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Sighting Date and Time


Name of Beach or Landmark

Nearest Town Area/Region Southcoast

Grid XSouthcoast

Grid YDistance from

ShoreDistance from

Shore Species No. of Large

No. of Medium

No of Small

Most Prominent Behaviours

Database Comments

03/11/2012 17:30 Second Valley Rapid Bay Gulf St Vincent (Fleurieu Peninsula)n/a n/a 6+ Kilometres Humpback Whale 1 0 0 Travelling

17/10/2012 10.00 Cape Willoughby Penneshaw Backstairs Passage n/a n/a 50 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 1 0 Loafing,

Tail Lifting

Southern Right whale and calf spent whole day lolling about in Smugglers Cove near Cape Willoughby - still there at 3.30pm when staff left.

15/10/2012 16:30 Waitpinga Cliffs Victor Harbor

Southern Ocean (Fleurieu Peninsula)

A 6 300 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 1 0

Loafing, Diving, Flipper Slapping,

Body Rolling, Circling, Playing,

Travelling, Blowing

09/10/2012 18:56 Cape Jervis Ferry Terminal Cape Jervis


n/a n/a 500 Metres Humpback Whale 1 1 0

Breaching, Head Lifts, Travelling, Blowing

06/10/2012 18:15

Granite Island Jetty, view towards Victor Harbor

Victor HarborEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)


Tail Lifting, Tail Slapping,

Flipper Slapping, Travelling, Blowing

04/10/2012 12.25 Chiton Rocks Victor Harbor


E 4 200 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 1 0

Loafing, Tail Lifting,

Flipper Slapping, Travelling, Blowing

04/10/2012 15:00 Grainte Island Victor HarborEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

D 5 200 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Travelling, Blowing

03/10/2012 07:35 Bashams Beach MiddletonEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

G 5 400 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0 Loafing

03/10/2012 15:00

Between Basham's & Fisherman's Beaches

Port Elliot


n/a n/a 500 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0

Loafing, Breaching, Tail Lifting,

Flipper Slapping, Head Lifts, Travelling, Blowing





Grid XSouthcoast

Grid YDistance from

ShoreDistance from


No. of Medium

No of Small


Database Comments

02/10/2012 10:45 Bashams Beach GoolwaEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

G 5 300 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 1 Loafing, Blowing

02/10/2012 11:30 Middleton Point MiddletonEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

G 4 100 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Tail Lifting,

Body Rolling, Blowing

02/10/2012 09:00 Freeman's Knob. Port Elliot


n/a n/a 150 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Loafing,

Travelling, Blowing

01/10/2012 11:00 Snelling Beach Emu Bay

Southern Ocean (Kangaroo Island)


Tail Lifting, Flipper Slapping,

Head Lifts, Circling, Blowing




Loafing, Diving, Tail Slapping, Body Rolling,

Circling, Playing,

Travelling, Blowing

Very large cow & brown coloured calf moved slowly along base of cliffs. Calf was playing around mother and possibly suckling at one time!

24/09/2012 09:30 Cape Willoughby Penneshaw Backstairs Passage n/a n/a 50 Metres Southern Right Whale 3 0 0


Spy Hopping, Head Lifts, Travelling, Blowing

22/09/2012 6:30 Between West Island & Bluff Victor Harbor

Encounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

B 7 1.5 Kilometres Unidentified 2 0 0 Diving,

Travelling, Blowing


G 5 150 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0 Loafing Beautiful day

21/09/2012 11.40 Bluff Victor HarborEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

n/a n/a 2 Kilometres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Breaching

21/09/2012 13:30 Pullen Island Port ElliotEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

F 5 100 Metres Southern Right Whale 0 0 1 Blowing





Grid XSouthcoast

Grid YDistance from

ShoreDistance from


No. of Medium

No of Small


Database Comments



A 8 2.5 Kilometres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0

Loafing, Diving, Tail Lifting,

Flipper Slapping, Body Rolling,

Circling, Playing,

Travelling, Blowing

20/09/2012 13:00 O'sullivans Beach boat ramp

Port Noarlunga

Gulf St Vincent (Fleurieu Peninsula)


Loafing, Flipper Slapping,

Body Rolling, Travelling, Blowing



A 6 50 Metres Bottlenose Dolphin 0 0 40 Diving,

Travelling, Blowing

19/09/2012 10:00 Commodore Point Port Elliot


F 5 200 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 1 0 Breaching, Travelling

19/09/2012 11:00 Basham's Beach MiddletonEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

G 4 800 Metres Southern Right Whale 0 1 0


Spy Hopping, Head Lifts,

Body Rolling, Playing, Blowing

19/09/2012 12:40 Point Lowly Port LowlySpencer Gulf (Yorke Peninsula)


Diving, Tail Lifting, Head Lifts, Travelling, Blowing

18/09/2012 10:15 North Car Park on The Bluff Victor Harbor


B 6 450 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Loafing, Blowing


F 4 800 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Travelling

18/09/2012 17:00 Freeman's Knob Port ElliotEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

E 5 50 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Travelling, Blowing

17/09/2012 08:45 Boomer Beach Port ElliotEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

E 4 500 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 2 Loafing The Whales are back!

