No. of No of Sighting Name of Beach Nearest Southcoast...

Sighting Date

Sighting Time

Name of Beach or Landmark

Nearest Town Area/Region

Southcoast Grid X

Southcoast Grid Y

Distance from Shore

Distance from Shore Species

No. of Large

Animals

No. of Medium Animals

No of Small

AnimalsMost Prominent Behaviours

Database Comments

27/10/2011 9:47 Boomer Beach Port Elliot

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) E 4 250 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 1 0

Loafing, Blowing

22/10/2011 14:30 Basham Beach Middleton

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) F 4 300 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 1 0

Loafing, Blowing


Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) G 4 500 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 1 0

Loafing, Feeding, Blowing

Mother and Calf still here!

22/10/2011 17.30 Basham Beach Port Elliot

Southern Ocean (Fleurieu Peninsula) n/a n/a 500 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 1 0

Loafing, Breaching, Diving, Flipper Slapping, Blowing

20/10/2011 11:30 Surfers Parade Middleton

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) G 4 400 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 1 0 Loafing

20/10/2011 07:30 Bashams Middleton


Loafing, Diving, Blowing

19/10/2011 9.00Middleton Surfers Beach Middleton



19/10/2011 7:30 Surfers Beach Middleton

Southern Ocean (Fleurieu Peninsula) G 5 50 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0

Breaching, Tail Slapping, Blowing

19/10/2011 17.00Bashams/Fisherman Bay Middleton

Southern Ocean (Fleurieu Peninsula) F 4 400 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 1 0 Loafing

18/10/2011 17.00 Bashams Beach Middleton

Southern Ocean (Fleurieu Peninsula) F 4 400 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0

Loafing, Blowing

Might be a calf as well, but unconfirmed.

18/10/2011 15.30Fishermans Beach Port Elliot


Loafing, Blowing

16/10/2011 14:45 Bashams Beach Middleton


Breaching, Tail Slapping, Head Lifts, Travelling, Blowing

14/10/2011 7.30 Surfers Beach Middleton


Diving, Flipper Slapping, Blowing

13/10/2011 16:30 Fisherman Bay Port Elliot


Breaching, Spy Hopping, Head Lifts, Playing, Blowing

13/10/2011 15:56 Bashams Beach Port Elliot


Loafing, Blowing

11/10/2011 7.30 amFishermans Beach Port Elliot


Loafing, Blowing



Breaching, Tail Lifting, Tail Slapping, Flipper Slapping, Spy Hopping, Head Lifts, Body Rolling, Playing, Travelling, Blowing

11/10/2011 13:00 Basham Beach Port Elliot


Breaching, Tail Lifting, Tail Slapping, Flipper Slapping, Spy Hopping, Head Lifts, Body Rolling, Playing, Travelling, Blowing

10/10/2011 14:00Fishermans beach Port Elliot


Diving, Tail Lifting, Flipper Slapping, Blowing

10/10/2011 12.30 Basham Beach Middleton


Loafing, Breaching, Tail Lifting, Flipper Slapping, Spy Hopping, Head Lifts, Body Rolling, Playing, Blowing

09/10/2011 12:30Basham's Beach Middleton


Tail Lifting, Tail Slapping, Flipper Slapping, Head Lifts, Travelling, Blowing

09/10/2011 11.30 Bashams Middleton


Loafing, Diving, Tail Lifting, Flipper Slapping, Blowing

08/10/2011 10.00 Bashams Middleton



07/10/2011 16:45

Surfer's Pde Goolwa end Boettcher Rd carpark Middleton


Travelling, Blowing



Travelling, Blowing



Loafing, Flipper Slapping

06/10/2011 07:15Middleton Beach Middleton


Loafing, Diving, Tail Slapping

05/10/2011 16:30

Middleton Beach Boettcher Rd Surfers Pde Middleton


Travelling, Blowing



Loafing, Flipper Slapping, Blowing



Travelling, Blowing



Flipper Slapping, Blowing

04/10/2011 07:30Middleton surfing beach Middleton


Loafing, Diving, Tail Lifting, Flipper Slapping, Blowing

03/10/2011 0915 Fishermans Bay Port Elliot



02/10/2011 12:30 Crockery Bay Port Elliot

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) F 4 320 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 1 Loafing

02/10/2011 1230 Crockery Bay Port Elliot


28/09/2011 08.00Fisherman Bay / Bashams Beach Port Elliot


Loafing, Head Lifts



Loafing, Diving, Tail Slapping, Blowing



Loafing, Tail Lifting, Tail Slapping, Flipper Slapping, Head Lifts, Travelling, Blowing

Two sets of mothers and calves. Possibly another adult.


Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) G 4 1500 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 1 0 Blowing

Viewed from Commodore Point.


Southern Ocean (Fleurieu Peninsula) G 4

400, 250 and 250 Metres Southern Right Whale 3 3 0

Loafing, Head Lifts, Body Rolling, Travelling, Blowing

One group closer to Surfer's Pde Middleton approx 400 metres from spotter, the other two were directly out from Bashams Beach separated by approx 100 metres.

24/09/2011 15.00Freemans Lookout Port Elliot


Loafing, Diving, Tail Slapping, Flipper Slapping, Spy Hopping, Body Rolling, Blowing

Also sighted wre 12 dolphins that passed by within 20 metres of Freemans Lookout and two fur seals.

23/09/2011 14:38West Island/Waitinga Cliffs

Victor Harbor

Southern Ocean (Fleurieu Peninsula) A 7 1

Kilometres Southern Right Whale 1 1 0

Loafing, Diving, Circling, Playing, Travelling, Blowing

Appeared to be same mother & calf as observed in area earlier in day. Observed near Sthn tip of West Island til dusk.

