Author Archive | Curt Jenner

Albatross are a magnificent seabird, ranging across open oceans and flying with a very distinctive style.  Just love albatross!  We even named the aft area on our bridge deck,  The Albatross Deck!         Oh look, another not-Shy albatross!    

Clear blue water of the Kimberley, particularly west of the Dampier Peninsular, is perfect for seeing humpback whales through the water! Caution – crocs inhabit these waters, be sure to keep your toes inboard and dry!   Kimberley clear water… a humpback whale breaks the surface.   Just under the surface…   More underwater blows… […]

The silt-laden water of the coastal Kimberley in northwest Australia is immediately recognisable by it’s gorgeous turquoise hues. The dark black bodies of the wintertime visiting humpback whales, appear almost dark brown against the green tones.   A cow/calf pair of humpback whales rests in the calm water of Lalang-garram/Camden Sound Marine Park.   Underwater […]

It’s a Friday Skipper fest!  Couldn’t resist showing some Skipper photos!                

Unique identifying marks on the underside of the tail flukes of humpback whales are just like our fingerprints.  These photo-id images are matched within and between seasons to understand migration paths and patterns.   Even through a fluke slap, we can see the identifying marks of these white flukes.     Beautiful black and white […]

Perth, Western Australian viewers we have some news!   Birthplace of the Giants will be shown on free to air television on Channel 9 and 9HD Sunday Nov 13, 2016 at 430pm (WST).   Be sure to watch out for Skipper and the whales, of course!   In the tropics, during the winter, humpback whales […]

The Fluke Slap – lifting the tail flukes out of the water and slapping them down on the water surface is a wonderful behaviour to watch and very noisy to hear! All the humpback whale animals within a 2-3 nautical mile radius can hear this racket. Biologists believe the acoustic component of fluke slapping is […]

Wow, we all love it when whales breach!  When a humpback lifts their 40,000kg body out of the water, things get noisy and splashy and very exciting!   B-R-E-A-C-H!   And a closer view!   Wow! Love this cow leaping so beautifully!   Here is a nice look at the chest of this humpback whale! […]

After blowing at the surface, whales round out and then lift their tail flukes to sound or dive.  All cetacean species have differently shaped and patterned tail flukes but all are individual.  The underside of humpback whale tail flukes have black and white markings – these are as unique per individual as our fingerprints. Here […]

Three images characterise a humpback whale and any whale, the left lateral photograph, the right lateral photograph and the tail fluke photograph, not unlike the three photographs that define humans in the police line-up, being the front, left and right profiles.     Even while resting the left lateral body of a cow/calf pair of […]