17/09/2012 9.41 bashams beach Middleton


F 4 400 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0 Loafing, Blowing





Grid XSouthcoast

Grid YDistance from

ShoreDistance from


No. of Medium

No of Small


Database Comments

17/09/2012 9:00am Middleton Middleton




Flipper Slapping, Travelling

17/09/2012 10:30 Basham Beach MiddletonEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

G 5 200 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 2 0 Loafing,


17/09/2012 17:00 West Island/Waitinga Cliffs Victor Harbor


A 7 1.5 Kilometres Southern Right Whale 3 0 0

Breaching, Diving,

Tail Lifting, Spy Hopping,

Circling, Playing,

Travelling, Blowing

17/09/2012 12:15 Chiton Rocks Victor Harbor


D 4 3,200 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 1


Head Lifts, Body Rolling,

Travelling, Blowing

17/09/2012 14:03 Granite Island Victor HarborEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

D 5 50 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0 Blowing

17/09/2012 17.11 Nth car park The Bluff Victor Harbor


D 5 1.750 Kilometres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0

Loafing, Breaching,


Travelling, Blowing

17/09/2012 16:25

Between Bashams Beach and Crockery Bay

Port Elliot


F 4 450 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0

Loafing, Head Lifts, Travelling, Blowing

11/09/2012 11:59 Granite Island Breakwater Victor Harbor


C 5 30-40 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Travelling

11/09/2012 14:30 West Island Victor HarborEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

C 7 400-500 Metres Unidentified 1 0 0 Loafing,

Tail Lifting

11/09/2012 17:50 West Island Victor HarborEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

B 7 1.5 Kilometres Unidentified 2 0 0 Loafing, Travelling

10/09/2012 13:00 Freemans Knob Port ElliotEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

E 4 100 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 1 Blowing





Grid XSouthcoast

Grid YDistance from

ShoreDistance from


No. of Medium

No of Small


Database Comments

10/09/2012 15.25 Crockery Bay Victor HarborEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)


Flipper Slapping,

Circling, Travelling, Blowing

09/09/2012 13:00 Boomer Beach Victor HarborEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

E 4 300 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Loafing, Flipper Slapping



08/09/2012 14:45 Freemans knob Port ElliotEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

F 5 200-300 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0

Loafing, Travelling, Blowing

06/09/2012 11 .51 Fishermans Bay Port Elliot


F 4 400 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Tail Slapping, Blowing

04/09/2012 08:30 Granite Island - Off breakwater Victor Harbor


D 5 300 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 1 0

Breaching, Tail Slapping,

Flipper Slapping, Blowing

03/09/2012 15.58 Crockery Bay Port ElliotEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)


Loafing, Breaching,

Diving, Tail Lifting, Tail

Slapping, Flipper Slapping,


Body Rolling, Playing, Mating,

Feeding, Blowing

Watched the 4 whales until 17:00. The grey whale made an appearance.

03/09/2012 07:50 Fishermans bay Port Elliot



Flipper Slapping,


03/09/2012 07:30 Crockery Bay Port ElliotEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)


Loafing, Tail Lifting, Head Lifts,


02/09/2012 09:45 Kings Beach/Dep's Beach Victor Harbor


B 6 500 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0

Diving, Body Rolling,

Circling, Playing,

Travelling, Blowing





Grid XSouthcoast

Grid YDistance from

ShoreDistance from


No. of Medium

No of Small


Database Comments

02/09/2012 14.00 Freemans Knob Port ElliotEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)


Loafing, Breaching,


A juvenile putting on a great show - lots of breaching.

02/09/2012 15.10Between Wright Island and Granite Island


C 5 1.5 Kilometres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0 Travelling, Blowing



A 6 150 Metres Southern Right Whale 3 0 0 Diving,

Travelling, Blowing

Very special "white" whale sighting. Any further sightings of this whale, please let us know!

