mariner guest house whale watching

Amazing sighting & pictures by Jean Tresfon offshore Kommetjie.

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Probably the cleanest water I’ve ever seen on the Atlantic Seaboard. This image of Llandudno Beach at the foot of Klein Leeukoppie.

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Humpback whales on the move… Note the two cape fur seals at bottom right. The seals were all over the whales, splashing and playing and generally making a nuisance of themselves!

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A lonely looking southern right whale in the shallows near Blouberg.

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A massive feeding aggregation of over 50 humpback whales lunging through the suface and grabbing huge mouthfuls of krill. Upon sighting the group my first thought was that they were a big pod of common dolphins… no way so many animals could be whales! Then I realised that they were actually humpbacks!!! Each of these animals can weigh around 36 tons, thats a lot of hungry mouths to feed!