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Total season sightings: 467
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SEASON SIGHTINGS
Nr	DATE	PLACE	ESTIMATED NUMBER & SPECIES SPOTTED		SPOTTER/ SOURCE
000	Friday 27 November 2009	The annual end of season Whale Spotter’s Breakfast is scheduled for next week Thursday. In her RSVP, one spotter’s special dietary requirement is a “hunky surfer”. Go for it Surf Shack!! Note: To view breakfast photos courtesy Lorraine & Evelyn, click here
467	Thursday 26 November 2009 @ 08h00	Fish Hoek Bay	2?		Lorraine
466	Wednesday 25 November 2009 @ 14h30	Dalebrook, Kalk Bay	2		Rose whilst out in the car - via Lorraine
465	Wednesday 25 November 2009 @ 06h00	mid Fish Hoek Bay	1 whale		Carla
464	Wednesday 25 November 2009 @ 05h45	Sunnycove, Fish Hoek Bay	2 whales		Shirley
463	Tuesday 24 November 2009 @ 17h00	Sunnycove, Fish Hoek Bay	School of dolphins		Lorraine
000	Tuesday 24 November 2009	Following the many lighthearted “complaints” published in the local press about noisy whales in the bay, today’s People’s Post newspaper published a letter/response from folk in Norway “ We have been told by good friends in South Africa that you have a number of whales you are unhappy with. Why not send them to us. We in Norway love whales and have recipes for them going back over 400 years”. From Gunnar and Lilleba Njorthartr, Heggdalen near Trondheim, Norway. click to see where the Njorthartr’s live
462	Tuesday 24 November 2009 @ 05h30	up against the rocks at the Clovelly end of Fish Hoek Beach	1 dead juvenile Humpback . It was cleared by 11h00. click to see 2 x pics courtesy Gwen Rea of Karisma Properties		Early morning walker/ swimmer Grahame
000	Thursday 19 November 2009 @ 06h30	opposite Law Enforcement offices, Fish Hoek Beach	A 2.5m shark in the shallows		Early morning swimmer Des and three others
461	Wednesday 18 November 2009 @ 16h55	Sunnycove, Fish Hoek Bay	1		Renee
460	Sunday 15 November 2009 @ 17h20	Sunnycove, Fish Hoek Bay	4 - “one pair each have faces almost white with callosities.  Sea very rough south easterly conditions”.		Lorraine
459	Sunday 15 November 2009 @ 12h00	Kalk Bay Point	1 Michelle sees 3		Lorraine ; Michelle Potgieter
000	Sunday 15 November 2009	Today is the 5^th anniversary of morning swimmer Tyna Webb’s tragic death. Click here to see map showing who swam where prior to the incident on Monday 15 November 2004. Click here for a link to Alison Kock’s latest report on shark behaviour in False Bay.
458	Saturday 14 November 2009 @ 19h00	Kalk Bay	1			Michelle Potgieter
457	Saturday 14 November 2009 @ 17h48	Simon’s Bay	Whales			Peter
456	Saturday 14 November 2009 @ 13h30 – 16h00	Glencairn Quarry	3 or 4 and more further out			Photo Journalist Chad Chapman ; Shirley Heydenrich
455	Saturday 14 November 2009 @ 13h00 – 14h00	Fish Hoek Bay	“Between 1 & 2pm - a wonderful display of tail slapping at outer edge of the bay”.			Lorraine
454	Saturday 14 November 2009 @ 12h00	St James	1			Andre
454	Saturday 14 November 2009 @ 10h15	Fish Hoek Bay	1 whale. Says Lorraine “at last whale action again – one whale crossing the bay towards Clovelly - another breaching close to Sunnycove moving north and others about”. Water temp today is 11*			Lorraine
453	Saturday 14 November 2009 @ 06h30 – 06h58	Clovelly end of Fish Hoek Bay moving south via Sunnycove	Ron calls up on the blower - “there are 3 or 4 whales in Clovelly corner having a great time”. Lorraine had since e mailed to say that she saw 1 whale at 06h30 in the same area “puffing and rolling around”.			Lorraine ; Ron Davis (King Neptune) of Neptune’s Rest Self Catering Accommodation