23/09/2011 13:45Middleton Beach

Middle Beach


Loafing, Blowing

Quite possibly a Mother and Calf.

23/09/2011 11:10

The Bluff / West Island / Kings Head

Victor Harbor

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) B 6 30 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 1 0

Loafing, Flipper Slapping, Body Rolling, Suckling, Travelling, Blowing

Mother and Calf sighted breaching between Wright Island & Bluff. Travelled around to between West Island/Kings Beach carpark. Lingered for 2hours.

22/09/2011 17:00

out from Hindmarsh River Mouth

Victor Harbor

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) D 5 1


Loafing, Travelling, Blowing

22/09/2011 16.45 Chiton RocksVictor Harbor

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) D 4 400 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0

Flipper Slapping, Blowing



Loafing, Tail Slapping, Travelling, Blowing



Loafing, Tail Lifting, Flipper Slapping

18/09/2011 16:45 Middleton Point Middleton


Breaching, Head Lifts, Playing, Travelling

18/09/2011 16:30 Knights Beach Port Elliot


Tail Lifting, Tail Slapping, Flipper Slapping

18/09/2011 16:30 Bashams beach Middleton


Breaching, Tail Slapping, Head Lifts, Blowing

18/09/2011 15:00 Bashams beach Middleton


Breaching, Diving, Tail Lifting, Flipper Slapping, Spy Hopping, Head Lifts, Body Rolling, Circling, Playing, Travelling, Blowing

18/09/2011 12:30 Chiton RocksVictor Harbor

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) D 5 260 Metres Humpback Whale 1 0 0 Loafing



Loafing, Breaching, Travelling

17/09/2011 1215 Bashams Beach Middleton


Loafing, Spy Hopping



Loafing, Flipper Slapping, Spy Hopping, Head Lifts, Blowing

16/09/201110:00-14:

00

Wright Island/Bluff/Petrel Cove/West Island

Victor Harbor

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) B 6 20-60 Metres Southern Right Whale 0 1 0

Diving, Tail Lifting, Spy Hopping, Head Lifts, Blowing

SW first sighted between Wright Island and Rosetta Jetty. After several hours moved to Petrel Cove and then West Island.



Tail Lifting, Tail Slapping, Travelling

12/09/2011 10:45 Basham Beach. Middleton


Travelling, Blowing

12/09/2011 0650 HayboroughVictor Harbor

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) D 4 500 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Loafing

11/09/2011 14:00Bashams Beach Lookout Middleton

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) G 6 2


Loafing, Breaching, Diving, Tail Lifting, Tail Slapping, Body Rolling, Blowing

10/09/2011 11.45 Boomer Beach Port Elliot

Southern Ocean (Fleurieu Peninsula) E 4 400 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0

Loafing, Tail Lifting, Tail Slapping, Flipper Slapping, Body Rolling, Travelling

09/09/2011 12.30 Freeman's Knob Port Elliot


Diving, Spy Hopping, Body Rolling, Blowing

09/09/2011 08.30 Freemans Knob Port Elliot


Loafing, Diving, Spy Hopping, Travelling, Blowing

07/09/2011 13.30Middleton Beach

Middle Beach

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) H 4 1


Loafing, Blowing

07/09/2011 09:30 Chiton rocksVictor Harbor

Southern Ocean (Fleurieu Peninsula) D 4 400 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Travelling

06/09/2011 12:30 Granite IslandVictor Harbor

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) C 5 100 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0

Breaching, Tail Lifting, Tail Slapping, Travelling, Blowing

06/09/2011 10.00 HayboroughVictor Harbor

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) D 4 300 Metres Unidentified 3 0 0 Blowing



Loafing, Diving, Tail Lifting, Blowing

05/09/2011 17:10Waitpinga Cliffs/West Island

Victor Harbor

Southern Ocean (Fleurieu Peninsula) A 8 1.5


Diving, Tail Lifting, Travelling, Blowing

05/09/2011 09:30 Basham beach Middleton


Loafing, Flipper Slapping, Body Rolling, Blowing

04/09/2011 14:00

PT NOARLUNGA JETTY

Port Noarlunga

Gulf St Vincent (Fleurieu Peninsula) n/a n/a 200 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0

Loafing, Flipper Slapping, Spy Hopping, Head Lifts, Circling, Blowing

04/09/2011 0915Cape Willoughby

Penneshaw

Backstairs Passage n/a n/a 20 Metres Southern Right Whale 3 0 0 Loafing

03/09/2011 13:30

Pullen Island Green Bay Knights Beach Freemans Knob Port Elliot

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) F 4

50, 100 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 2 0

Loafing, Breaching, Diving, Tail Lifting, Tail Slapping, Flipper Slapping, Spy Hopping, Head Lifts, Body Rolling, Circling, Playing, Travelling, Feeding, Blowing

03/09/2011 13.30 Horseshoe Bay Port Elliot

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) n/a n/a 100 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 1 0

Loafing, Suckling, Travelling, Blowing

03/09/2011 11:00Surfers Parade Chapman Road Middleton

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) G 4 200 Metres Unidentified 1 1 0

Tail Lifting, Flipper Slapping, Travelling, Blowing

03/09/2011 1130 Bashams Beach Middleton


Loafing, Tail Lifting, Tail Slapping

02/09/2011 14:45Middleton Point/Basham Beach. Middleton


Loafing, Tail Lifting, Blowing

Whales seen from 150 m to 1 kilometer from shore.

02/09/2011 11:23Eastern Cliff face of The Bluff

Victor Harbor


Breaching, Diving, Circling, Playing, Travelling, Blowing

Appeared to be a pair of juveniles playing as they gradually travelled from Petrel Cove to Rosetta, then headed east of Wright Island breaching.