02/09/2012 13:15 Kings Head Victor HarborEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

B 7 250 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0 Travelling

02/09/2012 08:00 Bashams Beach Middleton



Flipper Slapping,




Loafing, Tail Slapping,


02/09/2012 12.34BASHAMS AND CROCKERY BAY

MiddletonEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)


Loafing, Breaching,




Body Rolling, Playing,

Travelling, Blowing

01/09/2012 14.17 Between Bluff & West Island Victor Harbor


B 7 1 Kilometres Unidentified 1 0 0 Travelling, Blowing


F 4 30 Metres Common Dolphin 0 0 12 Feeding





Grid XSouthcoast

Grid YDistance from

ShoreDistance from


No. of Medium

No of Small


Database Comments





Blowing

30/08/2012 1000 Cape Willoughby Penneshaw Backstairs Passage n/a n/a 30 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0

Loafing, Diving, Travelling, Blowing

30/08/2012 14:30 Granite Isalnd. Victor HarborEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)


Flipper Slapping, Head Lifts



29/08/2012 14:00 Rosetta Jetty Victor HarborEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

B 6 20 Metres Southern Right Whale 5 0 2 Blowing

29/08/2012 13.45 Freemans Knob Port ElliotEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)


At least 1 adult, and possibly another plus a calf.

29/08/2012 16:45 Just out from Rosetta Jetty Victor Harbor


B 6 150 Metres Southern Right Whale 3 0 0 Body Rolling, Blowing

Appeared to be 2, and then 3 adults frolicking near the jetty. They looked to be headng around to Petrel Cove.

29/08/2012 13.00Between The Bluff and Wright Island


B 6 200 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0 Breaching, Tail

Slapping, Blowing



28/08/2012 12:00 Freemans Knob. Port ElliotEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)




28/08/2012 08:15 fishermans bay Port Elliot







Grid XSouthcoast

Grid YDistance from

ShoreDistance from


No. of Medium

No of Small


Database Comments

28/08/2012 15:52 Fishermans Bay. Victor HarborEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)


Loafing, Body Rolling,

Circling, Blowing



27/08/2012 5.00 Freeman's Knob Port ElliotEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)


26/08/2012 10:15 Watsons Gap. Victor HarborEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

E 4 600 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0 Travelling, Blowing

26/08/2012 13:00Between Silver Sands and Sellicks Beach

Sellicks Beach




Travelling, Blowing


D 5 500 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0 Breaching, Tail Slapping

26/08/2012 15:20 Anchorage Victor HarborEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

E 4 1 Kilometres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Body Rolling, Blowing

25/08/2012 0930 Basham beach MiddletonEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)


25/08/2012 12.15 Granite Island Victor HarborEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

C 4 300 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 1 0



25/08/2012 08.30 Rapid Bay Rapid Bay Backstairs Passage n/a n/a 200 Metres Southern Right Whale 0 2 0


Blowing

25/08/2012 11.30 Freemans Knob. Port ElliotEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

E 5 600 Metres Southern Right Whale 3 0 1 Loafing,


25/08/2012 14.30 Bashams Beach MiddletonEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)


25/08/2012 11:30 The Bluff Victor HarborEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

B 5 200 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 1 Tail Slapping, Spy Hopping

24/08/2012 11:44 Waitpinga Cliffs Victor HarborEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

A 6 100 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0 Travelling, Blowing


E 4 100 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0 Loafing, Blowing





Grid XSouthcoast

Grid YDistance from

ShoreDistance from


No. of Medium

No of Small


Database Comments

22/08/2012 08:00 Knights Beach Port ElliotEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)



Flipper Slapping, Head Lifts,

Playing, Blowing



Breaching, Diving,


Blowing

21/08/2012 13.45 Goolwa Beach GoolwaEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

I 7 400 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Loafing,

Travelling, Blowing

21/08/2012 13.50 Goolwa Beach GoolwaEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

H 6 600 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Loafing,

Travelling, Blowing


F 4 100-200 Metres Southern Right Whale 0 2 0 Loafing,

Blowing

20/08/2012 08:45 bashams beach Middleton



Flipper Slapping,

Travelling, Blowing

20/08/2012 15.15 Chiton Rocks Victor HarborEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

D 4 1.900 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 1 0 Loafing,

Travelling, Blowing

20/08/2012 12:00 Freeman's Knob. Port Elliot


n/a n/a100

metresMetres Southern Right Whale 0 5 0


Blowing

20/08/2012 15:30 Bashams Beach. MiddletonEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)


19/08/2012 15:00 Bashams beach Middleton


n/a n/a 1 Kilometres Southern Right Whale 0 1 0 Travelling, Blowing

15/08/2012 09:50 Fishermans Bay Port Elliot


F 4 300 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 1 0 Tail Lifting,




Tail Lifting, Blowing





Grid XSouthcoast

Grid YDistance from

ShoreDistance from


No. of Medium

No of Small


Database Comments

14/08/2012 07:55 Knights Beach rocks Port Elliot


E 4 300 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Loafing

14/08/2012 08:15 The Bluff Jetty Victor HarborEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)


