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This sightings log helps to keep Cape Town Harbour & the
Western Seaboard on the International Whale Watching/Spotting Radar |
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WHALE WATCHING DASHBOARD Scroll down for who spotted what… |
Postage
stamps from around the world This one
from South Georgia |
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SIGHTINGS LOG 2011 |
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Powered by The Twelve Apostles Hotel |
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Total sightings1 May–30 November 2011: 31 |
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Sightings Graph – see below |
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Accommodation Link: Neptune’s Rest Self Catering Fish Hoek
– a mountainside whale
spotting venue of note |
Accommodation Link: The Grosvenor Self Catering Simon’s
Town - a whale spotting venue of note |
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SEASON SIGHTINGS 2011 |
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DATE |
PLACE |
ESTIMATED NUMBER &
SPECIES SPOTTED |
SPOTTER/ SOURCE |
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31 |
15 November 2011 @
19h55 |
off Milnerton Beach Cape Town |
Whales – more than
one! |
Ansia |
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30 |
Saturday 12 November
@ 13h57 |
inside Capetown Harbour |
1 Humpback |
Mark |
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29 |
Saturday 12 November
@ 10h13 |
Noordhoek Beach |
2 whales. “White boat very
close – far too close”. |
Trish Bolleurs |
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28 |
Thursday 27 October
2011 @ 06h18 |
Noordhoek Beach |
1 SRW |
Trish Bolleurs |
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27 |
Monday 26 September
2011 @ 14h38 |
Maiden’s Cove Camps
Bay |
1 SRW |
Beth |
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26 |
Sunday 18 September
2011 @ 08h51 |
Misty Cliffs |
6 SRW |
Poppy |
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25 |
Saturday 17
September 2011 @ 17h08 |
Misty Cliffs Witsands – close in |
Whales |
Wayne and Margie |
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24 |
Thursday 1 September
2011 @ 12h06 |
Camps Bay Cape Town |
1 SRW spyhopping |
Mark |
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23 |
Wednesday 31 August
2011 @ 12h06 |
Glen Beach Camps Bay |
SRW spyhopping |
Mark |
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22 |
Thursday 25 August
2011 @12h13 |
Kommetjie |
Whales |
Wayne & Margie viewing from |
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21 |
Thursday 25 August
2011 @10h10 |
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3 SRW |
Adré of Twelve
Apostles Hotel viewing from the
hotel |
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20 |
Wednesday 17 August
2011 @ 17h15 |
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2 SRW |
Adré of Twelve
Apostles Hotel viewing from
Victoria Road |
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19 |
Monday 15 August
2011 @ 16h50 |
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2 SRW |
Adré viewing
from the Azure Restaurant
Terrace @ the Twelve
Apostles Hotel |
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18 |
Saturday 13 August
2011 @ 09h43 |
off Seapoint |
2 SRW |
Mark |
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17 |
Tuesday 2 August
2011 @ 08h21 |
off |
1 SRW lobtailing |
Trish Bolleurs |
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16 |
Wednesday 27 July
2011 @ 07h35 |
off Oudekraal Cape Town very close to shore |
2 SRW |
Adré of Twelve
Apostles Hotel |
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15 |
Tuesday 26 July 2011
@ 07h40 |
off Oudekraal Cape Town |
2 SRW |
Adré of Twelve
Apostles Hotel |
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14 |
Wednesday 20 July
2011 @ 17h00 |
off Twelve Apostles
Hotel |
3 x SRW &
Dolphins |
Adré of Twelve
Apostles Hotel |
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13 |
Tuesday 19 July 2011
@ 08h40 |
off Chapman’s Peak |
2 x whales |
Sally of |
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12 |
Monday 18 July 2011 |
between |
5 SRWs |
New liceneced boat operator |
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11 |
Sunday 17 July 2011 |
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1 whale |
Pete & Dena Koehurst |
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10 |
Wednesday 13 July
2011 |
Kommetjie |
2 SRW possibly an adult and a calf |
Pete & Dena Koehurst |
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9 |
Sunday 10 July 2011
@ 16h45 |
off Slangkop
Kommetjie |
2 x Humpbacks |
Wouter |
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8 |
Saturday 9 July 2011
between 09h30 and
11h00 |
off Noordhoek |
2 SRW's frolicking |
Trish Richards via Evelyn Lyle |
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7 |
Thursday 7 July 2011
@ 18h00 |
far off Sea Point |
4 whales
spouting |
Mr Hylton Ross |
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6 |
Friday 30 June 2011
@ 13h59 |
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1 SRW |
Wally |
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5 |
Saturday 25 June
2011@ 14h03 |
2km offshore
Kommetjie |
3 whales |
Wayne & Margie |
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4 |
Monday 21 June 2011
@ 12h00 |
off Olifantsbospunt |
1 Humpback –
entangled/saved. Two others appeared
on the scene. Click here to see
the article in the |
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3 |
