After nearly 4 weeks I was back in sea side village Kaikoura which means in Maori to eat crayfish (kai-eat and koura crayfish) and this time I was lucky that the whale watching wasn’t cancelled.
We left on a speedy boat on the fairly calm sea to hunt for Sperm Whales, I guess this time of the year you could expect 1-5 on a trip like this so I was hopeful. After our second stop the captain heard a whale nearby as he used sonar sound equipment to spot them. Not long after that our first whale appeared on the surface and already after 5 minutes he dived down into the deep sea. Usually they stay on the surface for at least 20 minutes before they dive down again and show the ‘famous’ tail shots. So that was a bit of a disappointment and we were hoping to see one again soon. The captain moved the boat a couple of times which resulted that we spotted whale number 2 who stayed with us for at least 10 minutes so that was great. Unfortunately our time was up and we had to return however tried to spot some more sea life on our way back. We went to a small island with many seals and later on we were lucky to see three Hector dolphins who swam around our boat.
All in all a nice trip but in my view not mind blowing, it was another ‘to do’ activity while traveling in New Zealand.
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| Yes it's a whale.... |
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| The tale shot! |
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| Can you spot the Hector dolphin? |