Breaching, Tail Lifting, Head Lifts,




Breaching, Head Lifts,

Playing, Travelling, Blowing



F 4 400 Metres Southern Right Whale 4 0 0 Loafing,






Blowing

14/08/2012 07.20 Rosetta Jetty Victor HarborEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

B 6 50-250 Metres Southern Right Whale 4 1 0

Diving, Tail Lifting,

Flipper Slapping, Spy Hopping,


Circling, Playing, Mating,

Blowing

14/08/2012 13.00

Middle of Deps Beach, West Island & Kings Head


B 6 300-500 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0 Travelling



Loafing, Breaching,









Grid XSouthcoast

Grid YDistance from

ShoreDistance from


No. of Medium

No of Small


Database Comments

14/08/2012 all day Head of the Bight Nullaboar National Park

Great Australian Bight (far west eg HOB)




Body Rolling, Suckling, Travelling, Blowing

Lots of whales, lots of activity, all very clearly visible from the platform. If you can go there, do - you won't regret it!

13/08/2012 11:00 Chiton Rocks. Port ElliotEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

D 4 600 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Loafing, Travelling

13/08/2012 11:15 Oliver's Reef Victor HarborEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)



Head Lifts, Blowing

13/08/2012 09:00

1 seen off Middleton car park the other at the other end of surfers parade

MiddletonEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

G 4 350 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0 Loafing, Breaching


G 4 400-1400 Metres Southern Right Whale 6 2 0


Blowing

13/08/2012 09:55 Kings Beach/Dep's Beach Victor Harbor





Body Rolling, Circling, Playing, Blowing




Loafing, Tail Lifting, Tail


Blowing

5 whales scattered between Bashams Beach and Fisherman Bay, may be some calves also.

13/08/2012 11:55 Petrel Cove Victor HarborEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

B 6 250 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Diving,

Travelling, Blowing





Grid XSouthcoast

Grid YDistance from

ShoreDistance from


No. of Medium

No of Small


Database Comments

13/08/2012 14.00 Petrel Cove Victor HarborEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)


Diving, Flipper Slapping,


Body Rolling, Circling, Playing, Blowing

13/08/2012 09:15 Watsons Gap Port Elliot


E 4 500 Metres Unidentified 0 1 0


Circling, Travelling

13/08/2012 13:30 Chiton Rocks Victor Harbor





Travelling, Blowing

12/08/2012 10:55 Horseshoe Bay Port Elliot



Flipper Slapping,

Travelling, Blowing

12/08/2012 10:15 Chiton Rocks Victor HarborEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)



Travelling, Blowing


G 4 300 Metres Southern Right Whale 4 0 0 Travelling, Blowing

12/08/2012 08:00 Crockery Bay Port ElliotEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)




Loafing, Diving, Body Rolling,

Circling, Blowing

12/08/2012 08:30 fishermans bay Port Elliot





Head Lifts, Blowing



Loafing, Travelling, Blowing

11/08/2012 15.50 Bashams Beach Victor HarborEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)








Grid XSouthcoast

Grid YDistance from

ShoreDistance from


No. of Medium

No of Small


Database Comments

11/08/2012 13.00 Point Lowly Port LowlySpencer Gulf (Eyre Peninsula)

n/a n/a 10 Metres Unidentified 0 1 0 Travelling, Blowing

10/08/2012 13.40 Bashams Beach Middleton



Flipper Slapping,

Travelling, Blowing

10/08/2012 16.21 Bluff Victor HarborEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

B 6 100 Metres Bottlenose Dolphin 0 0 3 Diving, Playing, Feeding

10/08/2012 12:30 Newland Head Victor Harbor Backstairs Passage n/a n/a ~600 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0 Loafing



Loafing, Diving, Head Lifts,

Circling, Blowing

08/08/2012 08:45 Surfers Middleton


G 4 500 Metres Unidentified 1 0 0 Loafing

08/08/2012 10:30 Bashams Beach. MiddletonEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)



08/08/2012 13:00

Dump Beach - Between Chitton Rocks and Olivers Reef.




Flipper Slapping, Head Lifts

08/08/2012 12:30 West Island/Waitinga Cliffs Victor Harbor


A 8 1.5 Kilometres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Diving,

Travelling, Blowing




Travelling, Blowing

08/08/2012 16:00 Kings Beach/Petrel Cove Victor Harbor



Breaching, Diving,


Travelling, Blowing

07/08/2012 08:00 fisherman bay Port Elliot


F 4 300 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Tail Slapping,






Grid XSouthcoast

Grid YDistance from

ShoreDistance from


No. of Medium

No of Small


Database Comments

07/08/2012 16:30 The Bluff. Victor HarborEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)


Loafing, Breaching,




Circling, Playing,

Travelling, Blowing

07/08/2012 14:30 Waitpinga Cliffs/Kings Beach Victor Harbor


A 6 varied Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Breaching, Travelling, Blowing