452	Friday 13 November 2009 @ 17h50	St James	1			Gerallt
451	Friday 13 November 2009 @ 13h01	Roman Rock Lighthouse, Simon’s Bay	1 whale breaching close to Roman Rock Lighthouse			Photo Journalist Chad Chapman
450	Thursday 12 November @ 05h45 – 06h36 – 07h00	towards Clovelly, drifting to mid Fish Hoek Bay	Ron sees 1 but Lorraine spots 2 – one seemingly grey. “Possibly a mother and calf” says Lorraine.			Ron Davis (King Neptune) of Neptune’s Rest Self Catering Accommodation ; Lorraine
449	Tuesday 10 November 2009 @ 16h00	Sunnycove, Fish Hoek Bay	1 and a calf			Joe
448	Thursday 5 November 2009 @ 08h57	Murdoch Valley south, Simon’s Town	1 very close in			Kathy
447	Thursday 5 November 2009 @ 07h30 Guy Fawkes	Woolley’s Pool, Fish Hoek Bay	“a few whales”			Lorraine
446	Wednesday 4 November 2009 @ 17h43	Kalk Bay south	1			Eugene on the train
445	Wednesday 4 November 2009 @ 10h30	Fish Hoek Bay – Clovelly/Catwalk	“two sets of whales - possibly a 2 and a 3 – playing in the bay - spotted them at 11.30am near Clovelly - now they are moving in this direction. A pleasure/fishing boat named 'Blue Top' was obviously also watching them but did stay at a good distance”.			Lorraine
000	Wednesday 4 November 2009	Simon’s Bay	The 110m nuclear – powered USS San Juan, a Los Angeles – class attack submarine arrived in Simon’s Town today. The crew compliment is 140 and the average age of the crew is 19. Click to view pic courtesy Bob Johnston Note 1: Some of the crew stayed at The Avenue Hotel and Roz of The Bookworm reports that some purchased novels. Note 2: On Thursday 4 October 2007 the Naval Harbourmaster Capt Glen Knox brought the RN nuclear submarine HMS Sceptre into Simon’s Town Harbour Click to view photo courtesy Bob JohnsTon			Media
444	Wednesday 4 November @ 09h00	Kalk Bay	1			Monica of Fanny’s Gift Emporium, Kalk Bay
443	Tuesday 3 November 2009 @ 18h41	Roman Rock Lighthouse, Simon’s Bay	1 breaching, heading south			Peter
442	Monday 2 November 2009 @ 06h15	Fish Hoek Bay	2 “moving fast towards Simonstown”.			Lorraine
441	Saturday 31 October 2009 @ 17h45	Fish Hoek Bay	1 whale “came crashing through the choppy water towards the Catwalk; came very close to the rocks then turned towards Sunnycove”.			Lorraine
000	Saturday 31 October 2009 @ 16h00	Fish Hoek Beach	shark siren was sounded and flag changed			Lorraine
440	Friday 30 October 2009 @ 15h30	in front of Tintswalo, Chapman's Peak side of Hout Bay	2 Humpbacks “very very close in. Wallowing frolicking side by side 100m off the shore. Easily audible after blowing etc”. Also, “4 Whales off Oudekraal too far out to determine species. Blowing spray clearly visible”.			Tourist Guide Brian Smith
439	Friday 30 October 2009 @ 07h30	off Rocky Beach/Froggy Farm area , Simon's Town. This seems to be a favourite spot for sleeping the night !	2 Humpbacks blowing and lolling			Noel Dymond
438	Thursday 29 October 2009 @ 07h30	off Rocky Beach/Froggy Farm area , Simon's Town	2 Humpbacks blowingand lolling			Noel Dymond
436	Tuesday 27 October 2009 @ 15h15	Glencairn quarry	pod			Stuart
435	Tuesday 27 October 2009 @ 12h45 – 13h45	Catwalk, Fish Hoek Bay	2			Lorraine
434	Tuesday 27 October 2009 @ 13h22	opposite the Surf Lifesaving Club, Fish Hoek Bay	2			Ron Davis (King Neptune) of Neptune’s Rest Self Catering Accommodation
Black south easter blows. Hectic thunder, lightning and surf. Most Fish Hoek morning swimmers don’t make it into the water due to the risk.
433	Sunday 25 October 2009 @ 10h00	opposite Corriemar residence, St James	1 and a calf	Anne & Mike Cawood of Corriemar and their grandchildren Emily and Oliver Gale from London, UK.
