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Southern Right Whale Watching (HD) – Featured Blog

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Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Southern Right Whale Watching (HD): A National Geographic Algoa Bay video selected by Expert Tours: Southern Right Whale adult and her calf playing in the surf very close to coast at Basham Beach South Australia on Monday the 27th of July 09 at around 1245pm. The surf is larger then normal for this day of fun from the whales. Click […] Source: Sardine Run Port Elizabeth. Why Brexit Freaks Out So Many Scientists: National … [Read more...] about Southern Right Whale Watching (HD) – Featured Blog

Julie ALBERT 11/19/14 North Atlantic Right Whales – Brydes Whale Algoa Bay – Featured Blog

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Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Julie ALBERT 11/19/14 North Atlantic Right Whales – Brydes Whale Algoa Bay by Sardine Run Port Elizabeth: A Brydes Whale Algoa Bay video selected by Expert Tours: Right whales are the most endangered of the great whales, with the North Atlantic population teetering around 500 individuals. Entanglements in commercial fishing gear and collisions with vessels are the number one killers of right whales. With only about 20 born to the … [Read more...] about Julie ALBERT 11/19/14 North Atlantic Right Whales – Brydes Whale Algoa Bay – Featured Blog

Image from page 168 of “[Logbook of the Florida (Ship) of New Bedford, mastered by Joseph C. Little on voyage from 18 May 1851-26 May 1853]” (1851) – Humpback Whale – Featured Blog

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Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Image from page 168 of “[Logbook of the Florida (Ship) of New Bedford, mastered by Joseph C. Little on voyage from 18 May 1851-26 May 1853]” (1851) – Humpback Whale by Sardine Run Port Elizabeth: Image from page 168 of “[Logbook of the Florida (Ship) of New Bedford, mastered by Joseph C. Little on voyage from 18 May 1851-26 May 1853]” (1851) – more Humpback Whale goodness curated by www.SardineRunPE.co.za Image by … [Read more...] about Image from page 168 of “[Logbook of the Florida (Ship) of New Bedford, mastered by Joseph C. Little on voyage from 18 May 1851-26 May 1853]” (1851) – Humpback Whale – Featured Blog

Whale Shark (+-8m) Washed Up on Gonubie Shore!!!

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Visit and explore Gonubie, Eastern Cape accommodation choices. Click here to submit your favourite Eastern Cape Videos. A MyPE Gonubie, Eastern Cape selected video for you: Whale shark washed up on Gonubie (East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa) on the 5th of January 2010. Click HERE to find more 'Gonubie, Eastern Cape' videos. Gonubie, Eastern Cape video selected based on a YouTube search - Click Here to report any 'offensive' videos. CLICK HERE to … [Read more...] about Whale Shark (+-8m) Washed Up on Gonubie Shore!!!

Whale Catching – Then and Now

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This image is from the MyPE Editor's Flickr Account - offering some topical daily images from a phone smarter than Alan, occasional images from a DSLR and scanned images of Port Elizabeth as he wanders around the Bay pretending to know a lot and sometimes succeeding in making a complete hash of it! Whale Catching Image by awstraton Landing a whale in Algoa Bay during 1880 on the North End Beach. Then and Now on the North End Beach: This image is randomly selected from an ever … [Read more...] about Whale Catching – Then and Now

Humpback Whale Breaching, Raggy Charters, Algoa Bay – Humpback Whale Algoa Bay – Featured Blog

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Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Humpback Whale Breaching, Raggy Charters, Algoa Bay – Humpback Whale Algoa Bay by Sardine Run Port Elizabeth: A Humpback Whale Algoa Bay video selected by Expert Tours: A humpback whale breaching in Algoa Bay, filmed by a guest of Raggy Charters- the only licensed boat-based whale watching company in Port Elizabeth Click here to book your Sardine Run Experience | Expert Tours on YouTube. Read more here: Sardine Run Port … [Read more...] about Humpback Whale Breaching, Raggy Charters, Algoa Bay – Humpback Whale Algoa Bay – Featured Blog