Monday 21 June 2011
@ 08h10 |
off Slangkop
Lighthouse Kommetjie |
4 whales
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Poppy ; |
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2 |
Wednesday 25 May
2011 @ 12h18 |
off Kommetjie |
whales |
Anon |
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1 |
Friday 20 May 2011 @
17h19 |
off Llandudnow |
2 SRW |
Adré of Twelve
Apostles Hotel |
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PRE – SEASON SIGHTINGS 2011 |
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DATE |
PLACE |
ESTIMATED NUMBER &
SPECIES SPOTTED |
SPOTTER/ SOURCE |
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35 |
Friday 29 April 2011
@ 11h34 |
off Greenpoint
Cape Town |
2
Humpbacks |
Mark |
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34 |
Friday 22 April 2011
in the afternoon |
off Seapoint
Cape Town |
3 SRW |
Mark |
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33 |
Tuesday 19 April
2011 @ 17h22 |
between 12 Apostles Hotel and Llandudno |
SRW
aplenty |
Adré of Twelve Apostles Hotel |
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32 |
Tuesday 19 April
2011 @ 14h57 |
off Witsand near
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1 whale blowing
and rolling |
Mary Roger |
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31 |
Tuesday 19 April
2011 @ 10h04 |
towards |
Dolphins
aplenty |
Adré of Twelve Apostles Hotel |
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30 |
Monday 18 April 2011
@ 08h00 |
off the Twelve Apostles Hotel, |
2 whales |
Adré of Twelve Apostles Hotel |
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29 |
Monday 18 April 2011
@ 07h40 |
off Llandudno from |
1 whale |
Adré of Twelve Apostles Hotel |
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28 |
Sunday 17 April 2011
@ sunset |
off 12 Apostles |
15 SRW (number
unconfirmed) |
Mark |
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27 |
Sunday 17 April 2011
@ 18h00 |
Greenpoint lighthouse |
2 SRW |
Mark |
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26 |
Thursday 14 April
2011 @ 13h00 |
Greenpoint lighthouse |
2 SRW |
Mark |
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25 |
Wednesday 6 April @
12h09 |
off Sea Point Cape
Town |
2
Humpbacks |
Mark |
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24 |
Tuesday 5 April 2011
@ 18h31 |
far off |
5 SRWs |
Mark |
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23 |
Friday 1 April 2011
@ 08h00 and again at
10h00 |
off Twelve Apostles
Hotel, |
Dolphins
aplenty |
Adré of Twelve Apostles Hotel |
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22 |
Thursday 31 March
2011 @ 12h16 |
outside |
2
Humpbacks |
Mark |
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21 |
Wednesday 30 March
2011 @ 14h32 |
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1
Humpback |
Mark |
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20 |
Sunday 27 March 2011
@ 12h46 |
off Greenpoint lighthouse |
3
Humpbacks |
Mark |
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19 |
Saturday 20 March @
18h53 |
off |
5
Humpbacks |
Mark |
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18 |
Tuesday 8 March 2011
@ 13h14 |
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2
Humpbacks |
Mark |
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17 |
Saturday 26 February
2011 @ 17h34 |
Northern side of |
12
Humpbacks |
Mark |
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16 |
Friday 18 February
2011 |
between |
3
Humpbacks |
Mark |
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15 |
Tuesday 15 February
2011 |
between |
5 Brydes |
Mark |
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14 |
Monday 14 February
2011 |
between |
2
Humpbacks |
Mark |
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13 |
Sunday 13 February
2011 |
between |
3
Humpbacks |
Mark |
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12 |
Saturday 12 February
2011 |
between |
5
Humpbacks |
Mark |
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11 |
Friday 11 February @
15h30 |
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6
Humpbacks |
Mark |
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10 |
Thursday 10 February
2011 @ 13h44 |
off Sea Point |
6
Humpbacks |
Mark |
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9 |
Tuesday 1 February
2011 @ 19h42 |
off 3 Anchor Bay
Cape Town |
2 Brydes |
Mark |
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8 |
Tuesday 1 February
2011 @ 17h33 |
2 miles off Bantry bay |
SRW |
Mark |
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7 |
Friday 28 January 2011 @ 16h56 |
2 miles off Greenpoint, |
2 Humpbacks |
Mark |
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6 |
Wednesday 26 January 2011 @ 20h13 |
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1 SRW |
Mark |
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5 |
Tuesday 25 January 2011 @ 16h32 |
off Granger Bay,
Cape Town |
1 SRW & calf |
Mark |
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4 |
Tuesday 25 January 2011 @ 13h20 |
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1 SRW |
Mark |
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3 |
Saturday 22 January 2011 |
off Seapoint Cape Town |
6 SRW |
Mark |
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2 |
Monday 17 January 2011 |
Mouille Point, |
1 SRW with a large white patch on its back |
Mark |
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1 |
Saturday 1 January 2011 |
Greenpoint
Lighthouse |
1 SRW |
Mark |
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