02/09/2011 11:10West Island/ King Head

Victor Harbor

Southern Ocean (Fleurieu Peninsula) A 8 1.5


Loafing, Breaching, Tail Lifting, Tail Slapping, Flipper Slapping, Spy Hopping, Head Lifts, Body Rolling, Circling, Playing, Travelling, Blowing

02/09/2011 11:10Petrel cove Near the Bluff

Victor Harbor


Loafing, Breaching, Diving, Travelling

02/09/2011 11:00Pullen Island/Freeman's Knob Port Elliot


02/09/2011 10:30Cape Willoughby

Penneshaw

Backstairs Passage n/a n/a 400 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0

Travelling, Blowing

02/09/2011 09:30 Bashams BeachVictor Harbor

Southern Ocean (Fleurieu Peninsula) F 3

200-800 Metres Southern Right Whale 5 0 0

Loafing, Breaching, Spy Hopping, Head Lifts, Playing, Travelling


Penneshaw


Loafing, Tail Lifting, Head Lifts, Blowing

01/09/2011 15:15

Basham's Beach, Middleton Middleton

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) G 4 500 Metres Southern Right Whale 3 3 0 Breaching

01/09/2011 14.45 Goolwa Beach Goolwa

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) H 7 500 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 1 0

Loafing, Blowing

01/09/2011 12:00

Surfers Parade corner Miami Bvd Middleton


31/08/2011 15:15 Bashams Middleton


Loafing, Tail Lifting, Head Lifts, Body Rolling, Blowing

One white whale observed.

31/08/2011 15:00

Cape St Albans (nr Cape Willoughby)

Penneshaw


Breaching, Tail Lifting, Tail Slapping, Flipper Slapping, Blowing


Penneshaw

Backstairs Passage n/a n/a 1


Loafing, Blowing

Also daily sightings in Penneshaw & off Sealink ferry over the past fortnight.



Loafing, Travelling, Blowing

30/08/2011 13:32 Waitpinga CliffsVictor Harbor

Southern Ocean (Fleurieu Peninsula) A 6 100 Metres Southern Right Whale 0 1 0

Loafing, Diving, Tail Lifting, Travelling, Blowing

Light brown Southern Right Whale lingered for over 3hrs!


Penneshaw


Loafing, Diving, Flipper Slapping, Head Lifts, Body Rolling, Circling, Blowing




Southern Ocean (Fleurieu Peninsula) D 3 50 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0 Loafing


Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) F 4 400 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 1 0 Flipper Slapping

28/08/2011 1200 Logans BeachKingston SE

Southern Ocean (far east eg Coorong, Robe) n/a n/a

not know

n Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Loafing



28/08/2011 11:20 Fishermans Bay Port Elliot


Loafing, Breaching, Tail Slapping

28/08/2011 10:40

Out from Frenchman's Rock Port Elliot


Loafing, Playing, Blowing

28/08/2011 09:56 Freeman's Knob Port Elliot


Tail Slapping, Body Rolling





Breaching, Tail Slapping, Flipper Slapping, Spy Hopping, Playing, Blowing

27/08/2011 13:00 Fishermans bay Port Elliot


Loafing, Breaching, Tail Lifting, Tail Slapping, Flipper Slapping, Head Lifts, Body Rolling, Blowing



Loafing, Breaching, Tail Slapping, Head Lifts, Blowing

27/08/2011 07:30Fishermans Beach Port Elliot


Loafing, Breaching, Blowing

26/08/2011 14:45 Fisherman Bay Port Elliot


Loafing, Tail Slapping, Flipper Slapping, Blowing

There has been a white whale spotted in the area.

26/08/2011 12:15 Freemans Knob Port Elliot


Tail Lifting, Spy Hopping



26/08/2011 10:00Tunkalilla Beach

Carrickalinga


Loafing, Diving, Tail Lifting, Spy Hopping, Head Lifts, Circling, Travelling, Blowing

26/08/2011 08:20West Island/ King Head

Victor Harbor



25/08/2011 17.15Cliffs near Petrel Cove

Victor Harbor


Diving, Flipper Slapping, Spy Hopping, Head Lifts, Body Rolling, Travelling, Blowing

At least 4 Southern Rights. 2 lingered for a couple of hours. Still just off Petrel Cove at dusk.

25/08/2011 1620Bluff - Rosetta Cove

Victor Harbor

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) B 6 50 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Breaching

25/08/2011 13:45The Causeway Granite Island

Victor Harbor


Breaching, Diving, Tail Lifting, Circling, Travelling, Blowing


Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) F 4 150 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 1 Travelling

25/08/2011 12.50 Freeman's Knob Port Elliot


Breaching, Head Lifts, Blowing

25/08/2011 09:40 Chiton Rocks.Victor Harbor


Spy Hopping, Travelling, Blowing

25/08/2011 08:50 Fishermans bay Port Elliot


Loafing, Breaching, Tail Lifting, Tail Slapping, Flipper Slapping, Head Lifts, Blowing

25/08/2011 0845

Bridge Point --Granite Island Breakwater

Victor Harbor


Breaching, Flipper Slapping, Spy Hopping, Head Lifts, Body Rolling, Blowing

25/08/2011 07.30 Fishermans Bay Port Elliot


Loafing, Breaching, Tail Lifting, Tail Slapping, Blowing

24/08/2011 1430 Basham Beach Middleton


Breaching, Tail Slapping, Spy Hopping, Blowing







23/08/2011 08:00 fishermans bay Port Elliot


Loafing, Tail Slapping, Flipper Slapping, Playing, Blowing

22/08/2011 16:00 Maslin Beach Moana


Flipper Slapping, Body Rolling

22/08/2011 14.37 Head of Bight Ceduna

Great Australian Bight (far west eg HOB) n/a n/a 100 Metres Southern Right Whale 115 30 0

