guides are Agnasius and Louise.
Trip 45 28th August 2010 No BBWW weather bad Trip 44 27th August 2010 No BBWW weather bad Trip 43 26th August 2010 excellent day for Whale Watching spotted 13 SRW and calf lobtailing flippers laps pax was very satisfied with big whales were amazing Trip 42 25th August 2010 sea conditions was calm and spotted 3 SRW and calf surfing and logging Trip 41 24th August 2010 Penguins release and sea conditions was calm spotted 3 SRW brief lingering spyhopping and lobtailing Trip 40 23rd August 2010 sea conditions was choppy and spotted 2 SRW and calf swimming feeding and stayed above surface for long Trip 39 22nd August 2010 No BBWW vessel closed maintenance Trip 38 21st August 2010 No BBWW vessel closed maintenance Trip 37 20t August 2010 No BBWW vessel closed maintenance Trip 36 19th August 2010 No BBWW vessel closed maintenance Trip 35 18th August 2010 No BBWW vessel closed maintenance Trip 34 17th August 2010 No BBWW vessel closed maintenance Trip 33 16th August 2010 No BBWW vessel closed maintenance Trip 32 15th August 2010 No BBWW vessel closed maintenance Trip 31 14th August 2010 No BBWW vessel closed maintenance Trip 30 13th August 2010 No BBWW vessel closed maintenance Trip 29 12th August 2010 No BBWW vessel closed maintenance Trip 28 11th August 2010 No BBWW vessel closed maintenance Trip 27 10th August 2010 No BBWW vessel closed maintenance Trip 26 09th August 2010 No BBWW bad weather Trip 25 08th August 2010 No BBWW weather was bad Trip 24 07th August 2010 Sea conditions was calm and spotted 5 SRW syhopping , they did not stayed long above surface pax enjoyed the tour and whales gave a very good tour. Trip 23 06th August 2010 No BBWW trips cancelled Trip 22 05th August 2010 spotted 5 BRW and pax was overwhelmed on the cruise Trip 21 04th August 2010. Sea conditions was calm spotted 2 SRW with calf . whales were very shy and moved of very quickly Trip 20: 03rd August 2010, spotted 3 Humpback whales swam off never stayed long above surface Trip 19: 02nd August 2010, sea conditions were calm and spotted 3 HBW and 1 calf swam off did not stay long above water and dived. Trip 18: 01st August 2010, no whales spotted, rough seas Trip 17: 31st July 2010,1 HBW and 1calve spotted relaxed calf stay next to mother the all time. 2 SRW breaching and lobtailing. Whales were extremely relaxed. Trip 16: 30th July 2010, spotted 3 HBW relaxed and 2 SRW spy hopping . Trip 15: 29th July 2010; calm sea conditions and spotted 4 SRW logging. Trip 14; 28th July 2010: No BBWW trip -cancelled rough seas Trip 13; 27th July 2010. No BBWW trip -cancelled rough seas. Trip 12: 26th July 2010 No BBWW trip -cancelled due to weather Trip 11: 25th July 2010. sea conditions were calm and spotted 2 SRW and calf spy hopping tail slap . Trip 10: 24th July 2010. Excellent day spotted 4 HBW and 3 Srw and calf mating, spy hopping and stayed long above water. Trip 9: 23rd July 2010: spotted 3 SRW mating and spy hopping and 1 SRW and calf surface long above water good show tail. Trip 8; 22nd July 2010 spotted 2 SRW mating and spy hopping vey passive 3 HBW and 1 calf spy hopping and very active and play full. Passengers has an enjoyable time Trip 7; 21st July 2010 No BBWW rough seas
Trip 6 20th July 2010 - Sightings of HBW with no calf , the passengers enjoyed the trip and had a wonderful time when the penguins where realeased off robben Island .The HBW stayed on the surface for a long time . Trip 5 19th July 2010 - Cancelled Trip 4 18th July 2010 - Excellent conditions , sighting of HBW with calf , relaxed and staying close to surface Trip 3 17th July 2010 - Cancelled Trip 2 16th July 2010 - Cancelled Trip 1 15th July 2010 - Chopy sea with wind 10-15 knots . sightings of both SRW with Calf swimming and spy hopping . also sighted a HBW which dived .
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