05/08/2012 13.40 Waitpinga Beach Victor Harbor


n/a n/a 150 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 1 0 Travelling, Blowing

04/08/2012 09:45 Encounter Bay Victor HarborEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

C 5 700 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Loafing, Travelling

04/08/2012 12:30 Petrel Cove Victor Harbor


B 6 250-300 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0 Travelling




Travelling, Blowing


D 5 500 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Loafing

03/08/2012 1745 Cape Willoughby - Windmill Bay Penneshaw Backstairs

Passage n/a n/a 50 Metres Southern Right Whale 0 2 0




02/08/2012 09:48 Victor Harbor Sailing Club Victor Harbor


D 4 300 Metres Southern Right Whale 3 0 0 Breaching, Blowing

02/08/2012 14.30 VH Sailing Club Victor HarborEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

D 5 880 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0 Loafing, Circling, Blowing





Grid XSouthcoast

Grid YDistance from

ShoreDistance from


No. of Medium

No of Small


Database Comments


E 5 120 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Loafing



Breaching, Flipper Slapping,

Spy Hopping, Blowing

02/08/2012 08:30 Causeway Victor HarborEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)



02/08/2012 14:30 Flinders Parade Victor HarborEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

n/a n/a 300 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0 Blowing


n/a n/a 400 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Loafing, Blowing

02/08/2012 14:45 Freeman knob Port ElliotEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

F 5 2.5 Kilometres Southern Right Whale 1 1 0 Loafing, Blowing

01/08/2012 08:30 Flinders Parade. Victor HarborEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

D 4 550 Metres Southern Right Whale 3 2 0 Loafing,


Scattered in Bay from Chiton Rocks to Breakweater/Graniute Isalnd.

01/08/2012 11.45 Cape Willoughby Penneshaw Backstairs Passage n/a n/a 50 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0

Loafing, Diving, Tail Lifting, Travelling, Blowing

01/08/2012 10:30 VH Sailing Club Victor HarborEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)


Loafing, Breaching,


Circling, Playing, Mating,

Feeding, Blowing

01/08/2012 12:45 VH Skate Park Victor HarborEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

D 4 300-600 Metres Southern Right Whale 6 0 0



Blowing

01/08/2012 14:00 South of Granite Island Victor Harbor



Flipper Slapping,


Two Southern Right Whales a few hundred metres south of Granite Island.





Grid XSouthcoast

Grid YDistance from

ShoreDistance from


No. of Medium

No of Small


Database Comments



A 8 >5 Kilometres Humpback Whale 2 0 0


Body Rolling, Travelling, Blowing

31/07/2012 13.00 Freeman's Knob Port ElliotEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

E 5 100-1000 Metres Southern Right Whale 5 1 0

Loafing, Spy Hopping,


Mating, Travelling, Blowing

31/07/2012 13:00 Freeman knob Port ElliotEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

E 5 300 Metres Bottlenose Dolphin 0 0 12 Circling,

Travelling, Blowing

31/07/2012 14:20 Knights Beach Port Elliot


E 4 100-200 Metres Southern Right Whale 6 1 0 Blowing

31/07/2012 14:30 Freemans Knob Port Elliot


F 5 600 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0 Playing, Blowing

31/07/2012 14:30Travelling towards bashams beach

Middleton





Loafing, Breaching,



31/07/2012 13.00 Goolwa GoolwaEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

I 6 300 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 1 0

Loafing, Circling,

Travelling, Blowing



F 6 1 Kilometres Unidentified 0 0 0 Blowing They are still here!

27/07/2012 08:30 Cape Willoughby Penneshaw Backstairs Passage n/a n/a 100 Metres Unidentified 0 0 0

Head Lifts, Travelling, Blowing

25/07/2012 13.40 Basham Beach MiddletonEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

F 4 1.8 Kilometres Southern Right Whale 1 0 1 Loafing, Blowing





Grid XSouthcoast

Grid YDistance from

ShoreDistance from


No. of Medium

No of Small


Database Comments


F 4 500 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 1 Loafing, Tail

Slapping, Blowing



Breaching, Tail Lifting, Head Lifts,

Blowing






G 4 950, 750 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 2 0



Blowing

At 11.30am ... 1 whale at Surfers, 1 half way in between Bashams and Surfers and one going towards Goolwa.

23/07/2012 11.30 Surfers beach MiddletonEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

G 4 20 Metres Southern Right Whale 3 1 0 Loafing, Travelling

A surfer mentoned seeing a baby whale as she paddled out to catch a wave!

