Today we had a fantastic time with the whales! We saw 2 pods of 3 Humpback Whales just 2 miles off the coast of Manly Beach.



Today felt like a "normal" northern migration trip with the whales doing what they are supposed to. In the last couple of weeks the whales have been rather difficult mostly due to the weather as Sydney is facing heavy rainfall and choppy seas for the last two weeks or so. It also seems the whales are taking a little bit more time to come up the coast this year.





This might have many different reasons: maybe the weather change down in Antarctica is happening a little bit later, maybe the currents flow a little bit different this season, maybe there still is plenty of food down there and the whales dont feel the need to leave just yet. What ever the reason may be, we felt that the whale numbers compared to last year around this time are not as strong just yet.

But in the last two days we had a pulse of Humpbacks coming up the coast, so lets hope we get very regular sightings and the numbers will continually build up to around 150 - 200 whales passing Sydney per day during peak season.