432	Sunday 25 October 2009 @ 06h30	Murdoch Valley south, Simon’s Town	“same 3 in kelp plus 2 further out”	Kathy
431	Sunday 25 October 2009 @ 06h30	mid Fish Hoek Bay	2	Lorraine
Eco Note: A 15-year genetic study of southern hemisphere Humpback whales has found that the highest rate of gene flow between southern hemisphere humpbacks occurred with whales breeding on either side of Africa, with one or two whales swimming between the Atlantic and Indian oceans each year to mate. Source: Weekend Argus of Saturday 24 October 2009, page 21
430	Saturday 24 October 2009 @ 17h50	near the gun battery, Simon’s Bay	5	Kay Davis of Neptune’s Rest Self Catering Accommodation whilst on the road
429	Saturday 24 October 2009 @ 09h00??	near the wreck, Simon’s Bay	Pod and calves	Mrs Stadler via Clive
428	Friday 23 October 2009 @ 19h00	opposite Corriemar residence, St James and, towards Rhodes’ Cottage Museum Historical Note: Corriemar (aka Devon Cottage) is a Provincial Heritage site	8	Anne & Mike Cawood of Corriemar and their grandchildren Emily and Oliver Gale from London, UK.
427	Friday 23 October 2009 @ 17h00	Kalk Bay - near the reef	4	Monica of Fanny’s Gift Emporium, Kalk Bay
426	Friday 23 October 2009 @ 15h00	behind the backline, Muizenberg	many whales and 2 x sharks (shark siren) Note: Spotters estimate that both sharks were 2.5m in length	Benny Zinyake of Knead Bakery & Coffee Shop, Surfer’s Corner, Muizenberg
425	Friday 23 October 2009 @ 12h01	Murdoch Valley south, Simon’s Town	3 in kelp. Kathy says “one is very light grey, spotted and has a whitish belly”.	Kathy
424	Friday 23 October 2009 @ 11h06	100m off Froggy Farm, Simon’s Town	1	Martyn Trainor
423	Friday 23 October 2009 @ 09h00	Kalk Bay Harbour	1	Monica of Fanny’s Gift Emporium, Kalk Bay
422	Friday 23 October 2009 @ 06h30	outside Lorraine’s house on the Catwalk, Fish Hoek Bay	Lorraine reports “a lovely misty morning.  Trek nets already out and being pulled in.  A huge solitary whale has just cruised across the bay and passed right next to the Catwalk moving south.  I could almost have patted it!” Eco Note: a Sun Fish was caught in the trek nets. Helped back out to sea by the fishermen.	Lorraine
421	Thursday 22 October 2009 @ 16h13	Murdoch Valley south, Simon’s Town	2 in kelp	Kathy
420	Thursday 22 October 2009 @ 10h51	opposite Behr Road, Kalk Bay	2	Clare Yeowell
419	Thursday 22 October 2009 @ 10h00	near the bullnose, Simon’s Town Naval Dockyard	1	Wolf Wiese
418	Thursday 22 October 2009 @ 09h00 - 10h29 – 10h43	Sunnycove, Fish Hoek Bay	“3 pods/ more than 4 whales” says Chad. Lorraine reports whales scattered about and a small boat present but at a distance	Chad Chapman ; Lorraine ; Nicola
417	Thursday 22 October 2009 @ 07h51	Murdoch Valley south, Simon’s Town	1 almost in kelp heading south ; 6 to 8 to my north	Kathy
416	Thursday 22 October 2009 @ 06h30	Longbeach, Simon’s Bay	1	Wolf Wiese
415	Wednesday 21 October 2009 @ 17h30	Sunnycove, Fish Hoek Bay	1 “large whale with lots of callosities is wallowing off the Sunnycove end of the catwalk.  It keeps rolling over and staying on its back for a few minutes at a time - showing a lot of white belly.  Sea very rough – southeaster”. This became 2 whales at 18h30	Lorraine
414	Wednesday 21 October 2009 @ 08h23	Murdoch Valley south, Simon’s Town	1 almost in kelp	Kathy
000	Tuesday 20 October 2009 @ 16h00	swam across bay heading south	Otters	Lorraine
413	Monday 19 October 2009 @ 14h17	500m off Froggy Farm, Simon’s Town	Pod, One lobtailing	Martyn Trainor
412	Monday 19 October 2009 @ 13h09	400m off Froggy Farm, Simon’s Town	1 breaching heading south	Martyn Trainor
