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Whale Watching Perth

Locality: Perth, Western Australia

Phone: +61 8 9246 5334

Address: 86 Southside Drive 6025 Perth, WA, Australia

Website: http://www.whalewatchingperth.com

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24.01.2022 Friday Morning 30/10/2020 Plenty of humpback whales still out on the Humpback Highway check out those gorgeous tails! ... Once the season ends, Brooke, our marine biologist will be putting together a collage of all the tails we have seen this season, entering it into the whale identification database and hopefully we will get some recognised whales highlighted from previous years! : Sue Shand

23.01.2022 And with that what an end to the season! Thank you to everyone who came out with us this year and years past! We will be doing a big appreciation post for you guys over the next couple of days! Big love to Carole Carroll for this card

23.01.2022 Tiny Calf but Where is Mum? Sunday Morning 8/11/2020 What a morning! With little to no wind and high temperatures early on, she was glass-off all morning. It didn’t take us long to find whales today either as the boat halted to the sight of THE SMALLEST calf, we have seen all season. This little bub was so incredibly small! This calf was surface cruising when we first came across it, giving off a little tail thrash here and there. We watched it for about 10 minutes coming up ...to the surface and ducking back down, then coming up again. But where was mum? A sinking feeling began to occur as we watched on with only a small Humpback calf in front of us. But with almost a cheer of relief, mum surfaced after about 15 minutes and she was large! This common theme occurred all day really, with mum staying down for 10-15 minutes while bub resurfaced more regularly every 4 minutes or so. This is usually the case as a smaller calf has less lung capacity then mum, meaning it has to resurface more often then she does. We followed this pair all day, having so many opportunities for pictures and some gorgeous tail shots too! The season isn’t over yet, still many Humpies coming through on the Humpback Highway as there were 2-3 other pods around us today. : Tom Newcomb

22.01.2022 Extreme Whale Watching Tuesday Afternoon 20/10/2020 With strong winds and big swell, we were hesitant to take our passengers out this afternoon, but with them being a group of students from Curtin University for their Wildlife Management unit, they weren’t phased at all! It took us longer then usual to get out to our 30m spot this arvo due to the weather, almost an hour, and with the waves and white caps it can be very difficult to spot whales. But of course, the skipper was ...on them as per usual as we spotted a Humpback mum and calf ahead of us. This pair were cruisy to begin with, mum having a very distinct either colouration or scar along her right side. While we watched this pair cruise around us, we were greeted, multiple times, by a relatively big bronze whaler, this shark was very interested at the back of the boat and whale watching soon turned into shark watching. As I got chatting to the students on board, I got too carried away as Mike came down from the flybridge saying did you see that breach?. So, with a missed breach we all turned to the water to watch this at first cruisy pair, suddenly become very active. Mum after her breach, began tail slapping right in front of the boat. The then went to the other side of the boat to show off some stunning pectoral fin slapping where you can clearly see the cookie cutter shark marks on her pec fin. There was another pod closer to one of the markers today, but we stuck with this mum and calf for the afternoon, before heading back into the marina with the wind subsiding and enjoying the ride. Thanks to the demonstrators and students from Curtin for coming out with us and all the best with your studies, looking forward to seeing you guys in the field! See more

22.01.2022 Tuesday 27/10/2020 A comment about this morning‘s tour from one of our regulars Sue Shand: What started out as a slow morning changed dramatically about 90 mins in, what an amazing show put on by our WA Humpbacks! There were breaches, tail slapping as well as very curious whales and huge close encounters! ... Thanks Mills : Sue Shand

21.01.2022 Saturday 31/10/2020 No words... : Sue Shand & Linda Horton

19.01.2022 Happy Boxing Day! Hope recovery is going well, you might be running around the shops or relaxing watching the test match, either way we hope you had a good Christmas/Holidays!

17.01.2022 Breach from one of today’s tours thanks to Sianne Tulloch love the excitement in slow mow great video!

17.01.2022 Mum and Calf Voyage 18/10/2020 Today was a day full of Humpback mums and bubs! The first pair we spotted today were in the usual 30 metres deep of water as they cruised either side of the boat at different times during the day, the calf having such a stunning colouration. We watched this cruisy duo for about half an hour before proceeding to head closer to Rottnest where we came across more Humpback whales. At one stage we were surrounded by at least 3 pods of Humpbacks and a...nother mum and calf pair. It was definitely a family outing for the whales today. At one stage you didn’t know where to look off the back of the boat, some whales at 10, 4 and 6 o’clock! There was also a close call with a smaller boat and a whale, as it sped right over the top of the whale, missing it narrowly. Unfortunately, death or injury from a vessel strike is one of the major threats to whale populations worldwide, from both large container ships and small speed boats alike. So, keep an eye out for those whales when on the water! As we headed back in today, we quickly stopped off to watch another Humpback surge past the boat, they must have been soaking in the lovely 28 degree day today. Thank you to everyone who came out this morning, no afternoon tour today due to strong winds. See more