Loafing, Breaching, Diving, Tail Lifting, Tail Slapping, Flipper Slapping, Spy Hopping, Head Lifts, Body Rolling, Playing, Suckling, Blowing


Southern Ocean (Fleurieu Peninsula) A 6 50 Metres Bottlenose Dolphin 0 0 35

Diving, Tail Slapping, Body Rolling, Circling, Playing, Travelling, Feeding

22/08/2011 11:45Fishermans Bay headland Port Elliot


Loafing, Breaching, Tail Lifting, Head Lifts, Travelling, Blowing





22/08/2011 11:00Middleton Fishermans bay Middleton


Loafing, Breaching, Head Lifts, Travelling, Feeding, Blowing

22/08/2011 08:00 bashams beach Middleton


Loafing, Flipper Slapping, Blowing

21/08/2011 15:40Middleton Car Park Middleton


Loafing, Blowing


Southern Ocean (Fleurieu Peninsula) n/a n/a 150

Nautical Miles Humpback Whale 1 0 0 Diving, Blowing

21/08/2011 13:45 Goolwa Beach Goolwa

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) H 7 195 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0 Travelling



20/08/2011 17.45

Bridge Terrace, near Victor Harbor Yacht Club

Victor Harbor


Loafing, Flipper Slapping, Head Lifts, Travelling

20/08/2011 16:00Oliver's Reef viewpoint

Victor Harbor


Tail Lifting, Flipper Slapping, Travelling



Loafing, Tail Lifting, Flipper Slapping, Head Lifts, Body Rolling, Blowing



Loafing, Playing, Feeding, Blowing

19/08/2011 1545 Knights Beach Port Elliot

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) E 4 300 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0 Travelling


Victor Harbor





Penneshaw


Travelling, Blowing

19/08/2011 09:30north of Port Stanvac

Hallet Cove

Gulf St Vincent (Adelaide) n/a n/a 200 Metres Unidentified 1 0 0

Breaching, Tail Slapping, Head Lifts


Penneshaw


Diving, Travelling, Blowing


Victor Harbor


Kilometres Unidentified 2 0 0

Travelling, Blowing

18/08/2011 1630 Freemans Knob Port Elliot


Tail Lifting, Tail Slapping, Blowing


Southern Ocean (far east eg Coorong, Robe) n/a n/a 250 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 1 Loafing

18/08/2011 10:00Break water Granite Island

Victor Harbor

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) D 4 150 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 1 0 Blowing

17/08/2011 15:15

Encounter Bay Hindmarsh River

Victor Harbor


Loafing, Diving, Flipper Slapping, Head Lifts, Circling, Playing, Travelling

17/08/2011 13.00 Knights Beach Port Elliot


Loafing, Tail Lifting, Flipper Slapping, Head Lifts, Blowing

17/08/2011 10:00 Wright IslandVictor Harbor

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) B 5 1


Loafing, Tail Lifting, Tail Slapping, Flipper Slapping, Spy Hopping, Circling, Mating, Blowing

Pair of Southern Rights on the South side of Wright Island 50 to 100 metres, and perhaps another whale 150metres east of that pair. The pair appear to be courting i.e. circling and lingering etc.

17/08/2011 1000 Knights beach Middleton

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) E 4 150 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0 Mating, Blowing

16/08/2011 13:00 Petrel CoveVictor Harbor

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) B 6 250 Metres Southern Right Whale 3 0 0 Travelling




Southern Ocean (Fleurieu Peninsula) n/a n/a 120 Metres Common Dolphin 0 0 15

Playing, Travelling

15/08/2011 13:00Victor Harbor Bowling Club.

Victor Harbor

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) D 4 220 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 1 0 Loafing



Loafing, Tail Lifting



15/08/2011 09:00 freemans knob Port Elliot


Breaching, Flipper Slapping, Head Lifts, Body Rolling, Playing, Blowing

14/08/2011 9:30 Sellicks beachSellicks Beach

Gulf St Vincent (Adelaide) n/a n/a 500 Metres Unidentified 1 0 0

Head Lifts, Blowing

14/08/2011 16:20Granite Island jetty

Victor Harbor

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) I n/a 100 Metres Southern Right Whale 0 2 0

Loafing, Diving, Tail Lifting, Tail Slapping, Spy Hopping, Body Rolling, Playing, Suckling, Blowing


Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) H 7 525 Metres Unidentified 1 0 0 Travelling


Southern Ocean (Fleurieu Peninsula) D 4 100 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 1 0 Travelling

14/08/2011 1300BlackPole at Black Point Ardrossan

Gulf St Vincent (Yorke Peninsula) n/a n/a 2


Diving, Circling, Blowing


Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) E 4 150 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 1 0 Travelling



Loafing, Travelling

14/08/2011 10:00Commodore Point Port Elliot


14/08/2011 10.40Pullen Island / Freeman's Knob Port Elliot


Loafing, Diving, Travelling, Blowing

14/08/2011 09:30 American RiverAmerican River

Southern Ocean (Kangaroo Island) n/a n/a 1

Kilometres Unidentified 1 1 0 Loafing



Loafing, Blowing



Loafing, Head Lifts, Travelling

13/08/2011 11:40 Pullen Island Port Elliot


Breaching, Tail Lifting, Tail Slapping, Travelling

12/08/2011 16:00 Boomer Beach. Port Elliot


Loafing, Circling

12/08/2011 15:00 Surfers Beach. Goolwa

Southern Ocean (Fleurieu Peninsula) G 5 2

Kilometres Humpback Whale 1 0 0

Flipper Slapping, Spy Hopping, Travelling

12/08/2011 14:04

Last boardwalk towards Normanville

Carrickalinga


Loafing, Travelling

12/08/2011 12:00

Chiton Rocks/ Surf Live Saving Club Carpark.

