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As many know, the blue whale is the largest animal to ever bear existence on our planet. Due to their size, these enormous animals were also heavily hunted during the whaling era, to the point of near extinction! So firstly, to sight one of these 180 tonne animals is incredible in itself and you\u2019d consider yourself extremely lucky BUT to have over 15 blue whales sighted in one tour, now that\u2019s BLUETASTIC!<\/p>\n

2020 has been the bluest season yet with a grand total of over 280 blue whales\u2019 sightings between September and December, that\u2019s a new record for the bay! On average that\u2019s over 2 blue whales EACH day or 70 each month!!!<\/p>\n

Blue whales are still considered as \u201cendangered\u201d under the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and because of this they\u2019d previously been considered as predominantly solitary animals. However, as numbers slowly increase so do the number of individuals sighted within proximity of one another. The largest number of blue whales sighted on a single whale watching expedition in Dunsborough<\/a><\/strong> was 15 animals in one loose pod!! The pod consisted of mothers with their new born calves and other individuals.<\/p>\n

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When born, a blue whale calf can be up to 4m in length and weigh up to 7 tonnes!!! The enormous babies also drink up to 400L of mums milk each day!! Once a calf reaches Cape Naturaliste from its northern calving grounds, they\u2019re already a whopping 10-14m long!! This is almost \u00bd the size of its mother before its first year on the planet! Antarctic or \u201cTrue\u201d Blue whales grow up to 33m in length with their slightly smaller counterparts the \u201cpygmy blues\u201d (which are only 5% smaller) reaching 25m. It is almost IMPOSSIBLE to tell the difference between the two species, even with well a trained eye.<\/p>\n

Blue whales are baleen whales which spend the austral summer down in Antarctic waters to feed on small crustaceans known as krill. Over winter these massive marine mammals migrate north into Australian waters, heading all the way to Timor to breed and calve. Some of the blue whale population passes through the waters off Augusta on their long journey north. On their southern migration a much larger number of blue whales migrate through Geographe Bay and along Cape Naturaliste, often within 500m of the shore! The number and frequency of individuals that migrate through the area is still unknown. However, by joining Naturaliste Charters on a whale tour<\/a><\/strong> you\u2019re not only getting to encounter the world\u2019s largest animal, you\u2019re also contributing to the long-term research that is conducted both on the vessel and onshore which aims to better determine the number of blue whales that migrate along the WA coastline.<\/p>\n

Funnily enough, the BEST place to encounter these ocean giants on is often less than 500m from the beach which means you\u2019re even likely to witness a blue whale from shore!<\/p>\n

Other than their size and the ability to hold their breath for hours at a time, blue whales don\u2019t have very many defense mechanisms to ward off predators. A blue whale\u2019s main threat being the oceans apex predator, the killer whale. Until recently it was thought that orcas didn\u2019t predate on blue whales, until last year at least.<\/p>\n

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A portion of the blue whale population passes through the Bremer sub-basin on their long journey north. This also happens to be where we conduct killer whale tours<\/a><\/strong> between Jan-April each year. The majority of blue whale sightings occur on the way out to the canyon on the 80m depth contour line which is up on the edge of the continental shelf right before it plummets to over 1000m. This expanse of water is now known by tourism operators as the \u201cgauntlet\u201d as its where we encountered over 50 orcas hunt, take down and kill a blue whale for the first time in the WORLD. We never\u00a0thought we\u2019d see it again\u2026two weeks later, the same thing happened again! This incredible place is one of the final frontiers and we\u2019re lucky enough to be a part of the action, excitement and science!<\/p>\n

A more tranquil place to encounter blue whales is in Dunsborough, which is considered the most affordable and accessible place to witness these ocean giants in the WORLD! Below is a summary of an incredible tour from this season.<\/p>\n

Two minutes. That\u2019s all it took.<\/p>\n

Twice a day, every day, we drop the mooring lines and steam out to the depths of the bay.<\/p>\n

This day was different. Passengers had barely had the chance to find a spot and look around, when the crew yelled BLUEEEEEEEE.<\/p>\n

Passengers quickly turned their heads toward the crew with confused and excited glances\u2026.the sky? The water? Both at this moment were very blue. The water where we were positioned was only 10m deep as we sat less than 1 km offshore.<\/p>\n

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Large obvious whale footprints bubbled up to the waters calm surface. Squeals of excitement and joyous comments from the kids onboard telling their parents that “they can see it!”. The whoosh of its blow was what commanded the crew\u2019s attention to begin with. A blue whales\u2019 lungs are the size of a car! Making their exhale reach 10m into the sky, over double that of any other whale. The next time the blue whale blew it was close enough to frighten the passengers on the bow, WHOOOOSH, right in front of us.<\/p>\n