16.01.2022 Big Mumma! 23/10/2020 We had word before heading out today that some whales had already been spotted just out of the marina. So, with that we were keen to head out, it was perfect this morning as we spotted a gorgeous mum and calf Humpback whale just out of the marina in about 25m of water not even 20 minutes after heading out. This mum was a big Mumma! She would have had to be one of the largest whales we have seen all season, easily over 30 tonnes! This intrigued pair manag...ed to circle our boat multiple times today and we even got a surprise visit from some dolphins too. As we were waiting for this pair to resurface, we spotted what looked like a sea snake, but it never surfaced for a good visual so could have just been some sort of weird sea noodle thing (seaweed? Haha). This calf became more and more brave, distancing itself from mum and coming right up to the right side of the boat, then later the back side of the boat, coming to check us out. At one stage this tiny calf came right towards the boat, popping its little head out at us. We followed this pair all day, giving us many opportunities for pictures, and as we headed back in we stopped off to view some more whales, but these were super shy whales. Thank you to everyone that came out today, was such a great vibe on board and can’t wait to see the photos from today. : Brooke Lloyd & Sue Shand

14.01.2022 Comment from one of our beautiful regulars Carole Carroll about today’s whales: The little Humpabck calf started splashing a little way off today but then Mum must have told him to settle down beautiful morning out, some gorgeous tails on display Pictures from one of our other regulars Wayne O'Meara & Carole (albatross spotted on the tour today too!)

14.01.2022 Happy Saturday!

11.01.2022 MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS Hope you all have a safe and happy holiday period and we can’t wait to see you in the new year! Looking forward to heading out on the Humpback Highway in 2021! ...

11.01.2022 Let the Whale Week begin! Tours running tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday This whale is excited! Are you?

10.01.2022 This morning ...

10.01.2022 Happy NAIDOC Week! : Migaloo the White Whale

05.01.2022 Join us tomorrow to watch the whales!

04.01.2022 WHAT A SEASON! A big thank you to everyone who came out with us this year and years past! Here are some photos of the wonderful customers we’ve had this year! It wouldn’t be possible without you guys and we can’t wait for the 2021 whales already! It was the earliest start to the season we’ve ever had this year, starting August 21st and finishing November 15th ... Here’s to next year!

04.01.2022 Perfect Conditions Thursday Morning 5/11/2020 What a perfect morning today’s tour was! With a 30-degree high, the calm seas and the sun shining meant beautiful weather and beautiful whales. It took us about an hour today to find the whales and once we did, they were a little skittish of the boat to begin with. However, once they had warmed up to us, we had a beautiful Humpback mum and calf display all day! Mum was huge and this calf had the most stunning colouration, almost o...mbre-like with the white fading into grey, fading into black on its side. Once they had gotten used to us, this calf became very inquisitive, venturing from its mum and coming right up to the boat many times, to check us out. This calf definitely wanted to have a good look at us at it stuck its head out multiple times, displaying its shiny tubercles. Then at one stage, right by the boat, this calf did a gorgeous spy hop! Today was very unusual, we usually find the whales anywhere between 25m to 35m deep, sometimes the odd 18m but today these whales were in 8.8m! You could see the sea floor! If mum was about 16m long, this means if she moved herself vertically in the water she’d nearly be half sticking out! Thank you to everyone who came out for the perfect, cruisy tour, can’t wait to see all your photos. Spy Hop images by Brooke Chester

03.01.2022 VIDEO SUMMARY OF 2020 What a year for whales as we started early, August 21st! Please take the 1 minute and 30 seconds out of your day to watch this year! Goose bumps watching some of this footage!

02.01.2022 Swell and Smiles Wednesday Morning 28/10/2020 With 3 metre swell this morning we knew it would be a bumpy one, but everyone had their sea legs with them today! We spotted the first pod, a mum and calf in about 25m of water after having to take the long way out to the Humpback Highway today due to the swell. This mum and calf were gorgeous, mum with her especially white underbelly and side, was so easily seen even under water as she swam by the boat. This pair circled us very... clearly as all of a sudden there was another adult whale with them, then another! Out of nowhere we now had a pod of 4 humpback whales, 3 adults and one calf. We watched as one whale got very close to a small boat, who thankfully spotted the whale as it surfaced and turned off the boat. One of the whales in this pod had a very interesting tail, was it natural? Or due to fishing line entanglement or something else? We spotted another pod closer to Rottnest as we headed back in this morning, with the ride back in being wonderful. Thank you to everyone who came out today, great to see all the smiles! See more

02.01.2022 Lovely shots thanks to our regular ‘watcher’ Carole! Thanks for posting!

01.01.2022 Because all great whales (also known as Baleen whales) have two blow holes, both Humpback whales and southern right whales in particular have a very distinct V-shaped blow. This is a large maternal humpback pictured Sunday morning 8/11/2020

01.01.2022 Saturday, what a day.... : Sue Shand

01.01.2022 Work in Progress Currently our marine biologist is cataloguing together all the tails spotted this season to see who we’ve spotted this year! She will update you ASAP on any regulars, newbies and how many tails we have gotten so far this season! Stay tuned!