Victor Harbor

Southern Ocean (Fleurieu Peninsula) D 4 150 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 1 0

Loafing, Travelling

12/08/2011 11:00 Stokes Bay, KI Kingscote

Southern Ocean (Kangaroo Island) n/a n/a 800 Metres Humpback Whale 0 4 0

Breaching, Travelling

12/08/2011 10:20 Pullen Island Port Elliot


Loafing, Travelling

11/08/2011 12:00Logans Beach (VIC)

Kingston SE


11/08/2011 1130 Basham Beach Middleton

Southern Ocean (Fleurieu Peninsula) F 4 400 Metres Unidentified 1 0 0 Travelling

09/08/2011 11:00

In front of caravan park cabins

Point Turton

Gulf St Vincent (Yorke Peninsula) n/a n/a 500 Metres Orca (Killer Whale) 0 20 0

Loafing, Body Rolling, Travelling

08/08/2011 13:30 HayboroughVictor Harbor

Southern Ocean (Fleurieu Peninsula) D 3 180 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 1 0

Loafing, Head Lifts

08/08/2011 12:16 Head of Bight Ceduna


Loafing, Breaching, Diving, Flipper Slapping, Spy Hopping, Head Lifts, Body Rolling

There are about 60 plus Whales in the Bight!

08/08/2011 11:15VH Bowling Club

Victor Harbor


Loafing, Tail Lifting, Spy Hopping, Playing




Diving, Travelling



Kilometres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Travelling






Diving, Tail Lifting, Travelling

05/08/2011 17:06Waitpinga Cliffs/Kings Beach

Victor Harbor

Southern Ocean (Fleurieu Peninsula) B 6 300 Metres Unidentified 1 0 0 Travelling




Breaching, Diving, Head Lifts, Travelling

04/08/2011 15:30 Stokes Bay Emu BayInvestigator Strait n/a n/a 300 Metres Humpback Whale 5 1 0

Diving, Travelling


Victor Harbor

Southern Ocean (Fleurieu Peninsula) B 7 500 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0

Diving, Tail Lifting, Spy Hopping, Circling, Playing

04/08/2011 07:30Freemans Lookout Port Elliot




Southern Ocean (Fleurieu Peninsula) G 5 800 Metres Unidentified 1 0 0 Loafing

31/07/2011 17:30Port Noarlunga Beach

Port Noarlunga

Gulf St Vincent (Fleurieu Peninsula) n/a n/a 1



31/07/2011 11:00 Christies BeachPort Noarlunga






Loafing, Head Lifts, Body Rolling, Circling, Travelling


Southern Ocean (Fleurieu Peninsula) H 8 1



27/07/2011 17:00Middleton beach Middleton


Loafing, Breaching, Diving, Tail Lifting, Tail Slapping, Flipper Slapping, Head Lifts



Kilometres Humpback Whale 3 0 0 Travelling



Loafing, Breaching, Spy Hopping


Southern Ocean (Fleurieu Peninsula) G 4 800 Metres Southern Right Whale 3 0 0 Loafing

27/07/2011 08:30 Fisherman Bay Middleton

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) F 4 500 Metres Unidentified 2 0 0

Loafing, Breaching

27/07/2011 0815 The BluffVictor Harbor

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) B 6 550 Metres Unidentified 1 0 1 Travelling

26/07/2011 8:00 UnknownVictor Harbor

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) n/a n/a 800 Metres Unidentified 3 0 0

Breaching, Flipper Slapping, Body Rolling, Playing, Travelling

26/07/2011 8:00 UnknownVictor Harbor

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) n/a n/a 800 Metres Unidentified 3 0 0


26/07/2011 15:05 Surfers Beach Port Elliot

Southern Ocean (Fleurieu Peninsula) G 5 600 Metres Unidentified 3 0 0 Loafing



26/07/2011 12:38Mcheacherns Beach

Port Moorowie

Southern Ocean (Kangaroo Island) n/a n/a 400 Metres Unidentified 0 1 1

Loafing, Tail Lifting, Flipper Slapping, Head Lifts

26/07/2011 10:30Encounter Bay / Seal Rocks

Victor Harbor

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) D 6 500 Metres Southern Right Whale 5 0 0 Breaching




Diving, Travelling


Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) D 5 800 Metres Unidentified 3 0 0




Breaching, Diving, Spy Hopping, Head Lifts, Body Rolling, Circling, Mating

24/07/2011 15:30 Parsons BeachVictor Harbor

Southern Ocean (Fleurieu Peninsula) n/a n/a 300 Metres Unidentified 1 0 0

Loafing, Body Rolling




Loafing, Breaching, Diving, Body Rolling, Playing, Travelling


Victor Harbor

Southern Ocean (Fleurieu Peninsula) B 8 2


Breaching, Tail Lifting, Body Rolling, Circling, Playing

23/07/2011 15:00The Bluff/West Island

Victor Harbor

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) n/a n/a 1



23/07/2011 12:30Petrel Cove / West Island

Victor Harbor

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) B 7 225 Metres Humpback Whale 2 0 0 Travelling


Victor Harbor





Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) G 4 500 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Travelling


Victor Harbor



Diving, Spy Hopping, Head Lifts, Travelling


Victor Harbor



Diving, Tail Lifting, Head Lifts, Travelling


Victor Harbor



Loafing, Diving, Tail Lifting, Head Lifts, Travelling




Loafing, Diving, Playing, Travelling

23/07/2011 09:37 Basham beach Port Elliot


Breaching, Flipper Slapping, Feeding

22/07/2011 13:30 BluffVictor Harbor


Kilometres Humpback Whale 1 0 0 Loafing


Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) E 4 1

Kilometres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0 Loafing

22/07/2011 1240 Pt Lowly Port Lowly

Gulf St Vincent (Yorke Peninsula) n/a n/a 1


22/07/2011 11.30 Pullen Island. Port Elliot

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) F 4 1


22/07/2011 10.15Waitpinga Cliffs/West Island

Victor Harbor


Loafing, Diving, Travelling




Loafing, Breaching, Diving, Tail Lifting, Flipper Slapping, Head Lifts, Circling, Playing, Travelling



