Southern Right Charters

2 of these this week, - here’s the first one…

This female, - a little tricky to identify but the brindle markings confirm it.

Seen in Hermanus in 2022 – with a calf, and seen here again this week, again – with a calf.
3 years is pretty much optimum for these whales to be calving – so this lady – clearly healthy.

Both the calf of 2022 & 2025 had quite a lot of brindle markings with the 2025 model – looking very dalmatian like (see picture #2)

2025, has so far seen us confirm several re-sightings of whales from previous years –
This one, a clear resighting with very obvious white blaze on her back - shows multiple resighting which is always cool.

2017 – Seen 10th October 2017. – the notes in the file state that she was visibly large, and very likely pregnant at that time.
2022 – Seen 27th September 2022 – seen with a calf
2025 – Seen 25th August 2025, with a calf again.

Assuming she was pregnant in 2017, that would be a 5, and then 3-year calving gap for this lady – showing a pretty decent and healthy calving cycle.

Shes currently in Hermanus, and a good chance of spending a bit of time here over the coming weeks as her calf grows strong enough for their migration in a few weeks.

Happy Whale Watching!!

Stand L25

– a powerhouse, multi-day destination…. That will be the overarching theme while we attend this year.

Teaming up with & .sa – exhibiting various activities available in Hermanus and year round whale watching around the SA coastline.

With interactive Virtual Reality whale watching on show at the stand – come visit us – lets connect and show you what we’ve got !

you beaut!

Stand L25

With some bad Wx for the day, - a gap for some admin

Here's a new resighting for the season –
We visually confirmed the match using her partial grey markings on her back, as well as her callosity pattern.

Last seen here in Walker Bay in 2021 – with a fully brindle calf and now again in 2024 – this time with a ‘normal’ black calf.

A 3yr calving interval would indicate she’s one healthy mum, and – considering we’re at the tail end of the season – when looking at her – she’s still pretty fat! (a compliment in the whale world!!)