After a long period of not going out to sea, a trip
today totally made up for it! For me though, not so much on Gwen’s whale
front.. almost immediately after launching the boat we spotted the first whale
blow, and eventually identified 4 whales in the bay, but we could not get close
enough to any of them for good photos. Additionally, the bait fish were
apparently quite deep down and the whales were diving deep and long so after
floating around for a while waiting for some action we moved on. Exciting to
know that there are quite a few individuals around but a slight let-down not to
get some amazing photos (I think I’m getting greedy!). We headed to the one
dependable aspect of the cruise, the seal colony. I love the seals, they
fascinate me! They have such character, and amuse me no end with their antics,
in the water and out. A huge treat was to see the Elephant Seal! In this colony
of Cape Fur Seals there is often a lonely Elephant seal, thought to be a
sub-adult female. I was able to get some amazing photos of it and got back to
the beach quite chuffed with the trip!
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| Yaaaawn! |
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| Beautiful! |
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| Just catching some rays! |
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| My rock! |
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| I does love you! |
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| Ah a good scratch! |
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| Aaaaaahhh.... Chhooo! |
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