411	Monday 19 October 2009 @ 06h30 – 08h00	far out, mid Fish Hoek Bay mid Fish Hoek Bay near Sunnycove	at least 2 moving south towards Sunny Cove side of the Bay Note: It would appear that there were three pods in the bay at this time	Lorraine ; Ron Davis (King Neptune) of Neptune’s Rest Self Catering Accommodation
000	Saturday 17 October	Fish Hoek Bay	The Trek Fishermen, on their maiden cast for the season, produce 2 bins of Haarders	Trek Fishermen
410	Saturday 17 October 2009 @ 17h30	Dale Brook, Kalk Bay	5	Monica of Fanny’s Gift Emporium, Kalk Bay
409	Saturday 17 October 2009 @ 16h05	Muizenberg	whales	Anita
408	Saturday 17 October 2009 @ 14h15	St James	2 pods	Evelyne whilst on Boyes Drive
407	Saturday 17 October 2009 @ 10h05	Murdoch Valley South, Simon’s Town	2	Kathy
406	Saturday 17 October 2009 @ 09h35	St James	2	Anita
405	Saturday 17 October 2009 @ 09h00 – 11h32	between Muizenberg and Kalk Bay	5 (Monica & Esme on the train to work) Lynne Roberts sees “3 big wuns” “Many many whales everywhere” says Ron at 11h32	Monica of Fanny’s GIft Emporium, Kalk Bay ; Esme of The Expresso ; Anita ; Lynne Roberts ; Ron Davis (King Neptune) of Neptune’s Rest Self Catering Accommodation whilst on the road
404	Friday 16 October 2009 @ 15h01	Muizenberg	whales	Anita
403	Friday 16 October 2009 @ 14h44	St James	2	Anita
402	Friday 16 October 2009 @ 09h30 – 10h00 – 12h00	far off Kalk Bay	whales	Lorraine
401	Friday 16 October 2009 @ 09h15	Murdoch Valley south, Simon’s Town	4 very close to shore	Kathy
400	Friday 16 October 2009 @ 08h00	Froggy Farm, Simon’s Town	2	Martyn Trainor
399	Friday 16 October 2009 @ 07h30	Clovelly corner, Fish Hoek Bay	1 blowing	Evelyn Lyle from her car; Len Barnes on a beach walk
398	Thursday 15 October 2009 @ 16h42	100m off Glencairn Quarry	2	Martyn Trainor whilst on the road
397	Thursday 15 October 2009 @ 16h30	close to the Catwalk heading south, Fish Hoek Bay	School of dolphins	Lorraine
396	Thursday 15 October 2009 @ 15h54	Glencairn	Whales. One is partly white	Anita
395	Thursday 15 October 2009 @ 11h00 – 11h07 – 11h26	between Glencairn and Longbeach, Simon’s Bay	5 Rita sees 2 near the Battery	Kim Davis ; Rita
394	Thursday 15 October 2009 @ 10h00	off the Bistro, Kalk Bay	2	Mike Brinton – Wood of 19-On-Main Bistro, Kalk Bay
393	Thursday 15 October 2009 @ 07h00 - 08h02	between the Battery and Longbeach, Simon’s Bay	2 breaching and lob tailing	Wolf Wiese Peter
392	Thursday 15 October 2009 @ 07h30 – 08h00	far out, Fish Hoek Bay	2 at least	Lorraine
	Wednesday 14 October 2009 @ 15h30	Fish Hoek Bay north	Pod of very active whales with a boat watching them	Lorraine
391	Wednesday 14 October 2009 @ 08h13	off the Glencairn Quarry	whales	Ron Davis (King Neptune) of Neptune’s Rest Self Catering Accommodation
390	Wednesday 14 October 2009 @ 07h48	between Froggy Farm & Windmill beach, Simon’s Town	2 pods. One large pod 1km off Froggy Farm; the other 20m offshore	Martyn Trainor
389	Wednesday 14 October 2009 @ 06h30 – 08h30	Clovelly end of Fish Hoek Beach	2	Lorraine
388	Wednesday 14 October 2009 @ 06h30 – 08h30	behind the morning swimmers, Fish Hoek Bay	2	George Bottome ; Lorraine
387	Wednesday 14 October 2009 @ 06h21	St James	1 breaching	Eugene whilst on the road/ Boyes Drive
386	Tuesday 13 October 2009 @ 16h00 – 17h15	off Catwalk moving to Sunnycove, Fish Hoek Bay	5. 2 left the group heading south	Lorraine
385	Tuesday 13 October 2009 @ 17h00	Dalebrook, Kalk Bay	2	Monica of Fanny’s Gift Emporium, Kalk Bay
384	Tuesday 13 October 2009 @ 15h30	St James	5	Rose