23/07/2012 15:30 Middleton MiddletonEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)


Breaching, Tail Lifting, Tail



Blowing

20/07/2012 13.30 Bashman Beach MiddletonEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)



Flipper Slapping, Feeding, Blowing


G 4 500-700 Metres Unidentified 7 0 0 Breaching,

Blowing

19/07/2012 13.30Between Wright Island and Rosetta Cove


B 6 200-300 Metres Unidentified 2 0 0

Loafing, Breaching,


Blowing





Grid XSouthcoast

Grid YDistance from

ShoreDistance from


No. of Medium

No of Small


Database Comments

19/07/2012 16.25 Bashams MiddletonEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)


Loafing, Diving, Body Rolling,

Circling, Travelling

19/07/2012 17.25 Petrel Cove Victor HarborEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

B 6 550 Metres Bottlenose Dolphin 6 0 6 Diving, Circling, Feeding

19/07/2012 16.14 Surfers beach MiddletonEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)



Travelling, Blowing




18/07/2012 07:30 Middleton MiddletonEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)


Loafing, Tail Lifting, Tail


Blowing

18/07/2012 08.30Between Wright Island & The Bluff


B 6 1 Kilometres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0 Loafing, Diving, Blowing

18/07/2012 11:00 Basham's Beach MiddletonEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

F 4 400 - 800 Metres Southern Right Whale 8 0 0


Travelling, Blowing

18/07/2012 11:00 Head of the Bight Ceduna

Great Australian Bight (Eyre Peninsula)

n/a n/a varied Metres Southern Right Whale 30 8 0

Loafing, Diving, Flipper Slapping,


Body Rolling, Playing, Suckling, Blowing


F 5 400 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Travelling, Blowing




Blowing

17/07/2012 11:30 Goolwa Beach GoolwaEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

H 6 500 Metres Unidentified 1 0 0 Loafing, Tail Lifting





Grid XSouthcoast

Grid YDistance from

ShoreDistance from


No. of Medium

No of Small


Database Comments

17/07/2012 14.00 Surfers Beach MiddletonEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

G 4 200 -500 Metres Southern Right Whale 6 0 0

Loafing, Breaching,



Circling, Playing,

Travelling, Blowing

17/07/2012 13:00 Cape Willoughby Penneshaw Backstairs Passage n/a n/a 1 Kilometres Unidentified 1 0 0

Diving, Travelling, Blowing

17/07/2012 12:00Between The Bluff and Kings Head



Loafing, Breaching,


Spy Hopping, Body Rolling,

Travelling, Blowing

Single Souther Right very close into shore and The Bluff, heading towards Wright Island at 14:00 hrs.

16/07/2012 16.30 Surfers Beach MiddletonEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

G 4 900 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Playing, Blowing



16/07/2012 13:30Cape St. Albans - near Cape Willoughby

Penneshaw Backstairs Passage n/a n/a 1 Kilometres Unidentified 2 0 0 Travelling,

Blowing


n/a n/a

1000m or

more near a

reef

Metres Unidentified 1 0 0


Head Lifts, Body Rolling

15/07/2012 13.30 Basham Beach MiddletonEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

G 4 600 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0 Blowing

14/07/2012 10:15

Flinders Parade: Infront of Victor Harbor Bowling Club


D 4 600 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0 Loafing,









Grid XSouthcoast

Grid YDistance from

ShoreDistance from


No. of Medium

No of Small


Database Comments

14/07/2012 14.30 Cape Willoughby Lighthouse Penneshaw





Circling, Blowing

14/07/2012 09:15 Anchorage Hotel Victor HarborEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)


Breaching, Tail Lifting,

Flipper Slapping, Circling, Playing, Blowing

14/07/2012 16:00 In front of Granite Island Victor Harbor


D 5 400 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0 Loafing, Blowing

13/07/2012 10:15

Flinder's Parade: infront of Victor Harbor Bowling Club.


D 4 100 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Travelling, Blowing


F 4 500 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Breaching, Tail Lifting,

Blowing

13/07/2012 11:00 HOB Ceduna



Loafing, Breaching,



Head Lifts, Circling, Suckling, Feeding, Blowing

Lots of Mothers and Calves to be seen including one white calf!

11/07/2012 09:40 Surfers Beach Middleton


H 5 300 Metres Unidentified 1 0 0 Loafing

11/07/2012 10:00 Goolwa GoolwaEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

H 6 300 Metres Unidentified 1 0 0 Tail Lifting, Flipper Slapping

11/07/2012 14.30 Goolwa Beach Goolwa


H 7 50-200 Metres Southern Right Whale 4 1 0

Loafing, Playing, Blowing

10/07/2012 08:00 Basham Beach. MiddletonEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)


Flipper Slapping,

Travelling, Blowing





Grid XSouthcoast

Grid YDistance from

ShoreDistance from


No. of Medium

No of Small


Database Comments

10/07/2012 13:15Horseshoe Bay, Middleton side of Pullen Island

Port ElliotEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

F 5 2,000 Metres Southern Right Whale 0 2 0


Circling, Playing, Blowing





Very close to shore.


