Whale hunting

[jtct]

Had a great few hours down at Victor Harbor trying to spot whales. did see a few around Horshoe Bay but my poor little camera doesn't have much of a zoom. Amazing watching their antics through the binoculars though and the weather was fab with hardly a breath of wind.

 

Had to rush back cos Clive needs to catch the 4.40pm Footie express to the match tonight!

[snifter]

Ooooo I can't wait to be able to do this. Every time I've been over its not been whale migrating season or I've just missed it

 

I will spend many happy hours watching for whales. I spend hours watching wildlife here in the UK so it'll be good to do some Aussie nature watching

[Guest The Dimmocks]

We were lucky enough to see some really close to shore a few weeks back at Christies Beach. Such a great sight

[Guest Mrs Bon Jovi]

We were down at Sellicks Beach last night at sunset and there were dolphins there. The guy I was speaking to there said they'd been around all day but he said he'd seen a whale there earlier in the week too. We've not seen any yet but hopefully we will get to one day.

[Anne B]

We are hoping to go down to VIctor/Port Elliot tomorrow. Hope the whales are still there, there's been a lot of sightings on the whale watch website the last few days.

[jtct]

Best time seems to be between 11.30am and 1.00pm between Horseshoe Bay and Middleton Beach

[Guest Guest6899]

Weve been down Victor twice now in the past few weeks and not seen anything.. fingers crossed next time...

Edited July 8, 2012 by Guest6899

[Guest Mrs Bon Jovi]

There definitely seems to be a lot of them around at the moment - http://sawhalecentre.com/sightings/index.html

Might head down that way tomorrow and see if we can spot any.

Great little map there too to help you get your bearings.

http://sawhalecentre.com/assets/sighting_map.jpg

Edited July 8, 2012 by Mrs Bon Jovi

[Anne B]

We saw one whale at Bashams beach and another 2 at Middleton today. All quite a way out but ok with binoculars. The 2 at Middleton were sticking their flippers up and flapping around. Pity they weren't closer because you could tell they were huge creatures. Saw some playful dolphins really close up on the causeway out to Granite island.