We have had some southern right whales visiting our coastal waters off New Plymouth for the past week now. They appear to be females with calves and they have located themselves very close to the shore (no doubt sheltering from the winter storms pushing up from Antarctica).
They have been breaching and causally posing for photos all week, but I hope people will restrain themselves and not harass them to the point they move on prematurely.
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
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THAT would be a good rebreather dive!
That would be an AWESOME rebreather dive. I had the opportunity to dive "near" them yesterday, but chose to stay away and give them some space to enjoy their visit to our waters.
NZ has laws governing the interaction of people and marine creatures like whales, so you can't just swim/dive with them... but should you happen to be in the water and they come over to you, well that's a different kettle of fish. ;o)
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