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Usually this the reason to stay in Kaikoura, but the people in...

The (almost usual by now) seal colony at Point Kean on Kaikoura...

Sailing past Point Kean, it takes about 40 minutes to get from...

...and she uses the time to tell us a bit more about...

...I was lucky enough to change to the 11 a.m. because high...

The on-board whale master communicates with other boats and uses hydrophonics to...

...and then the boat races towards where the sperm whale is expected...

8 ...spotted!

They stay under water hunting for 40-60 minutes then...

...come up to breath and rest for 10-15 minutes...

...which gives us plenty of time to study his hump...

...this one is a bit rounded and probably belongs to Tutu...

...one of the semi-permanent pod that feed on the...

...giant squid in the depth of the Kaikoura Trench...

...he is bending his back, getting ready to dive. The warning to...

...flipping of his tail to gather speed for the dive...(The whale master...

Back in South Bay after a successful sughting trip (even though it...


The whale watching in Kaikoura was fun, but there really is not much more to it than what the pictures show and the captions tell you. Though admittedly the pictures only show the 'tip of the iceberg' as it were; but there you go.

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