383	Tuesday 13 October 2009 @ 15h26	Kalk Bay	3	Eugene whilst on the train ; Monica of Fanny’s Gift Emporium, Kalk Bay
382	Tuesday 13 October 2009 @ 08h30	Glencairn	2 very close in with another 200m further out	Chad Chapman
381	Monday 12 October 2009 @ 07h40 Megpie’s birthday	at Naval Dockyard, Simon’s Town	2 pods	Karen Cross
380	Sunday 11 October 2009 @ 10h30	off St James	1 and a calf	Margaret and David of Johannesburg They also spot two Black Oyster Catchers in the corner of Fish Hoek beach
379	Sunday 11 October 2009 @ 08h30	off Sunnycove	1 and possibly a calf	Tourist Guide Clive Stadler
378	Saturday 10 October @ 14h45	off Kalk Bay	1 lobtailing	Lorraine
377	Friday 9 October 2009 @ 12h00	inside harbour basin, Simon’s Town	2	Karen Cross
000	Thursday 8 October @ 16h00	Catwalk, Fish Hoek Bay	1 shark swimming at speed	Eugene and her daughter
376	Thursday 8 October @ 13h10	behind the backline, Muizenberg	2 or 3	Zukes reporting from Knead Bakery & Coffee Shop, Surfer’s Corner, Muizenberg
375	Thursday 8 October @ 10h32	off Naval Dockyard, Simon’s Town	2 pods	Karen Cross
374	Wednesday 7 October 2009 @ 18h08	off Glencairn	1	Kay Davis of Neptune’s Rest Self Catering Accommodation whilst on the road
373	Wednesday 7 October 2009 @ 15h00	off Sunnycove, Fish Hoek Bay	2 or 3	Lorraine
372	Monday 5 October 2009 @ 16h24	off Glencairn	1	Anita
371	Monday 5 October 2009 @ 06h30	off The Catwalk, right outside Lorraine’s house, Fish Hoek Bay	2 or 3	Lorraine
370	Monday 5 October 2009 @ 06h30	opposite Surf Lifesaving Club, Fish Hoek Beach	3	Ron Davis (King Neptune) of Neptune’s Rest Self Catering Accommodation
369	Sunday 4 October 2009 @ 13h30	behind the Earthwave Challenge surfers, Muizenberg	1	Robyn
368	Sunday 4 October 2009 @ 12h30	behind the Earthwave Challenge surfers, Muizenberg	1 Wolf spots 2	Evelyn ; Wolf Weise whilst on the NSRI boat
367	Sunday 4 October 2009 @ 12h00	off Danger Beach, St James	1	Monique Weise of Monique’s Spitbraais
366	Sunday 4 October 2009 @ 11h13	Sunnycove, Fish Hoek Bay	5 in two pods	Anita
365	Sunday 4 October 2009 @ 11h00	Boulders, Simon’s Town	1	Wolf Weise whilst on the NSRI boat
364	Saturday 3 October 2009 @ 16h45	off Glencairn	2	Anita
363	Saturday 3 October 2009 @ 12h50	far off Glencairn	1 breaching	Eugene whilst out at the Old Glencairn Hotel
362	Saturday 3 October 2009 @ 08h54	Murdoch Valley South, Simon’s Town	3 or 4	Kathy
361	Saturday 3 October 2009 @ 08h45	off the bullnose, Naval Dockyard, Simon’s Bay	1 blowing	Wolf Weise whilst on the NSRI boat
360	Saturday 3 October 2009 @ 08h00	off Catwalk, Fish Hoek Bay	3 lolling around behind the morning swimmers	Morning swimmers
359	Saturday 3 October 2009 @ 07h01	Murdoch Valley South, Simon’s Town	1 very close to shore heading south	Kathy
358	Friday 2 October 2009 @ 14h15	Glencairn Quarry	2 big whales	Fadiel Jamodien from the “How Can We Help You” Bank ; Wolf Weise
357	Friday 2 October 2009 @ 12h34	between Sunnycove and Glencairn Quarry	5	Anita
356	Friday 2 October 2009 @ 12h11	Fish Hoek Bay	Many whales	Anita
355	Friday 2 October 2009 @ 08h42	Glencairn Quarry	5	Ron Davis (King Neptune) of Neptune’s Rest Self Catering Accommodation whilst on the road
354	Friday 2 October 2009 @ 07h15	Woolley’s Pool, Fish Hoek Bay	3 blowing	Morning swimmer Jo
353	Friday 2 October 2009 @ 06h30	Fish Hoek Bay – everywhere	Many, many whales dotted all over the Bay, very active and puffing away	Lorraine
352	Wednesday 30 September 2009 @ 13h30	approximately 400m north east of the bullnose, Simon’s Bay	1 breaching	Monique Weise of Monique’s Spitbraais