We have had Humpback whales and Finn whales about the islands over the last couple of months. The Humpbacks have been coming in close to shore but the Finns stay further out. Lots of Dolphins too. I aske how can you tell a finn from a humpback and was told that the finns water spout is much higher. Boy it is too. We were watching a couple about miles off shore and their spouts must have been going up 20 feet or more. We had not had many whales for quite a while here but when lock down occurred a couple of years back the Humpbacks must have seen it as a signal to come into the islands. One we could see from our lounge window just across the way. I was working at a house right by the shoreline at the time and it came within a 100m of the shore just off the Newman. It was also seen just a few meters away between the Woolpack rock and the garrison shore by a friend. I have dived in that gap and the water is not very deep there but there he was swimming through the gap so that people on the shore could get a good close view. At present they are hanging about just south of St Marys and between St Marys Island and the Gugh. Not sure what is kepping them here and coming back each year but it must be food. They seem to hang about in the very tidal areas here the most. Long may the sightings continue.
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