Loafing, Diving, Travelling

22/07/2011 08:00Commodore Point Port Elliot

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) F 4 1



Victor Harbor

Southern Ocean (Fleurieu Peninsula) C 8 3


Loafing, Diving, Tail Lifting, Flipper Slapping, Body Rolling, Playing, Travelling

21/07/2011 15:30 Hallett CoveHallet Cove

Gulf St Vincent (Adelaide) n/a n/a 500 Metres Unidentified 3 0 0 Loafing

21/07/2011 15:00 Petrol Cove.Victor Harbor

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) B 7 3





Breaching, Diving, Flipper Slapping, Body Rolling, Travelling

21/07/2011 14:20Freemans Knobs. Port Elliot


21/07/2011 14:00Freemans Lookout Port Elliot


Loafing, Tail Lifting, Spy Hopping, Travelling

21/07/2011 13:00 Seaford Reef Moana

Gulf St Vincent (Fleurieu Peninsula) n/a n/a 2


Loafing, Breaching, Tail Slapping, Flipper Slapping, Head Lifts, Playing

21/07/2011 12:30 Maslins Beach. MoanaGulf St Vincent (Adelaide) n/a n/a 2

Kilometres Unidentified 4 1 0 Travelling

21/07/2011 12:00 Logans BeachKingston SE



Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) I 8 100 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0

Tail Lifting, Flipper Slapping


Victor Harbor



Breaching, Diving, Tail Lifting, Flipper Slapping, Head Lifts, Body Rolling, Circling, Playing


Southern Ocean (Fleurieu Peninsula) A 6 250 Metres Humpback Whale 3 0 0

Breaching, Diving, Tail Lifting, Flipper Slapping, Head Lifts, Body Rolling, Circling, Travelling

20/07/2011 15:30West Island / Bluff

Victor Harbor


Loafing, Travelling

20/07/2011 15:00

Black Point (next to Point Lowly, nearest Whyalla)

Port Augusta

Spencer Gulf (Eyre Peninsula) n/a n/a 200 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0

Breaching, Diving, Tail Lifting, Tail Slapping, Flipper Slapping, Head Lifts, Body Rolling, Circling, Playing, Travelling, Feeding

20/07/2011 14:40 Black Point Port Lowly

Great Australian Bight (Eyre Peninsula) n/a n/a 100 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0 Tail Slapping

20/07/2011 13:15The Bluff / West Island

Victor Harbor


Spy Hopping, Head Lifts

20/07/2011 12:00 Cape JervisCape Jervis


Kilometres Orca (Killer Whale) 0 2 0 Travelling




Diving, Playing, Travelling




Breaching, Diving, Flipper Slapping, Head Lifts, Body Rolling, Circling, Playing, Travelling


Victor Harbor


Kilometres Unidentified 1 0 0 Breaching

18/07/2011 15:30 Basham's Port Elliot


Loafing, Tail Lifting, Travelling

18/07/2011 15:30Whalers Inn Jetty

Victor Harbor


Loafing, Tail Slapping



Tail Lifting, Travelling

18/07/2011 14:00

Between Granite Island and Seal Rock

Victor Harbor

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) D 6 250 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 1 0 Head Lifts

18/07/2011 12:30 Victor HarborVictor Harbor

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) D 4 200 Metres Unidentified 1 0 0 Head Lifts

17/07/2011 14:30 Logans BeachKingston SE

Southern Ocean (far east eg Coorong, Robe) n/a n/a 120 Metres Southern Right Whale 3 0 0 Loafing, Mating

17/07/2011 14:30Cape Bridgewater

Kingston SE

Southern Ocean (far east eg Coorong, Robe) n/a n/a 125 Metres Humpback Whale 4 0 0 Loafing

17/07/2011 09:45 Cape JervisCape Jervis



16/07/2011 13:00 Morgans BeachCape Jervis

Backstairs Passage n/a n/a 50 Metres Unidentified 1 0 0 Loafing


Victor Harbor



Breaching, Diving, Tail Lifting, Body Rolling, Circling, Playing, Travelling


Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) C 7 3


Diving, Travelling

15/07/2011 10:15 Chiton Rocks Port Elliot


Breaching, Tail Lifting, Travelling

14/07/2011 16:15 Bluff JettyVictor Harbor


Diving, Head Lifts, Body Rolling, Circling, Travelling

14/07/2011 12:10 The BluffVictor Harbor



Victor Harbor

Southern Ocean (Fleurieu Peninsula) A 7 650 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Travelling


Victor Harbor


Loafing, Diving, Tail Lifting, Flipper Slapping, Spy Hopping, Head Lifts, Body Rolling, Circling, Playing


Victor Harbor


Loafing, Breaching, Diving, Flipper Slapping, Spy Hopping, Head Lifts, Body Rolling, Circling, Playing


Victor Harbor



Loafing, Travelling



12/07/2011 10:00 Fowlers bayFowlers Bay

Great Australian Bight (Eyre Peninsula) n/a n/a 100 Metres Southern Right Whale 5 3 5

Loafing, Breaching, Diving, Tail Slapping, Flipper Slapping, Spy Hopping, Head Lifts, Body Rolling, Circling, Feeding

12/07/2011 09:30Parsons Beach Car Park.