As the 25m animal broke the surface you could also see an iridescent blue glowing silhouette. Fun fact, blue whales aren\u2019t actually blue, they\u2019re grey! The name \u201cblue\u201d whale came about due to the blue glow that is formed by the light grey-mottled colouration of its skin beneath the surface.<\/p>\n

At this point in the season, we had already been extremely lucky with our blue whale encounters with better interactions and bigger numbers than any year prior.<\/p>\n

On each tour the onboard marine biologist provides expert commentary whilst also collecting photo-ID of each individual. This part can be fun for the customers as we attempt to capture both sides of the whale\u2019s dorsal fin and dorsal region (as the shape and pigment is unique to each individual). This information is then collated and uploaded into a long-term catalogue and used to better understand the population and ecology of the species.<\/p>\n

The blue whale that we were following soon became two as another surfaced just to the port of the first. The second animal also had a calf with it! We often encounter an adult accompanying a mother and calf but with humpbacks not blue whales. However, this season there has been a growing number of blue whales in groups of three! Could the adult blue whales be protecting the mother and calf on their journey too?! We hope to uncover more about the dynamics and social structures of blue whales over the coming seasons! With the number of blue whales in the bay growing we can only hope that the 2021 season is even bluer than this one!<\/p>\n

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08.10.2020<\/p>

Blue skies, blue water and a BLUE WHALE!<\/p>

As we left our mooring and navigated our way out into deeper water we kept a steady pace. Typically this increases once beyond the moorings but today it didn't. We actually slowed. Passengers looked around, slightly confused, some even unaware of the change of speed as they were busy organising their kids - reiterating the 'boats safety rules'.\u00a0<\/p>

A few sideways glances were met with a message from the crew that there was a whale only a few hundred metres ahead. A whale that could be blue...<\/em>\u00a0The water here was only 10 metres deep as we sat less than 1 kilometre offshore, less than 5 minutes into the morning's tour.<\/p>

Large obvious whale footprints bubbled up to the waters calm surface. No visual on the whale that was leaving them yet. Squeals of excitement and joyous comments from the kids onboard telling their parents that \"they can see it!\" Before we knew it the whale was surfacing. The whoosh of its blow commanded our attention. It was a Blue Whale! We have been extremely lucky with our sightings of Blues this season. Going on previous seasons, we expect it to get even better!\u00a0<\/p>

With ID shots taken and the Blue cruising along passively it was time to go find some active whales! This resulted in us coming across 2 humpbacks circling one of the sanctuary markers out in the bay... Unusual behaviour we watched on to get some clues on what they were doing. They didn't appear distressed or to even be touching the marker. One of the two humpies was gently rolling onto its back, holding its tail slightly above the surface and occasionally lifted a pec fin out of the water as it tightly circled the marker. Breathing often and deeply it also appeared to be FEMALE! Hmmm we were still no closer to figuring out\u00a0why\u00a0<\/em>they were acting so strange. Potentially it was a heavily pregnant female about to give birth? Or maybe they were just curious of this man-made object.<\/p>

After 30 minutes the whales moved off... sliding past us and off astern. We plodded along behind them, where were they going? aHA! To another sanctuary marker 200 metres away... Perplexed so we phoned in some whale experts - but we were too far offshore at this stage to get an eye in the sky (drone). The two adult whales began the same behaviour again.. picking up right where they left off. This one remains a mystery still.\u00a0<\/p>

By our afternoon tour we needed to venture out into deeper water. Here we found a mother humpback slapping her tail on the water. The long draw of the tail up into the air and then the rapid SMACK down onto the surface is always exciting to watch! Over and over again it went, with the sound travelling a few hundred metres to us. As we approached we spotted a much much smaller tail slapping too! It was a calf, and doing what looked to be like copying\/learning from its mother. It is crucial that calves learn as much as they can from their mothers as they only spend 1 short year with them, separating on the next migration.\u00a0<\/p>

We turned back towards the coastline and low and behold we spied the two strange humpbacks still on the sanctuary marker! It had now been over 5 hours of this behaviour. They didn't change as we watched on, and by now we were hypothesising with our passengers as to what the whales intentions were! Even getting the kids involved in which they came up with some plausible explanations and some more imaginative reasons!!<\/p>

We cruised along the coastline on both tours in which we found a pod of resident Bottlenose Dolphins. In the crystal clear water we could spot a dolphin calf! It appears the whales aren't the only marine mammal to be giving birth this season.<\/p>

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