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Quick links to whale sighting reports from partner
destinations click St
Helena Bay, Cape
Town Harbour &
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Report a sighting – click here
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View
the latest whale & dolphin sightings below. Alternatively, call or sms the
Whale Watching Hotline on 079 391 2105 |
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This sightings
log keeps False Bay West Shore on the International Whale Watching/Spotting
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WHALE WATCHING DASHBOARD |
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Valyland
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SIGHTINGS LOG 2012 |
to build this impression of a Southern Right
Whale tail in the school grounds. It
will challenge a massive Humpback Whale tail at CONSTRUCTION POSTPONED WHICH SCHOOL IN ANOTHER COUNTRY WILL CHALLENGE THIS WHALE TAIL WHEN IT’S UP? |
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Scroll down for who spotted what in
the nursery
& honeymoon suite |
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Total pre-season sightings: 006 |
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Accommodation Link: Neptune’s Rest****
Self Catering Fish Hoek – a
mountainside whale spotting venue of note |
Accommodation Link: La MaisonCairn**** B&B Glencairn - a
whale spotting venue of note |
Accommodation Link: The Grosvenor*** Self Catering Simon’s Town a whale spotting venue of note |
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PRE-SEASON
SIGHTINGS 2012 |
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DATE |
PLACE |
ESTIMATED NUMBER & SPECIES SPOTTED |
SPOTTER/SOURCE |
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006 |
Wednesday 11 April 2012 @ 09h29 |
opposite Cooked Restaurant Surfer’s Corner Muizenberg |
1 |
Clint Beetge of Cooked Restaurant, Surfer’s Corner, Muizenberg |
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005 |
Easter Monday 9 April 2012 @ 14h30 |
Miller’s Point |
2 |
The Clarkson family of The Blue Gecko Restaurant, Fish Hoek whilst out on a drive |
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004 |
Monday 9 April 2012 in the morning |
Cape Point |
1 |
Cathy Withers-Clarke whilst out on a drive |
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003 |
Saturday 7 April 2012 in the evening |
St James |
2 |
Sarah |
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Thursday 22 March |
Silvermine Wetlands Fish Hoek |
1 x Little Crake, a migrant water bird – a very rare sighting close to the beach. See also http://hardakerwildlife.wordpress.com |
Gillian Barnes (daughter of Chief Twitter Eric Barnes) |
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002 |
Wednesday 21 March 2012 midday/early pm |
Surfer’s Corner, Muizenberg |
3 or 4 and V-shaped plumes = SRW!! Says Sally “Had my binocs on massive fish-run
with unusually large (for me) concentrations of birds. And then saw the
plumes - closer than the fish run”. |
Sally viewing from a very high building/vantage point in Muizenberg
that overlooks the corner |
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001 |
Monday 27 February 2012 |
Cape Point |
2 SRW |
Patrick Morris |
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References To
Historical Notes in the Log. Refer to
www.awhaleofaheritageroute.co.za/copyright.htm |
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FOR THE LATEST WHALE INFO either call A Whale
Of A Heritage Route on 079 391 2105 or visit the website
sightings log at www.awhaleofaheritageroute.co.za WHEN YOU SPOT A WHALE either call A Whale
Of A Heritage Route on 079 391 2105 or e mail
[email protected] to have it recorded on the website log. FRONT OFFICE OPERATING HOURS Year-round: 07h00 -
18h00. BACK OFFICE/CALL CENTRE OPERATING HOURS Year-round 24/24. WHALE HARRASSMENT OR DISTURBANCE call 021 788 8313
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MAPS:
HISTORICAL – VILLAGES & TOWNS: pdf versions |
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