About Dive! Tutukaka
Southern Right Whale
These images are ASTOUNDING!! This southern right whale and calf spent a day cruising just off Ngunguru Spit with her calf, feeding in the shallows and breaching, playing, and generally cruising the beautiful Tutukaka Coast.
With our marine mammal permit, and our relationship with Ingrid Visser, whale whisperer extra-ordinaire, we were able to not only capture these shots with a tele photo lens, but some of our crew spent the day with Ingrid and had the privilege of experiencing what it was like over a hundred year ago when these creatures were dominant on our coast.
As we we spent the day with the pair, their vocalising was so loud we could hear them from 100 metres away.
When the bay was filled with 40 or more breeding females with their calves, their noise would have been like a field full of cattle lowing!
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Rose and Frank, NZYou guys are FANTASTIC! The Lily arrived safely (great packaging idea) and is now in a pot on our nicely exposed balcony overlooking the beach here at Westshore - to remind me forever of the ACE time we had with you.
Thank you so much.
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Incredible images guys. Great work! And to witness such an amazing event. VERY lucky indeed. How can you top that??????
Pete
By Pete Mes on 11 Aug 2009Amaizing pictures!!
By Sebastian on 11 Aug 2009It brings to me a lot of great memories from the time I spent while my Divemaster with all the Dive Tutukaka family!
Regards for everyone!!
Hey Sebastian!
By Kate on 12 Aug 2009Always good to hear from you, and keep in touch with what you are upto. The guys all send big hellos!
Tropical diving… Meh. Give me the Poor Knights any day!! Hoping to get up to see you guys for a wee visit Oct ish. Keep up the good vis and hi to all
By Anna Banana on 12 Aug 2009Cheers back your way!
By Kate on 13 Aug 2009Look forward to a catch up in October. Come and play!!