D 4 200-300 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0 Loafing,

Blowing

10/07/2012 15:15 Waitpinga Cliffs/West Island Victor Harbor


B 8 3 Kilometres Unidentified 4 0 0

Diving, Tail Lifting, Travelling, Blowing

10/07/2012 10.00

between Freemans Knob and Knights Beach

Port ElliotGulf St Vincent (Fleurieu Peninsula)


Breaching, Tail Lifting, Head Lifts, Travelling, Blowing


E 4 200 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 1 Loafing, Diving,




Loafing, Breaching,



Blowing

Came in quite close!

09/07/2012 11:00Knights Beach -off Railway Tce Pt Elliot.






E 4 200 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 1 Loafing, Diving,




F 4 300 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0 Loafing

08/07/2012 11.15 Granite Island Victor Harbor


D 5 200 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 1 Loafing





Grid XSouthcoast

Grid YDistance from

ShoreDistance from


No. of Medium

No of Small


Database Comments

08/07/2012 12.00 Middleton Point Middleton



08/07/2012 10:30 Bashams Beach Port ElliotEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)


Flipper Slapping,

Playing, Blowing




08/07/2012 11:00 Fowlers Bay Fowlers Bay

Great Australian Bight (Eyre Peninsula)

n/a n/a 100-5km Metres Southern Right Whale 1 1 50 Loafing, Diving,

Blowing


I 7 150 Metres Southern Right Whale 3 0 1 Loafing, Blowing

08/07/2012 14:35 Middleton Point Middleton



Loafing, Breaching,









07/07/2012 11:30Freeman's Knob/Horseshoe Bay area





Blowing

07/07/2012 11.41 Bomber Beach Port ElliotEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

n/a n/a 300 Metres Unidentified 2 0 0

Breaching, Diving,



Travelling, Blowing





Grid XSouthcoast

Grid YDistance from

ShoreDistance from


No. of Medium

No of Small


Database Comments





07/07/2012 14:30 Surfers Beach MiddletonEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)






06/07/2012 16.35

Out from Granite towards Seal Rocks & other side


D 7 3.6 Kilometres Unidentified 3 0 0 Breaching, Travelling

06/07/2012 08.25Between Olivers Reef & Chiton Rocks





Body Rolling, Playing, Blowing

Appear to be three Southern Right adults. After about 90 minutes they started to move apart and furhter out.

06/07/2012 09.30 Middleton Beach MiddletonEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

G 5 approx 2 Kilometres Southern Right Whale 3 0 0 Loafing,

Blowing

Appear to be Southern Rights scattered, well beyond the surfers in the foreground.


H 7 1 Kilometres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Tail Lifting, Tail

Slapping, Blowing





Blowing

06/07/2012 17:00Between Granite Island and Seal Rocks


D 6 600 Metres Unidentified 3 0 0 Loafing, Travelling





Grid XSouthcoast

Grid YDistance from

ShoreDistance from


No. of Medium

No of Small


Database Comments

05/07/2012 08:00 Boomer Beach Port ElliotEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)





Travelling, Blowing

05/07/2012 15:45Between Boomer Beach and Watsons Beach








Head Lifts, Blowing

05/07/2012 1500 Granite Island Victor HarborEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)



Slapping, Head Lifts,





Flipper Slapping,


Playing, Blowing

05/07/2012 10:00Causeway leading to Granite Island

Victor Harbor


D 4 400 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0 Spy Hopping, Blowing

04/07/2012 12:00In front of Whalers Inn Resort.


C 6 200 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0 Spy Hopping, Body Rolling,

Blowing

04/07/2012 12:30 Middleton Point. Middleton



Travelling, Blowing

04/07/2012 12:20 Encounter Bay Victor HarborEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

C 7 1 Kilometres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0


Circling, Travelling, Blowing

04/07/2012 12:50 Kings Beach Victor HarborEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

B 6 500 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Loafing, Diving, Blowing





Grid XSouthcoast

Grid YDistance from

ShoreDistance from


No. of Medium

No of Small


Database Comments

04/07/2012 13.00Between Petrel Cove & West Island



Loafing, Spy Hopping, Body Rolling,

Travelling, Blowing

Made interesting circles of bubbles in the water. Travelled to The Bluff and around to join up with 2 other Southern Rights at Rosetta Cove.

04/07/2012 13.50 Rosetta Cove Victor HarborEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)


Loafing, Breaching,



Mating, Travelling, Blowing

SR from Petrel Cove joined two other SR and the 3 frolicked for hours in this area around the jetty.



