Whale Watching

We drove out to Hermanus this morning as the weather was so bad (it's been raining for days!) thinking we'd just have a nice drive, but as you can see from the photos below we were blessed with an amazing morning! Joel was so excited to see the whales and exclaimed: "I can see it, whale" on several occasions. These whales are all 'Southern Right Whales' so called as they were regarded as the 'right' whale to catch back in the bad days of whaling.


Whale breaching in the distance, in the foreground (bottom left) you can see another whale.


Sailing; this is the description given for when whales stick their tale out of the water. There is another whale just visible in the centre of the picture.


Whale breach, we were given such a treat when this whale breached right in front of us as we stood in the car park.


Splashdown, this was the splash as the whale crashed back into the water, very impressive!