Whales Ahoy!
Cheryl Maughan – Wolf Rock Dive
We are excited to report that the first of the humpback whales have been sighted this month as they make their annual migration north.
Most of them are on a mission to get to their destination, but some have been lolling about and playing as they pass by us at Wolf Rock.
The grey nurse sharks are still with us in fairly large numbers, as far as we can ascertain. The visibility after the last weather event has not been great, making it difficult to do official counts with any accuracy – however you get a general feel that we still have around 20.
Lily, our resident old loggerhead, is a constant at the moment laying her head to rest down on the bottom at around 33 metres. She seems pretty content to just sleep the day away in between getting her air every 30 minutes or so.
We also have quite a few pelagic around at present with giant trevally, mackerel, kingfish and barracuda.
On our last trip we came across our playful pod of dolphins again, bow riding our vessel as we crossed Wide Bay.
Water temperature is now 22 degrees.
