2018 Cetacean Sighting Log
Sighting Date Time Where Nearest Town Number Species From Shore Behaviour Comments ID #
12/12/2018 10.00-10.20 Aldinga Beach Road Port Willunga 1 Unidentified 300 Metres Loafing, Tail Slapping, Travelling Whale was seen from the end of Aldinga Beach 2018681 Road slowly moving in the direction of Snapper Point and Port Willunga.
04/12/2018 19:00 Stokes Bay Emu Bay 2 Southern Right Whale 200 Metres Circling, Loafing, Playing, Tail Lifting, From the submitted details provided ... it appears 2018682 Breaching, Body Rolling, Travelling, this 'may' likely be the last sighting of the mother Diving, Circling & calf pair (Winkulari & Ringkari) before leaving our coast heading off on their migration South. We'd love to hear from anyone else whom may have seen the pair offshore Yorke Peninsula or Kangaroo Island during the 1st week of December!
30/11/2018 08.45-09.15 Between Couch Beach Corney Point 2 Southern Right Whale 100 Metres Circling, Loafing, Travelling Winkulari & Ringkari, mother & calf pair, Second 2018679 and Leven Beach sighting of Winkulari & Ringkari at Yorke Peninsula shows they have been sticking very close to shore… last seen travelling in the direction of Corny Point. The calf ‘Ringkari’ is 11 weeks old today! Last seen travelling in direction of Corny Point. Anyone who knows people who live on the Yorke Peninsula coast, can you please get them to keep eye out for the whales and report sightings ASAP.
29/11/2018 12:30 Port Minlacowie Boat Hardwicke Bay 2 Southern Right Whale 200 Metres Loafing, Tail Lifting, Body Rolling Whales were confirmed as being Winkulari & 2018680 Ramp Ringkari (Encounter Bay 2018 mother & calf pair). Last reported sighting Lower Eyre Peninsula 26th Nov confirms whales travelled approx 133 kms across Spencer Gulf to Port Minlacowie Boat Ramp when they ‘popped up’ in front of a fishing boat!
26/11/2018 13.3 Cape Donnington/ Port Lincoln 2 Southern Right Whale 100 Metres Blowing, Loafing 'Winkulari' & 'Ringkari' sighted during the 2018676 September Beach afternoon… message received at 1:30pm. 24/11/2018 16.30-19.15 Sleaford Bay Port Lincoln 2 Southern Right Whale 100 Metres Blowing, Loafing, Spy Hopping, Winkulari & Ringkari continued to be observed at 2018675 Flipper Slapping, Body Rolling Sleaford Bay from 4.30-7.15pm and were last noted out from Wanna Sandhills. 24/11/2018 15:00 Lone Pine Port Lincoln 2 Southern Right Whale 800 Metres Circling, Travelling 2018674
24/11/2018 12 Sleaford Bay Port Lincoln 2 Southern Right Whale 100 Metres Blowing, Loafing, Tail Lifting, Our special mother & calf pair Winkulari & 2018672 Flipper Slapping, Body Rolling, Circling Ringkari were yet once again observed at Sleaford Bay. 24/11/2018 9.3 O’Sullivan Beach Port Stanvac 1 Humpback Whale 1 Kilometres Diving One humpback sighted 1km West from shore 2018677 (1km East of vessel).
23/11/2018 15:30 Sleaford Bay Port Lincoln 2 Southern Right Whale 200 Metres Spy Hopping, Flipper Slapping, Circling 2018671 20/11/2018 14:15 Lone Pine Port Lincoln 2 Southern Right Whale 1200 Metres Spy Hopping, Flipper Slapping, Winkulari and Ringkari ... rolling, flipper lifts and 2018670 Body Rolling Winkulari doing headlifts.
18/11/2018 16.45-19.15 Sleaford Bay Port Lincoln 2 Southern Right Whale 100 Metres Loafing This special mother & calf pair Winkulari & 2018668 Ringkari were again observed out from Lone Pine. They eventually moved across out from Wreck Beach.