Whale season is upon us here in lovely Byron Bay. If you don't see whales while out for a surf, then you can definitely see them from the lighthouse or while just on the beach.
The awesome guys at the Byron Bay Dive Center took me, Kat, Sunny and Yogi out on a whale watching tour yesterday and it was amazing. It was a gorgeous, warm, clear, sunny day. We first took the boat out to Julian Rocks, a local dive spot in Byron and saw heaps of turtles and dolphins...but not whales.
After chilling on the ocean for a bit we spotted one out in the distance and drove up as close as we could get to it. We were literally only 100m away from a big, beautiful hump back whale. The whale was breaching the surface doing 180s, slapping the surface with its tail and its fins....basically showing off for us.
It was unreal to see something so beautiful up-close.
Afterwards I went for a surf and had a whale breach only 50m from where I was sitting. I tried to go underwater and make whale sounds to attract it, but strangely she did not come over to say Hi or offer me a ride. Weird.
***disclaimer- the whale shown in the above picture is not either of the actual whales I encountered***
**note- if you offer me and Yogi a snack, or a bourbon, or just ask nicely, we will show you our sweet as whale impression**
cannot wait to see your sweet as impression. but can it compete with bel's?
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