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Condor Whale Watching Sightings up to 7th September 2010 PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 13 September 2010 08:07

We log all sighting information for Whales and dolphins in terms of our permit with Marine an Coastal Management .Brief exerpts below show what activity to expect . We number all planned trips from the start of the season .The BBWW Vessel is condor and the Guides are Agnasius and  Louise.

Trip 55 07th September 2010    Boat Closed Survey on vessel
Trip 54 06th September 2010    Boat Closed Survey on vessel
Trip 53 05th September 2010    spotted 3 SRW flipper slapping and feeding they stayed long above surface .
Trip 52 04th September 2010    Sea conditions was choppy saw no whales but saw lots of sea life, dolphins, seals and penguins
Trip 51 03rd September 2010    No BBWW weather  bad
Trip 50 02nd September 2010   No BBWW done a coastal Robben Island cruise to released penguins
Trip 49 01st September 2010    No BBWW weather bad
Trip 48 31st August 2010         No BBWW  weather bad
Trip 47 30th August 2010         No BBWW weather bad
Trip 46 29th August 2010         Excellent day for whale watching we spotted 12 SRW  very relaxed and approached vessel and +- 100 common dolphins that stayed with the boat. A beautiful day and sea conditions was good
Trip 45 28th August 2010        No BBWW weather bad
Trip 44 27th August 2010         No BBWW weather bad
Trip 43 26th August 2010        excellent day for Whale Watching spotted 13 SRW and calf lobtailing flippers laps  pax was very satisfied with big whales were amazing
Trip 42 25th August 2010        sea conditions was calm and spotted 3 SRW  and calf surfing and logging
Trip 41 24th August 2010        Penguins release  and sea conditions was calm spotted 3 SRW brief lingering spyhopping and lobtailing
Trip 40 23rd August 2010  sea conditions was choppy and spotted 2 SRW and calf swimming feeding and stayed above surface for long
Trip 39 22nd August 2010 No BBWW vessel closed maintenance
Trip 38 21st August 2010 No BBWW vessel closed maintenance
Trip 37 20t August 2010 No BBWW vessel closed maintenance
Trip 36 19th August 2010 No BBWW vessel closed maintenance
Trip 35 18th August 2010 No BBWW vessel closed maintenance
Trip 34 17th August 2010 No BBWW vessel closed maintenance
Trip 33 16th August  2010    No BBWW vessel closed maintenance
Trip 32 15th August 2010  No BBWW vessel closed maintenance
Trip 31 14th August 2010  No BBWW vessel closed maintenance
Trip 30 13th August 2010 No BBWW vessel closed maintenance
Trip 29 12th August 2010 No BBWW vessel closed maintenance
Trip 28 11th August 2010    No BBWW vessel closed maintenance
Trip 27 10th August 2010  No BBWW  vessel closed  maintenance
Trip 26 09th August 2010  No BBWW  bad weather
Trip 25 08th August 2010  No BBWW  weather was bad
Trip 24 07th August 2010  Sea conditions was calm and spotted 5 SRW  syhopping , they did not stayed long above surface pax enjoyed  the tour and whales gave a very good tour.
Trip 23 06th August 2010  No BBWW   trips cancelled
Trip 22 05th August 2010  spotted 5 BRW and pax was overwhelmed on the cruise
Trip 21 04th August 2010.    Sea conditions was calm spotted 2  SRW  with calf . whales were very shy and moved of very quickly
Trip 20: 03rd August 2010,  spotted  3 Humpback whales  swam off never stayed long above surface
Trip 19: 02nd August 2010, sea conditions were calm and spotted 3 HBW and 1 calf swam off did not stay long above water and dived.
Trip 18: 01st August 2010,   no whales spotted, rough seas
Trip 17: 31st July 2010,1 HBW and 1calve spotted relaxed calf stay next to mother the all time. 2 SRW  breaching and lobtailing.  Whales were extremely  relaxed.
Trip 16: 30th July 2010, spotted 3 HBW relaxed and 2 SRW spy hopping .
Trip 15: 29th July 2010; calm sea conditions and spotted 4 SRW logging.
Trip 14;  28th July 2010: No BBWW trip -cancelled rough seas
Trip 13; 27th  July 2010. No BBWW trip -cancelled rough seas.
Trip 12: 26th July 2010   No BBWW   trip -cancelled due to weather
Trip 11: 25th July 2010.  sea conditions were calm and spotted 2 SRW  and calf spy hopping tail slap .
Trip 10: 24th July 2010. Excellent day spotted 4 HBW and 3 Srw and calf mating, spy hopping and stayed long above water.
Trip 9: 23rd July 2010: spotted 3 SRW mating and spy hopping and 1 SRW and calf surface long above water good show tail.
Trip 8; 22nd July 2010  spotted 2 SRW mating and spy hopping vey passive 3 HBW and 1 calf spy hopping and very active and play full. Passengers has an enjoyable time
Trip 7; 21st July 2010       No BBWW rough seas

Trip 6 20th July 2010 - Sightings of HBW with no calf , the passengers enjoyed the trip and had a wonderful time when the penguins where realeased off robben Island .The HBW stayed on the surface for a long time . 
Trip 5 19th July 2010 - Cancelled 
Trip 4 18th July 2010 - Excellent conditions , sighting of HBW with calf , relaxed and staying close to surface
Trip 3 17th July 2010 - Cancelled
Trip 2 16th July 2010 - Cancelled
Trip 1 15th July 2010 - Chopy sea with wind 10-15 knots . sightings of both SRW with Calf swimming and spy hopping . also sighted a HBW which dived .

 
 

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