Victor Harbor


Playing, Travelling


Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) E 4 300 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0 Body Rolling

11/07/2011 15:55 The CausewayVictor Harbor


Loafing, Spy Hopping, Head Lifts


Victor Harbor



Breaching, Diving, Tail Lifting, Spy Hopping, Head Lifts, Travelling

11/07/2011 10:00 Port Neill Port Neill

Gulf St Vincent (Yorke Peninsula) n/a n/a 375 Metres Unidentified 4 0 0 Travelling


Victor Harbor



Diving, Travelling



06/07/2011 13:30

end on Yandra Terrace, Hayborough

Victor Harbor


Breaching, Tail Slapping, Flipper Slapping




Breaching, Diving, Travelling

05/07/2011 1515 Flinders PdeVictor Harbor



05/07/2011 09:30

Off Victor Harbor Bowling Club

Victor Harbor


Loafing, Body Rolling

Probably mother & calf judging by the 2 separate blows & their blow heights.


Victor Harbor



Breaching, Diving, Tail Lifting, Head Lifts, Travelling

A pod of Humpbacks were observed travelling.

04/07/2011 14:05

Middleton Point Surf St near Basham's Beach lookout Middleton


04/07/2011 1400 Middleton Middleton




03/07/2011 14.30 Goolwa Beach Middleton





Breaching, Diving, Circling, Travelling, Feeding

03/07/2011 1250 Goolwa Beach Goolwa

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) H 6 350 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0

Loafing, Travelling

03/07/2011 10:00 Fowlers BAyFowlers Bay


Loafing, Tail Lifting, Flipper Slapping, Spy Hopping, Head Lifts, Body Rolling, Playing

15 whales in the bay and 3 large mothers in deeper water.


Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) H 6 300 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0 Loafing

03/07/2011 0930 HOB Ceduna

Great Australian Bight (far west eg HOB) n/a n/a 125 Metres Southern Right Whale 30 0 0 Loafing

03/07/2011 07:45 Fowlers BayFowlers Bay


Loafing, Tail Lifting, Head Lifts, Body Rolling, Feeding

02/07/2011 13:15 Knights Beach Port Elliot

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) F 5 300 Metres Unidentified 1 0 1 Loafing



Diving, Flipper Slapping, Head Lifts, Body Rolling

02/07/2011 11.45 Waitpinga CliffsVictor Harbor



Series of blows about 5 kms out from the cliffs over 5 minutes time.

02/07/201110:15 - 12:15

Cliffs near Petrel Cove

Victor Harbor


Loafing, Diving, Tail Lifting, Tail Slapping, Flipper Slapping, Spy Hopping, Head Lifts, Body Rolling

National Whale Day and the Friends of the SAWC's organised group walk were greeted by a Southern Right! Stayed with us the whole time.

02/07/2011 10:15Petrel Cove / Kings Beach

Victor Harbor


Loafing, Tail Lifting, Tail Slapping, Flipper Slapping, Spy Hopping, Head Lifts

Fantastic to have a whale escorting The Friends of the SAWC on their National Whale Day walk!


Victor Harbor



One of several sightings of Southern Right Whales this morning.



Loafing, Body Rolling, Feeding

Mothers and calves loafing around.

01/07/2011 14:30

Between Petrel Cove & Kings Bch carpark

Victor Harbor


Loafing, Diving, Spy Hopping, Body Rolling, Travelling


Victor Harbor


Diving, Travelling




Loafing, Tail Lifting, Circling, Travelling


Penneshaw



Diving, Flipper Slapping, Travelling





29/06/2011 15:15Waitpinga Beach

Victor Harbor


Loafing, Tail Lifting, Spy Hopping, Head Lifts, Body Rolling



29/06/2011 14:25 Seal RocksVictor Harbor



Tail Lifting, Tail Slapping, Circling

29/06/2011 12:00Logans Beach / Warnambool Beachport


29/06/2011 11:00Levy's Point / Warnambool Beachport



Southern Ocean (Fleurieu Peninsula) C 8 3


Loafing, Breaching, Diving, Tail Lifting, Travelling

29/06/2011 10:30the Bluff / West Island

Victor Harbor



28/06/2011 14:15 Middleton Port Elliot






Diving, Travelling

28/06/2011 12:20 West IslandVictor Harbor


28/06/2011 11:20Cape Grant / Warnambool Beachport



Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) A 7 5


Diving, Tail Lifting, Tail Slapping, Body Rolling, Travelling

3 groups of Humpbacks were observed. One group close in, others far out.



Heading towards Newland Head past the Bluff.

27/06/2011 13:00

Outer Harbour - normas wreck (gps point) Adelaide

Gulf St Vincent (Adelaide) n/a n/a 5


26/06/2011 16:00

Basham's Beach Road whale was south of Seal Rocks Port Elliot


Tail Lifting, Tail Slapping, Head Lifts, Playing, Travelling

This whale was very active earlier.

26/06/2011 15:30 Bashams Beach Port Elliot


Loafing, Breaching, Tail Lifting

Very vocal whale.

26/06/2011 15:30 Seal Rocks Port Elliot

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) F 5 400 Metres Unidentified 1 0 0

Tail Lifting, Tail Slapping

26/06/2011 14:30Middleton Surfers Beach Middleton


Tail Lifting, Tail Slapping



Tail Lifting, Tail Slapping, Spy Hopping, Head Lifts, Playing, Travelling




Diving, Head Lifts, Body Rolling, Travelling

Very large & slow moving whale. About 9-10 minutes between dives. Took 2 hrs to reach the Flat Iron.

26/06/2011 10.30 The Bluff JettyVictor Harbor


26/06/2011 09:30 Wright IslandVictor Harbor

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) C 6 600 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Travelling


Victor Harbor

Southern Ocean (Fleurieu Peninsula) B 6 300 Metres Humpback Whale 1 0 0

Diving, Body Rolling, Travelling

Whale first sighted Bluff side of King Head.




