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FISH HOEK VALLEY TOURISM’S
WHALE REPORT
FISH HOEK BAY & SURROUNDS
No 14/Final for the Season
24 May 2004 – 30 November 2004
RESOURCES
www.simonstown.com/tourism/whales/whales.htmwww.simonstown.com/tourism/whales/WHALELOGMASTER.doc
www.simonstown.com/tourism/whales/WHALESIGHTINGSPOSTER.pdf
If you spot a whale, please call the local whale hotline on 021 782 4531 (Fish Hoek Valley Tourism)
or e mail
DATE /
PLACE
/ NUMBER& SPECIES SPOTTED
(assumed to be SRW unless stated otherwise) / SOURCE
24 May 2004 / FH Bay / 1 x HBW / Bistro
3rd week June 2004 / Sunny Cove / 2
14 July 2004, 17h00 / Woolley’s Pool / 2
25 July 2004 / Woolley’s Pool / 3
25 July 2004 / FH Bay / 3
29 July 2004 / FH Bay / 1
31 July 2004 / FH Bay / 1
31 July 2004 / St James / 2 / Lois
1 August 2004 / Sunny Cove / 3 + calf and much groaning and grunting / Erica of Tudor House by The Sea/
Tony
2 August 2004 / Kalk Bay / 1
2 August 2004 / FH Bay / 2 / Erica of Tudor House by The Sea
3 August 2004 / FH Bay / 2
3 August 2004 / Strandfontein / 1 + calf / via Lois
4 August 2004
5 August 2004
6 August 2004
7 August 2004
8 August 2004
9 August 2004 / Kalk Bay / 1 / Audrey
9 August 2004 / Wooley’s Pool / 1 / Alan
9 August 2004 / Glencairn / 1 / Margaret of Laundry Corp
9 August 2004 / Sunny Cove / 1 / Margaret of Laundry Corp
10 August 2004
11 August 2004
12 August 2004
13 August 2004
14 August 2004 / Kalk Bay / 2 / Lois
14 August 2004 / FH Bay / 2 / Lois
15 August 2004 / FH Bay / 2
15 August 2004 / Simon’s Town / 2
16 August 2004
17 August 2004
18 August 2004
19 August 2004 / Sunny Cove / 2 / Lois
19 August 2004 / Kalk Bay / 3
20 August 2004 / Sunny Cove / 1 / Erica of Tudor House by The Sea
20 August 2004 / FH Bay far out / 1 / Erica of Tudor House by The Sea
Saturday 21 August 2004 / Sunny Cove / 3 / Erica of Tudor House by The Sea
22 August 2004 / Glencairn / 2 / Lois
22 August 2004 / FH Bay far out / 3 / Erica of Tudor House by The Sea
23 August 2004 / Kalk Bay / 1 / Don & Di
23 August 2004 / Glencairn / 3 / Lois
25 August 2004 / Kalk Bay / 2 / Don & Di
25 August 2004 / Muizenberg / 1 / Erica of Tudor House by The Sea
25 August 2004 / Sunny Cove / 1 / Erica of Tudor House by The Sea
25 August 2004 / Woolley’s Pool / 1 / D & J
25 August 2004 / Glencairn / 3 / Lois
26 August 2004 / Kalk Bay / 1 / Don & Di
26 August 2004 / FH Bay / 2 / Don & Di
27 August 2004
28 August 2004 @ 07h00 / Glencairn / 2 / Jo of Star Car Rental
28 August 2004 @ 15h00 / FH Bay / 2 / Alan
29 August 2004 @ 14h30 / St James / 2 / Alan
Monday 30 August 2004 / Woolley’s Pool / 2 / Alan
Tuesday 31 August 2004 / Glencairn / 2 / CABS Car Hire
Tuesday 31 August 2004 / FH Bay / 2 / Don & Di
Tuesday 31 August 2004 / Kalk Bay / 1 / Don & Di
Wednesday 1 September 2004 / Simon’s Town / 7 / Alan
Wednesday 1 September 2004 / FH Bay / 2 / D & J
