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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… |
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SIGHTINGS LOG 2012 |
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Powered by The Twelve Apostles Hotel |
Accommodation Link: a
mountainside whale spotting venue of note |
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Total sightings: 026 |
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Follow Varvara, a rare Western Pacific gray
whale on her journey from Mexico to Alaska. |
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Sightings Graph – pending |
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Accommodation Link: Bella Ev Guest
House Muizenberg - an historical venue in a unique spiritual
setting |
Accommodation Link: The Grosvenor*** Self Catering Simon’s Town a whale spotting venue of note |
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SEASON SIGHTINGS 2012 |
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Nr |
DATE |
PLACE |
ESTIMATED NUMBER &
SPECIES SPOTTED |
SPOTTER/ SOURCE |
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026 |
Sunday 12 August
2012 @ 13h50 |
Cape Town Harbour |
1 x SRW |
Mark |
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025 |
Wednesday 8 August
2012 in the pm |
off the Sea Point Point promenade |
“Lots of whales” |
@LifeisSavage via Tony of @learn2divetoday ; @MichelleWatling |
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024 |
Sunday 5 August 2012
@ 11h30 |
Llandudno, Cape Town |
Humpbacks and 1 x Bryde (latter close in). |
Tourist Guide Brian Smith of The Cape Tour |
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023 |
Saturday 4 August
2012 |
inside Cape Town Harbour |
1 x whale |
@BienneHuisman via @MariettedTH |
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022 |
Saturday 4 August
2012 @12h40 |
close to shore, Sea Point,
Cape Town |
2 x whales |
@ambertourscape |
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021 |
Thursday 2 August
2012 @ 10h20 |
off 12 Apostles Hotel, Cape Town |
"spotted my first whale for the season
from the terrace of the |
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020 |
Thursday 2 August
2012 |
Milnerton Beach, Cape Town |
“Spotted a whale off the beach of Milnerton. Absolutely
awesome! Quite a big fella too!” |
@gbellcpt |
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019 |
Monday 30 July 2012 |
Granger Bay, Cape Town |
5 x Humpbacks and 2 x Brydes |
Mark |
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018 |
Sunday 29 July 2012
in the morning |
Camps Bay, Cape Town |
Whales |
@LRdaCosta |
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017 |
Monday 23 July @
14h00 |
Noordhoek |
Whales |
Trish Bolleurs |
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016 |
Thursday 19 July
2012 |
Kommetjie |
3 x
whales and many
dolphins |
Betty Smith |
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015 |
Tuesday 17 July @
14h44 |
off Mouille Point, Cape Town |
1 x SRW |
Mark |
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014 |
Monday 16 July 2012
@ 12h35 |
outside Granger Bay, Cape Town |
1 x
Humpback |
Mark |
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013 |
Tuesday 10 July 2012
@ 16h43 |
outside Cape Town Harbour |
2 x SRW |
Mark |
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012 |
Thursday 21 June
2012 @ 08h13 |
Soetwater (is south of Kommetjie) |
1 whale
breaching |
Poppy |
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011 |
Tuesday 19 June 2012
@ 13h59 |
below Chapman’s Peak, Noordhoek |
2 x whales |
Kim Davis of Neptune’s Rest Self Catering****, Fish Hoek whilst on the road |
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010 |
Friday 15 June 2012 |
Llandudno, Cape Town |
3 x
Humpbacks |
Tourist Guide Brian Smith of The Cape Tour |
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009 |
Thursday 14 June
2012 |
Llandudno, Cape Town |
2 x
Humpbacks |
Tourist Guide Brian Smith of The Cape Tour |
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008 |
Thursday 4 June 2012
@ 17h03 |
Entrance to V&A Watefront, Cape Town |
2 SRW |
Mark |
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Thursday 14 June
2012 @ 12h35 |
Off Granger Bay |
2 X
Brydes |
Mark |
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007 |
Tuesday 12 June 2012
@ 14h30 |
Scarborough Bay |
1 x
whale “whale
breaching and logging” |
Kathi Hodkinson |
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006 |
Monday 11 June 2012
@ 14h44 |
off Granger Bay Cape Town |
2 x
Humpbacks |
Mark |
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005 |
Monday 11 June 2012
@ 14h16 |
Entrance to V&A Watefront, Cape Town |
3 x Bryde |
Mark |
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004 |
Sunday 20 May 2012 @
16h11 |
in Granger Bay Cape Town |
1 x Bryde |
Mark |
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003 |
Wednesday 9 May 2012 |
300m off Mouille Point Cape Town |
2 x SRW
blowing |
Tourist Guide Brian Smith |
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002 |
Wednesday 9 May 2012
@ 08h16 |
Kommetjie |
3 x
whales blowing |
Poppy |
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001 |
Tuesday 8 May 2012 |
Granger Bay Cape Town -
close to shore |
1 x
whale |
@shipspotterCT |
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003 |
Wednesday 25 April
2012 @ 08h00 |
Camps Bay Cape Town heading to Clifton and Sea Point |
very
large school of
dolphins |
@safricangirl via @CapeTownTourism |
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002 |
Sunday 26 February
2012 |
opposite The Twleve Apostles Hotel Cape Town |
2 x
Bryde whales |
Janice Unsworth |
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001 |
Sunday 15 January
2012 @ 14h04 |
Milnerton |
2 x SRW |
Mark |