25/06/2011 09:00 Glenelg AdelaideGulf St Vincent (Adelaide) n/a n/a 50 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Travelling

25/06/2011 08:30West Beach to Glenelg Beach Adelaide

Gulf St Vincent (Adelaide) n/a n/a Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0

Loafing, Breaching, Tail Lifting, Head Lifts, Body Rolling, Travelling

22/06/2011 15.28 Head of Bight Ceduna


Loafing, Suckling



21/06/2011 11:00 The Bluff JettyVictor Harbor






19/06/2011 13:00Tunkalilla Beach

Cape Jervis


Breaching, Diving, Tail Lifting, Flipper Slapping, Head Lifts




19/06/2011 11:36Boat Harbour Beach

Cape Jervis

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) A 6 50 Metres Bottlenose Dolphin 0 0 8


19/06/2011 10:00Boat Harbour Beach

Cape Jervis




Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) C 5 400 Metres Unidentified 1 0 0 Loafing




Diving, Travelling


Southern Ocean (Fleurieu Peninsula) A 8



16/06/2011 11.45Knights Beach, Boomer Beach Port Elliot

Southern Ocean (Fleurieu Peninsula) E 5 1000 Metres Unidentified 0 0 0 Breaching



Kilometres Common Dolphin 0 0 8

Diving, Travelling, Feeding

Dolphins feeding then 10 Australasian Gannets came and joined catching fish ... dolpins leaping out of the water & Gannets diving in all together in one spot.


Penneshaw


Diving, Travelling


Victor Harbor




14/06/2011 11:22 HOB Ceduna




Loafing, Travelling

14/06/2011 11:00Near Kings Beach Carpark

Victor Harbor


Breaching, Head Lifts, Travelling

14/06/2011 09:00 Cape St. AlbansPenneshaw

Backstairs Passage n/a n/a 200 Metres Unidentified 2 0 0 Travelling

Observed for approx 5min, 2, possibly 3 whales. May have been Humpbacks.

09/06/2011 13.45Weirs Cove Lookout Kingscote

Southern Ocean (Kangaroo Island) n/a n/a 100 Metres Southern Right Whale 0 1 0 Loafing

08/06/2011 14.45 Cape JervisCape Jervis


Nautical Miles Unidentified 3 0 0 Breaching

06/06/2011 09:18Head of the Bight Ceduna

Great Australian Bight (Eyre Peninsula) n/a n/a 200 Metres Southern Right Whale 6 1 0 Loafing

First calf was born yesterday morning both hanging in close to cliffs. All seems well. Now 7 whales in the bay.


Great Australian Bight (Eyre Peninsula) n/a n/a 2



02/06/2011 16:20 Henley Beach AdelaideGulf St Vincent (Adelaide) n/a n/a 250 Metres Unidentified 0 1 1

Tail Lifting, Flipper Slapping, Head Lifts



Loafing, Body Rolling, Circling, Feeding


Southern Ocean (Fleurieu Peninsula) C 7 700 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0


We believe these are the same 2 SRW's spotted at 4pm today.


Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) A 7 200 Metres Unidentified 1 0 0

Loafing, Travelling

This sighting is unconfirmed by the SA Whale Centre.




Breaching, Diving, Tail Lifting, Playing, Travelling

29/05/2011 11:30

North of Granite Island Causeway

Victor Harbor

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) D 5 250 Metres Unidentified 1 0 0 Flipper Slapping



They have come in very close. The water very calm making viewing excellent.

22/05/2011 16:30Head of the Bight Ceduna



Great Australian Bight (Eyre Peninsula) n/a n/a 2


Loafing, Tail Lifting, Spy Hopping, Circling

Very broad across the girth - possibly pregnant. Appears to have the same markings as one large whale from last year.



Kilometres Bottlenose Dolphin 0 0 40

Breaching, Diving, Tail Lifting, Circling, Playing, Travelling



Diving, Circling, Playing, Travelling

Bottlenose dolphins stayed in area for a few hours.Swam at base of cliffs one way and changed directions and came back along cliff line. Appeared to be fishing at times.

15/05/2011 17:30 Outer Harbour AdelaideGulf St Vincent (Adelaide) n/a n/a 9


Most likely a Humpback Whale.

15/05/2011 11:00Fowlers Bay Jetty

Fowlers Bay

Great Australian Bight (Eyre Peninsula) n/a n/a 100 Metres Humpback Whale 1 0 0 Travelling

19/04/2011 unknownDeep Creek National Park

Cape Jervis

Southern Ocean (Fleurieu Peninsula) n/a n/a 200 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Travelling

18/04/2011 15:10 Newland HeadVictor Harbor

Southern Ocean (Fleurieu Peninsula) B 6 75 Metres Unidentified 0 1 0 Loafing

Very vocal whale, making lots of noises.

18/04/2011 13:30 Kings HeadVictor Harbor

Southern Ocean (Fleurieu Peninsula) A 7 300 Metres Unidentified 0 0 1 Travelling

Species unconfirmed but probably Southern Right Whale.

18/04/2011 11:30South of Granite Island

Victor Harbor

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) C 6 1


Tail Slapping, Flipper Slapping

Whale spotted approx 200m South of Seal Rocks near Granite Island. Seen raising large black broad tail. Unable to confirm species but possibly a Southern Right Whale.

12/03/2011 07:45 Rosetta JettyVictor Harbor

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) B 6 50 Metres Common Dolphin 0 0 3 Travelling

04/03/2011 15:30 CarrickalingaCarrickalinga

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula) n/a n/a 100 Metres Common Dolphin 0 0 4 Travelling

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