Wednesday 1 September 2004 / Glencairn / 2 / Alan
2 September 2004 / SE of Woolley’s Pool / 2 / Carla/D & J
3 September 2004 / FH Bay / 1 / Geni @ Bistro
3 September 2004 / SE of Woolley’s Pool / 2 / Carla/D & J
4 September 2004 @ 02h00 / FH Bay / 1 / D & J
4 September 2004 @ 12h00 / Sunnycove south / 2 / Tia
4 September 2004 / Kalk Bay / Prolific/
awaiting detail / Don & Di
5 September 2004 / Kalk Bay / Prolific/
awaiting detail / Don & Di
Sunday 5 September 2004 / Glencairn / 4 + 2 / Jo of Star Car Rental
Sunday 5 September 2004 @ 07h30 / FH Bay / 2 / J & D & others
5 September 2004 / SE of Woolley’s Pool / 1 / Bruce of Kat Kayaks
5 September 2004 / Sunnycove south / 2 / Tia
5 September 2004 early morn / FH Bay /Tudor/Sunnycove / 8 (3xpods) / Vic Geale and Marion/Erica of Tudor House by The Sea/
Lorraine/D & J
Monday 6 September 2004 / FH Bay / 2 / Alan/Erica/D & J
Monday 6 September 2004 / Sunny Cove / 4 / Erica of Tudor House by The Sea/Don & Di
Tuesday 7 September 2004 / FH Bay middle / 2 / D & J
Tuesday 7 September 2004 / Clovelly / 2 / D & J
Wednesday 8 September 2004 / FH Bay far out / 2 / D & J
Thursday 9 September 2004 / Kalk Bay / 1 / Don & Di
Thursday 9 September 2004 / FH Bay / 2/3 / Erica of Tudor House by The Sea/D & J
Thursday 9 September 2004 / FH Bay/Sunny Cove / 1 / David/Erica of Tudor House by The Sea/D & J
Friday 10 September 2004 / Castlerock/Smitswinkel / 1 / ??? via Lois
Friday 10 September 2004 / Muizenberg / 4 / Railway Hse Rest
Friday 10 September 2004 / Glencairn / 3 / via Lois
Friday 10 September 2004 / Glencairn / 2 / Diane @ Q’Deck
Friday 10 September 2004 / Kalk Bay / 1 / Erica of Tudor House by The Sea?
Friday 10 September 2004 / FH Bay far out / 2 / D & J
Saturday 11 September 2004 @ 07h30 / FH Bay all day
(whale harrassment by five kayakers) / 4? + 3 + baby? / Alan/Shirl/David/
D & J/Erica of Tudor House by The Sea
11 September 2004 @ 17h00 / FH Bay close and far / 7 in three pods / Vic Geal
11 September 2004 @ 07h30 / St James / 7? / Shirl/Letty
11 September 2004 / Kalk Bay/St James / Outstanding/awaiting detail / Don & Di
Sunday 12 September 2004 / SE of Woolley’s Pool / 1 breaching / Alan/D & J
Sunday 12 September 2004 / Kalk Bay / 1 blowing / Don & Di
Monday 13 September 2004
Tuesday14 September 2004 / Kalk Bay / 3 / Sally G of
Boulders Beach
Tuesday 14 September 2004 / Muizenberg / Pod of 5 / Railway Hse Rest
Wednesday 15 September 2004 / Boulders / 1 / Sally G of
Boulders Beach
Wednesday 15 September 2004 eve / Sunnycove/below
D & J’s house / 2-3 / Erica of Tudor House by The Sea/D & J
Thursday 16 September 2004 / Muizenberg / 1 / Railway Hse Rest
Thursday 16 September 2004 / FH Bay / 2 / D & J
Thursday 16 September 2004 / FH Bay far out / 2 / D & J
Friday 17 September 2004 / FH Bay below
D & J’s house / 6 + baby / D & J
Saturday 18 September 2004 / Glencairn Cemetery
near wreck / 2 / Jo of Star Car Rental