Was Moby Dick a real whale? – Featured Blog

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Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Was Moby Dick a real whale? by Sardine Run Port Elizabeth: While Moby Dick was not a real whale, real-life events inspired the classic novel. Ocean Facts Click here to book your Sardine Run Experience. Read more here: Sardine Run Port Elizabeth Today’s Google Doodle: Comet-Hunter Caroline Herschel by Sardine Run Port Elizabeth: National Geographic News Click here to book your Sardine Run Experience. Read more here: Sardine Run … [Read more...] about Was Moby Dick a real whale? – Featured Blog

Image from page 11 of “The War Cry” (1908) – Southern Right Whale – Featured Blog

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Today's posts from our featured Port Elizabeth Blogger: Image from page 11 of “The War Cry” (1908) – Southern Right Whale by Sardine Run Port Elizabeth: Image from page 11 of “The War Cry” (1908) – more Southern Right Whale goodness curated by www.SardineRunPE.co.za Image by Internet Archive Book Images Identifier: war-cry-1908-09-26M Title: The War Cry Year: 1908 (1900s) Authors: Subjects: Salvationist Publisher: View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry … [Read more...] about Image from page 11 of “The War Cry” (1908) – Southern Right Whale – Featured Blog

PE Image – Southern Right Whale Skeleton – Bayworld Museum

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This Bayworld Port Elizabeth image is courtesy of Flickr. Click on the Flickr account holder below the photograph to see more. Southern Right Whale Skeleton - Bayworld Museum Image by G Bayliss This image is automatically selected as it was published with this keyword/s relevant to Port Elizabeth: Bayworld Port Elizabeth. Please - CLICK HERE to report any 'offensive' images. Don't forget to support and thank the photographer. Submit your Port Elizabeth images here. … [Read more...] about PE Image – Southern Right Whale Skeleton – Bayworld Museum

Diver Is Nearly Swallowed By A Whale

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A LUCKY diver has spoken of the moment he was nearly SWALLOWED by a whale. Rainer Schimpf was watching the annual sardine run when a 15m Bryde's whale attacked a ball of fish just yards away. Luckily the giant mammal swerved at the last moment to avoid smacking directly into him - but it still sent him flying as it breached. The incident was captured off the coast of Port Elizabeth, South Africa. http://youtu.be/a-Ph1CWYivg Creator: Barcroft Posted to MyPE by: Alan Straton Submit your … [Read more...] about Diver Is Nearly Swallowed By A Whale

Successful Whale Disentanglement off Maitlands

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At 15h00 on Monday 28 July, The South African Whale Disentanglement Network was activated to respond to approximately 200 meters off-shore of Maitlands River Mouth, Port Elizabeth, (20 nautical miles West of the Port of Port Elizabeth), following reports of a 7 meter juvenile humpback whale entangled in rope and buoys. The NSRI Port Elizabeth sea rescue craft EIKOS RESCUER IV and the Raggy Charters boat WINKEL responded carrying the volunteer members of SAWDN. On arrival on-scene at 17h10, … [Read more...] about Successful Whale Disentanglement off Maitlands

Port Elizabeth Whale Rescue

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At 20h00 on Saturday 25 January, NSRI Port Elizabeth were informed by Bay World of two Pygmy killer whales beached at between Blue Water Bay and St Georges Strand . Members of the public had reportedly assisted one whale back into the water and Bay World members transported one whale to a holding tank at Bay World and NSRI were requested to assist the next day, depending on the whales condition, to use sea rescue craft to release the whale at sea. That whale was monitored through the night … [Read more...] about Port Elizabeth Whale Rescue

Rubber-duck struck by breaching whale off Noordhoek

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Ian Gray, NSRI Port Elizabeth station commander, said; "At 18h45 on Monday 5 November, NSRI Port Elizabeth volunteer sea rescue duty crew were activated following reports of a rubber-duck with 3 men onboard, while underway under motor power on the water, struck by a breaching whale off-shore of Wild Side in the vicinity of Noordhoek. "It appears that the incident happened just after 18h00. "Our NSRI volunteer sea rescue duty crew launched our sea rescue craft Eikos Rescuer IV and responded … [Read more...] about Rubber-duck struck by breaching whale off Noordhoek