South Coast Whale Watch

Mini Migaloo sighted at Narooma

October 13 2011. What a fantastic day. We first saw Mini Migaloo from the headland at Narooma and had to get a closer look, we left the wharf at 3:00 pm and found MiniMigaloo and mother 500 metres from the entrance to Narooma. With our boat “Dreamtime” just ticking along slowly, little MiniMigaloo started performing for us, I lost count of the number of times it breached but I managed to take more than 400 photos.Truly a memorable experience. Having seen Migaloo 17 years ago and going to every pod of whales we could since then to get another look, today made up for the wait.

For more information and to see photos of this amazing day see – http://www.naroomacharters.com.au/minimigaloo.html

Just returned from a North Coast Sojourn, whales were sighted from the Byron Bay Lighthouse, according to the NPWS Rangers, the last week they have been spotting pods travelling north daily. Does anyone have anything to report from the South Coast?

The 2010 southern Humpback Migration began as early as mid-August, with non-breeding whales still dawdling north being met by those heading south. Some days there were pods as far as the eye could see and many times Montague Island was literally surrounded by them. Through September and into October boat-based whale watchers could observe them feeding from not all that far offshore to out past Montague. Mid October saw the mothers and calves in close as well as larger whales offshore. November had mostly mothers and calves in close.

The charter boat  fleet operating from Narooma ferried many people out to interact with these mighty mammals, and Montague Island Tours day visitors and overnight stayers had the added bonus of the Island’s nesting Gulls and Terns and evening penguin viewing to add to that special Spring feeling.