28/05/2022
The whales are finally coming๐
๐ช๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ก๐ - ๐ฎ๐ด ๐ ๐๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฎ
๐ Get those binoculars out for our first whales of the 2022 season within the Encounter Bay Nursery!
๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ญ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ป๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ด. ๐
With the help of local spotters a researcher from the Encounter Bay Right Whale Study has confirmed two Southern Right Whales (SRW) ๐ณ๐ณ
๐ณ๐ณ 14.30pm Two SRW at Boomer Beach, Port Elliot. Staying under the water a lot ~1km out from shore and slowing moving west.
๐ณ๐ณ16:00 Two SRW at Knights Beach, Port Elliot. Staying under a lot and slowing moving west.
๐ณ๐ณ 15:30 Two SRW out from Freemans Lookout, Port Elliot. Whales appear to be heading west towards Knights Beach ~250m out.
๐ณ๐ณ 15:08 Two SRW seen out from Freemans Lookout, Port Elliot. The whales have come out from behind Pullen Island and appear to be heading west.
๐ณ 1:30pm there was a report of blows seen from the Freemans Lookout, Port Elliot.
๐ณ 11:55am a whale was spotted a long way out heading towards Goolwa.
๐ณ 10:36am one whale (unidentified species) was spotted out from Frenchman Rock, in the Port Elliot/Basham Beach whale nursery area with blows seen ~200m from Frenchman Rock.
๐ธby skiesabovephotography