Still plenty of action!
We are now coming to the end of the whale season, with only a couple of days of whale watching left before our humpback whales disappear again to spend the summer feeding down in Antarctica. The majority of whales have now passed through but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing left to see! In fact we had a fantastic whale watch cruise today, spending over an hour with three large adult humpback whales that put on an impressive show! They were all pectoral flipper slapping and breaching non-stop!
I suppose with there being fewer whales around at this time of the year, they may need to make more noise to find each other. The breaching and fin slapping is generally a form of communication and used to signal to other whales. These three whales actually joined up just after one of them had been breaching for a while, obviously calling the others over.
It certainly was a spectacular display for us to watch!
Eco Ranger Ina