Friday, June 16, 2023

Hermanus - 2023-06-16

Public holiday and time to search for whales

None visible from the cliffs but a pod of dolphins in front of Windsor hotel just as good

Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins to be exact

Stayed there for quite a while and great for viewing these amazing mammals 





















Tuesday, June 13, 2023

Hermanus 2023-06-13

 I've been keeping my eyes glued to the ocean from Saturday when I saw my first Southern Right Whales from De Kelders

Hermanus is my hometown and always rewarded with great sights of Southern Right Whales

Today was a typical winter's day, horrible wind, cold, rain sometimes and heavy seas

Sitting at Sievers Point I saw a few blows only to discover it's the wind

But, this was not just wind blowing over the waves, for me, my first Southern Right Whale from the cliffs of Hermanus, let the season begin












Sunday, June 11, 2023

Southern right whales - 2023-06-10

The annual arrival of the Southern right whales stays a great event for me after 18 years in Hermanus


Some whales were spotted from boats but I've not seen any Southern right whales from te cliffs of Hermanus yet


There were reports that whales have been spotted from De Kelders across the bay from Hermanus


So, yesterday was another beautiful day in Hermanus and I decided to take the motorcycle and travel to De Kelders to see if we can spot something



We were duly rewarded, there were at least two Southern right whales quite far out

We could see they were moving towards land and spent some time waiting for them to come closer

And they gave a great performance in showing a tail, jumping and the distinctive blow