Port of Call: Simon's Town Guest House & Self Catering Accommodation » Southern Right Whales http://portofcall.co.za The Best View in Simon's Town Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:57:20 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Under water with a Southern Right Whale http://portofcall.co.za/2009/06/06/under-water-with-a-southern-right-whale/ http://portofcall.co.za/2009/06/06/under-water-with-a-southern-right-whale/#comments Sat, 06 Jun 2009 10:48:59 +0000 portofcall http://portofcall.co.za/?p=341 This amazing footage was shot by Jacques Obermeyer in July 2008.  It is filmed off the coast of Struisbaai (Struis Bay), South Africa.  Struisbaai is approximately a 3 hour drive from Simon’s Town along South Africa’s east coast and very close to the Cape of Agulhas, Africa’s southern most tip.

Up close and personal under water with a Southern Right Whale

Southern Right Whales under water

Click this link above to watch the video.

Read a Whale’s Tale or Whales & Snow Capped Peaks

]]> http://portofcall.co.za/2009/06/06/under-water-with-a-southern-right-whale/feed/ 0 A whale’s tale http://portofcall.co.za/2009/06/06/a-whales-tale/ http://portofcall.co.za/2009/06/06/a-whales-tale/#comments Fri, 05 Jun 2009 22:10:12 +0000 portofcall http://portofcall.co.za/?p=331 A tale?  I think we meant tail.  Have a look at the royal wave we got!

The most common types of whale found in False Bay are the Southern Right Whales.
Other types known to visit the bay are the Bryde’s Whale, the Humpback (which ‘sings’) and the Killer Whale, also known as the Orca.

 

The royal wave from a Southern Right Whale

The royal wave from a Southern Right Whale

A Southern Right Whale

A Southern Right Whale

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