Saturday 18 September 2004 / Kalk Bay / Prolific/
awaiting detail / Don & Di
Saturday 18 September 2004 / St James
Sunday 19 September 2004 / Kalk Bay
Sunday 19 September 2004 / St James
Sunday 19 September 2004 / Glencairn Cemetery
near wreck / 2 + 1 / Jo of Star Car Rental
Sunday 19 September 2004 late pm / Muizenberg / 2 / Jo of Star Car Rental
Monday 20 September 2004 / Clovelly/Woolley’s Pool / 2 / D & J
Tuesday 21 September 2004 @ 12h20 / SE of Woolley’s Pool / 4? / Alan
Tuesday 21 September 2004 @ 09h00 / FH Bay / 2 / D & J
Wednesday 22 September 2004 / Kalk Bay / Much activity / Don & Di
Wednesday 22 September 2004 am / FH Bay/Clovelly / 1 large / D & J
Wednesday 22 September 2004 eve / Sunny Cove / 1 large / D & J
Wednesday 22 September 2004 / Clovelly / 2 / D & J
Wednesday 22 September 2004 / Kalk Bay / More whale activity / Don & Di
Thursday 23 September 2004 / Clovelly / 2 / D & J
24 September 2004 / FH Beach / 6 dolphins beach in front of lighthouse. Four survive, two die
Saturday 25 September 2004 am / Sunny Cove / 1 breaching / Carla/Gwen/Jo of Star Car Rental
Saturday 25 September 2004 / Quarry between Fish Hoek & Glencairn / 2 breaching / Jo of Star Car Rental
Sunday 26 September 2004
Monday 27 September 2004 / SE of Sunnycove / 2? / Alan
Monday 27 September 2004 / Dalebrook / 3 / Don & Di
Monday 27 September 2004 / Clovelly / 2 / D & J
Tuesday 28 September 2004 / Kalk Bay / Many including one at the pier! / Alan
Tuesday 28 September 2004 / St James / 4 / Alan
Tuesday 28 September 2004 / FH Bay/Swimming Area / 3 x pairs
ie 6 / Michelle @ Spur Copper Creek/
D & J
Friday 1 October 2004 / FH Bay / 2 pods; one central, one towards Sunny Cove but far out / Alan/Carla
Friday 1 October 2004 @ 20h25 / FH Bay / 4 (three x distinct blows heard six blocks away. D & J confirm this & estimate four whales in front of their house) / Tia/D & J
Saturday 2 October 2004 am / Kalk Bay / 3 x pods / Don & Di/
Michelle of Copper Creek Spur
Saturday 2 October 2004 / St James / 2 x pods totalling 6/7 / Tia/Don & Di
Saturday 2 October 2004 midday / Strandfontein / 1 / Tia
Saturday 2 October 2004 midday / Muizenberg / 2 / Tia/
Michelle of Copper Creek Spur
Saturday 2 October 2004 / FH Bay / 2 / D & J
Saturday 2 October 2004 / Kalk Bay / 4 + 2 + 1 / Don & Di/
Jo of Star Car Rental
Sunday 3 October 2004 / Between Glencairn & Simon’s Town / 3 - 5 / Jo of Star Car Rental
Sunday 3 October 2004 pm / St James / 1 x sailing / Robyn of
Fox Fine Art
Sunday 3 October 2004 / Between Glencairn & Simon’s Town / 10 most of the day in various spots / Jo of Star Car Rental
Sunday 3 October 2004 / Sunnycove - Glencairn / 4 / Antoinette of Baby Bond
Sunday 3 October 2004 @ 10h30 / Woolley’s Pool
(whale harrassment by owner of motor boat) / 2 + baby / Lois/D & J
Monday 4 October 2004 / Sunnycove / 1 + baby / Erica of Tudor House by the Sea