F 4 200 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 1 0 Tail Lifting,


03/07/2012 08:00 Bashams Beach Middle BeachEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)


03/07/2012 08:40 Bashsham beach MiddletonEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)



n/a n/a 200 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Loafing

03/07/2012 11.30Rosetta Cove, Petrel Cove, West Island


B 7 700 Metres Southern Right Whale 3 0 0 Diving,

Travelling, Blowing

Several whales spotted in various locations. Appear to be Southern Rights.





Grid XSouthcoast

Grid YDistance from

ShoreDistance from


No. of Medium

No of Small


Database Comments

03/07/2012 18.00 Point Lowly Port LowlySpencer Gulf (Eyre Peninsula)

n/a n/a

200-300

Metres Humpback Whale 0 2 0



Head Lifts, Circling, Blowing

03/07/2012 14:45 Basham Beach. Middleton



Flipper Slapping, Travelling

03/07/2012 14:30 Middleton Point. Middleton






Loafing, Diving, Head Lifts, Travelling, Blowing



A 8 3 Kilometres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0

Diving, Tail Lifting, Travelling, Blowing





Circling, Playing,

Travelling, Blowing


F 4 n/a Metres Southern Right Whale 2 1 0



Channel Ten have great footage of 2 adults and first calf of the sesason.

02/07/2012 1015 Bashams Beach MiddletonEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)



Confirmed at 11.15am, two adults and maybe a calf!


G 4 400 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Loafing, Flipper Slapping

01/07/2012 09:30 Fisherman Bay Port Elliot





Could be a 2nd whale!





Grid XSouthcoast

Grid YDistance from

ShoreDistance from


No. of Medium

No of Small


Database Comments



A 7 800 Metres Humpback Whale 2 0 0

Breaching, Diving,

Travelling, Blowing




30/06/2012 08.45Between Wright Island & Bluff moving west


n/a n/a 300 Metres Humpback Whale 2 0 0 Travelling

28/06/2012 09:45

Granite Island - South side between Island and seal rocks.



Flipper Slapping,

Spy Hopping, Body Rolling

Could possibly be more.

28/06/2012 15:30 Off Olivers Reef Victor HarborEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

D 4500

metresMetres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0


Blowing




25/06/2012 07:45 Knights Beach Port ElliotEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)

A 1 200 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 1 0 Blowing

25/06/2012 10:30 Chiton Rocks. Victor Harbor


D 3 300 Metres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0 Travelling

25/06/2012 13:30 Flinders Parade. Victor Harbor


D 4 200 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Spy Hopping, Blowing

25/06/2012 12.20 HOB Ceduna



Breaching, Diving,


Circling, Feeding, Blowing

The first born on the 8/6/12 that timely was World Ocean Day.

23/06/2012 11:00 Petrel Cove Victor HarborEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)


14/06/2012 15.10 Rosetta Cove / The Bluff Victor Harbor







Grid XSouthcoast

Grid YDistance from

ShoreDistance from


No. of Medium

No of Small


Database Comments

14/06/2012 17:10 Waitpinga Cliffs Victor HarborEncounter Bay (Fleurieu Peninsula)


Travelling, Blowing

09/06/2012 13:00 Black Point Port LowlySpencer Gulf (Eyre Peninsula)

n/a n/a 50 Metres Bottlenose Dolphin 0 0 6


Playing, Travelling, Feeding, Blowing

09/06/2012 15:25Near Deep Creek, off Tunkalilla

Cape Jervis Backstairs Passage n/a n/a 1 Kilometres Southern Right Whale 2 0 0 Loafing,

Flipper Slapping

Ki and VH Dolphin Watch groups celebrated the National Whale Day. Highlight of the day's event was sighting the two Southern Rights!

09/06/2012 14.00 Remarkable Rocks Penneshaw


n/a n/a unknown Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Travelling

08/06/2012 16.20 Onboard SeaLink Cape Jervis Backstairs

Passage n/a n/a unknown Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Travelling

04/06/2012 15.30 Cape Willoughby Penneshaw


n/a n/a 800 Metres Unidentified 1 1 0 Breaching

03/06/2012 14:00 CAPE WILLOUGHBY Penneshaw Backstairs

Passage n/a n/a 100 Metres Southern Right Whale 0 2 0

Diving, Spy Hopping,

Travelling, Blowing

2 whales observed spy-hopping & blowing for approx 2 hours.

17/05/2012 11.00 HOB Ceduna



Breaching, Tail Lifting,

Circling, Blowing

There may be a third whale.

15/05/2012 10.00 HOB Ceduna


n/a n/a 100 Metres Southern Right Whale 1 0 0 Circling, Blowing

First whale of the season!

sighting date name of beach nearest area ... - sa whale...

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