Naturaliste Charters Whale Blogs

PEC SLAP!

Published on October 30, 2018 By Alison Cross

Our humpbacks were so relaxed yesterday! We had a large group with two mother calf pairs and their escorts that were frolicking at the surface right beside the vessel! The group put on a show of pec slaps and ventral activity for...

Over 50 BLUE whales this season ALREADY!

Published on October 29, 2018 By Alison Cross

Yesterday marked the 52-54th confirmed BLUE WHALE sighing in the bay for this season alone! 2016 was one of our best years for blues in Geographe Bay with just over 250 individuals documented in the bay over a single season! The major...

Competition Pod

Published on October 28, 2018 By Alison Cross

We had a group of feisty bulls (large male humpbacks)that were very surface active yesterday! We commonly see energetic activity like this on the animals northern migration as they all compete for a females attention. The bulls were displaying...

A blue day to you!

Published on October 27, 2018 By Alison Cross

The first thing a customer asked yesterday was "how often do you see blue whales?", it was something on his bucket list! We stated that we have been seeing them earlier this year than any other and that we get the majority around November. How...

Curious Calves!

Published on October 26, 2018 By Alison Cross

Another jam packed day of tours and WHALES galore! Humpbacks were the main attraction across the three tours, from mums and calves to pods of energetic bulls! We love watching the interactions between a mother/calf pair change towards the boat...