Monday 4 October 2004 / Kalk Bay / 1 / Don & Di
Monday 4 October 2004 @ 07h30 / FH Bay far out / 1 breaching / Gwen/Carla
Monday 4 October 2004 @ 11h25 / Sunnycove / 4 / D & J
Monday 4 October 2004 / FH Bay far out / 2 / D & J
Monday 4 October 2004 pm / off Clovelly / 2 / D & J
Tuesday 5 October 2004 / Murdoch Valley / 6/7 / via Bev Stacey
Tuesday 5 October 2004 @ 17h00 / Sunncove / 4 / A Whale of a Time
Friday 8 October 2004 / FH Bay / 6 scattered. One breaching vigorously east of Sunny Cove / Lorraine/Carla
Friday 8 October 2004 / Muizenberg / 1 / Peter Burford
Friday 8 October 2004 / St James / 2 / Peter Burford
Friday 8 October 2004 / Kalk Bay / 1 / Peter Burford
Friday 8 October 2004 @ 07h00 / Clovelly / 2 / D & J
Friday 8 October 2004 @ 07h00 / FH Bay middle / 2 / D & J
Friday 8 October 2004 @ 12h40 / FH Bay middle / 2 / D & J
Saturday 9 October 2004 / Glencairn cemetery / 2 x whales and separately 1 x whale / Jo of Star Car Rental
Saturday 9 October 2004 / ?? / ?? / Margaret of Laundry Corporation
Saturday 9 October 2004 / Sunnycove / 1 / Gerald
Saturday 9 October 2004 @ 13h00 / FH Bay / 1 / Jim “sellin’ ‘n spottin’ Green of REMAX
Sunday 10 October 2004 / FH Bay / 4 / D & J
Sunday 10 October 2004 / FH Bay far out / 3 / Carla
Sunday 10 October 2004 @ 08h00 / Clovelly / 3 / Jim Green of REMAX
Wednesday 13 October 2004 @ 08h15 / FH Bay / 4 / D & J
Wednesday 13 October 2004 @ 13h30 / off Clovelly / 2 / D & J
Wednesday 13 October 2004 @ 15h00 / FH Bay near beach / 2 / D & J
Wednesday 13 October 2004 @ 17h00 / FH Beach off rocks / 2 / D & J
Wednesday 13 October 2004 @ 19h00 / FH Bay / 2 / D & J
Wednesday 13 October 2004 @ midnight / FH Bay / ? blowing / D & J
Thursday 14 October 2004 @ 18h00 / Kalk Bay opp Brass Bell / 2 / Cassie
Thursday 14 October 2004 @ 10h30 / Fish Hoek Bay off rocks / 1 / D & J
Friday 15 October 2004 / Fish Hoek Bay / ?? / ??
Friday 15 October 2004 @ 07h15 / FH Bay off rocks / 1 / D & J
Saturday 16 October 2004 late PM / FH Bay Clovelly / 5? / Robyn of
Pinehurst Primary
Saturday 16 October 2004 / Quarry / 2 / Jo of Star Car Rental
Sunday 17 October 2004 @ 11h30 / FH mid bay / 2 / D & J
Monday 18 October 2004 / Fish Hoek Bay swimming area in line with old change rooms / 1 blowing / Carla & morning swimmers
Monday 18 October 2004 @ 14h00 / FH mid bay / 1 / D & J
Monday 18 October 2004 @ 16h30 / off Clovelly corner / 2 / D & J
Monday 18 October 2004 @ 18h15 / off Cat Walk / 2 / D & J
Monday 18 October 2004 / St James / 1 / Yusuf Hamza of Fisherman’s Lane
(where anything fresher is still swimming)
Monday 18 October 2004 / FH Beach / 1 x dazed White Breasted Cormorant / Various
Tuesday 19 October 2004 / FH Beach / 1 x penguin in main swimming area / Tom
Tuesday 19 October 2004 / Strandfontein / 2 / Fuad
Wednesday 20 October 2004 / Simon’sTown
Naval Battery / 2 / Carla
Wednesday 20 October 2004 / Kalk Bay / 1
(Great news!
