Whalewatch Explorer - 23rd July and Kasey the whale.

Whalewatch Explorer passengers - 23rd of July 2012. Non-stop rain for the first two thirds of the trip but with our orange waterproof suits on we headed out and found lots of beasties including harbour porpoise with a tiny calve, 2 basking ...sharks, white tailed eagle and lots of feeding shearwaters. The rain stopped and the sun came out as we headed for home and we were rewarded by seeing a very special minke whale to Sea Life Surveys, called Kasey! :-)

 

This picture of Kasey the minke whale was taken by one of our passengers, Karen Stanford, on the Ecocruz on Friday the 20th of July, thank you Karen for letting us share your amazing photo :-)

 

 

Close up view of Kasey's very distinctive dorsal fin, taken on Friday the 20th of July. We saw this whale again on today's trip, in fact we've seen Kasey almost every season, apart from 3, in the past 12 years! :-)