A whale has returned from Hermanus holidays to Kalk Bay) / Don & Di
Wednesday 20 October 2004 @ 17h00 / off Cat Walk / 4 / D & J
Thursday 21 October 2004 @ 10h30 / Quarry / 8 / Bev Stacey
Tuesday 26 October 2004 @ 10h20 / off Sunny Cove / 2 / D & J
Tuesday 26 October 2004 @ 10h45 / FH bay far out / 1 / D & J
Wednesday 27 October 2004 @ 10h00 / Quarry / 2 / Tia/Jo of Star Car Rental
Wednesday 27 October 2004 @ 10h00 / Simon’s Town near
Clan William wreck / 9 at least / Tia/Jo’s husband
Wednesday 27 October 2004 pm / Between Quarry and lighthouse / 1 / Jo of Star Car Rental
Wednesday 27 October 2004 pm / Quarry / 4 / Lois
Thursday 28 October 2004 / Tudor House / 2 / Erica of Tudor House by the Sea
Thursday 28 October 2004 / FH mid bay / 4 / D & J
Thursday 28 October 2004 pm / Quarry / 2 or more / Jo of Star Car Rental
Friday 29 October 2004 / Tudor House / 1 / Erica of Tudor House by the Sea
Friday 29 October 2004 @ 16h10 / Sunny Cove / 4 / D & J
Friday 29 October 2004 am / Quarry / 2 / Lois
Saturday 30 October 2004 @ 11h30 / Clovelly corner / 2 / D & J
Saturday 30 October 2004 / Between Lower North Battery & Ark Rock / 10 / Jo of Star Car Rental
Saturday 30 October 2004 / Cemetry / 2 / Jo of Star Car Rental
Wednesday 3 November 2004 am / Muizenberg / 4 / Evanne of Riverine Rovers
Thursday 4 November 2004 early am / Between wreck and docks / 3 / Jo of Star Car Rental
Thursday 4 November 2004 am / Boulders / 3/4 / Sally of Boulders Beach
Saturday 6 November 2004 late pm / Sunny Cove / 1 / D & J
Sunday 7 November 2004 @ 08h45 / F H Bay main swimming area / 2 (baby and presumably its mother) / Tia/Annette
Sunday 7 November 2004 / Between Glencairn & Simon’s Town / 2 (one black, one white) / Jo of Star Car Rental and her husband Mel
Wednesday 10 November 2004 / Dixies? / 1 / Jo of Star Car Rental ex her husband Mel
Monday 15 November 2004 @ 08h00 / FH Bay in main swimming area opposite Surf Life Saving / 2 / Various
(note: Tayna Webb had just been killed by a shark at about 06h55)
Tuesday 16 November 2004 late pm / F H Bay near Sunny Cove / 2 / Tia
Wednesday 17 November 2004 @ 18h00 / Cemetry / 1 / Jo of Star Car Rental
Thursday 18 November 2004 / Opposite Jo’s house / 1 / Jo of Star Car Rental
Saturday 21 November 2004 @ 20h00 / Sunny Cove / 2 / Gerallt
Tuesday 23 November 2004 @ 19h30 / Sunny Cove / 2 / Gerallt
Tuesday 23 November 2004 @ 18h30 / F H Bay middle and very close in the low tide / 2 / Tia/Gerallt
Wednesday 24 November 2004 / F H Bay middle / 4 / Gwen
Thursday 25 November 2004 / Muizenberg / 2 (baby and presumably its mother) / Maryke of
View Health & Skin Care Clinic
Thursday 25 November 2004 @ 08h10 / Sunny Cove heading south / 3 / D & J
Thursday 25 November 2004 am / Kalk Bay / 1 / Don & Di
Saturday 27 November 2004 @ 18h00 / F H Bay / 1 / D & J
SPOTTER SUMMARY FOR THE SEASON
SPOTTER’S NAME / NUMBER OF REPORTS / POSITIONDon & Di / 21 / 3rd
Dudley & Jean / 56 / 1st
Erica / 19 / 4th
Jo / 24 / 2nd
Alan / 14 / 5th
Lois / 13 / 6th
Tia / 11 / 7th
Carla / 10 / 8th
Total number of reports: 200
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