Observations in the Suborder: Cetacea
This taxon contains:
Observed on: 29th June 2013
Added to iSpot: 15th August 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Observed on: 29th June 2013
Added to iSpot: 15th August 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 0
Observed on: 11th July 2013
Added to iSpot: 15th August 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Observed on: 11th July 2013
Added to iSpot: 15th August 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Description: Bottlenose dolphins seen with a Humpback Whale
Observed on: 29th June 2013
Added to iSpot: 12th August 2013
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 3
Comments: 1
Observed on: 10th June 2013
Added to iSpot: 12th August 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 0
Observed on: 2nd August 2013
Added to iSpot: 8th August 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 4
By: Cameron McMaster
Observed on: 25th January 2011
Added to iSpot: 21st July 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
Observed on: 6th July 2013
Added to iSpot: 20th July 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 5
Comments: 0
Observed on: 19th September 2010
Added to iSpot: 19th July 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 10
Observed on: 20th June 2013
Added to iSpot: 19th July 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
By: Cameron McMaster
Observed on: 16th July 2013
Added to iSpot: 18th July 2013
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 6
Comments: 3
Observed on: 12th July 2013
Added to iSpot: 18th July 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 2
Observed on: 13th July 2013
Added to iSpot: 18th July 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 5
Comments: 0
Observed on: 13th July 2013
Added to iSpot: 18th July 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 2
Observed on: 13th July 2013
Added to iSpot: 18th July 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
Observed on: 12th July 2013
Added to iSpot: 18th July 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 4
Comments: 0
Observed on: 27th October 2012
Added to iSpot: 14th June 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 4
Comments: 4
By: Alice Aubrey
Observed on: 14th May 2013
Added to iSpot: 20th May 2013
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 1
Comments: 3
Description: Sorry about the rather poor cell phone images. The dolphin was not very big - approx 3-4 feet long.
By: Lizzie
Observed on: 10th May 1994
Added to iSpot: 5th April 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 3
By: Gabi Miebach
Observed on: 13th October 2012
Added to iSpot: 10th March 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 0
Description: Our Whale Watching Tour was successfull and overwhelming
By: outrampsmarge
Observed on: 13th February 2013
Added to iSpot: 13th February 2013
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 0
Comments: 3
Description: The Bryde's whale is a baleen whale, more specifically a rorqual belonging to the same group as blue whales and humpback whales. It has twin blowholes with a low splashguard to the front. Like other rorquals, it has no teeth, but has two rows of baleen plates.
By: Dagmar Gleiss
Observed on: 5th January 1999
Added to iSpot: 23rd January 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 1
Description: at least 8 m long, must have been dead for quite a while. a very high tide must have thrown the carcass that far up the beach - way beyond the rocks of the shore.
By: LvD
Observed on: 4th November 2012
Added to iSpot: 2nd January 2013
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 4
Comments: 5
Observed on: 3rd December 2012
Added to iSpot: 19th December 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 3
Observed on: 8th November 2012
Added to iSpot: 6th December 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 4
Comments: 0
By: Yve
Observed on: 19th November 2012
Added to iSpot: 21st November 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
Description: Over 50 whales stretching from Oudekraal to Llandudno. Tall blows. Small groups over a large area. Spotted from the shore. Occasional lobtail and breach.
Observed on: 7th September 2007
Added to iSpot: 19th November 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 1
By: paris cat
Observed on: 11th August 2005
Added to iSpot: 11th November 2012
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 4
Comments: 2
Description: Cause of beaching no known but samples of bulber were taken
Observed on: 24th August 2012
Added to iSpot: 11th October 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
By: magrietb
Observed on: 19th September 2012
Added to iSpot: 21st September 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 3
Description: Having a surf: does this serve any particular purpose, other than having what looks like fantastic fun?
Observed on: 18th August 2012
Added to iSpot: 31st August 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 6
Comments: 0
Description: Southern rught whale calf app one month old. Got caught by low tide, lost bouyancy and suffocated. Measured 5.4m took 56 measurementrs and a blubber sample frozen in salt water.
By: marlandza
Observed on: 23rd July 2012
Added to iSpot: 23rd July 2012
Identifications: 2
Agreements: 1
Comments: 2
Description: Everyone/everything was involved - traffic jams ensued, with motorists running down onto the rocks to watch. The second image - Calm after the feeding frenzy - shows how it should look.
By: Jeff
Observed on: 15th June 2012
Added to iSpot: 15th June 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 2
By: Mo
Observed on: 30th May 2009
Added to iSpot: 12th June 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
Description: An observation of a species not yet recorded on iSpot. Unfortunately these photographs were taken with the creatures out of their habitat, during the mass stranding of False Killer Whales on Long Beach at Kommetjie in May 2009.
Observed on: 5th February 2012
Added to iSpot: 3rd June 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 0
By: Grant Smith
Observed on: 25th March 2012
Added to iSpot: 27th March 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 1
By: sarah-leigh
Observed on: 9th October 2006
Added to iSpot: 2nd March 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 2
Description: A poor beached whale found on the Jeffreys Bay coast in 2006. Must have been beached for quite a while as it smelled quite bad. Can someone explain the pink colour of the whale?
Observed on: 8th February 2012
Added to iSpot: 25th February 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 0
Comments: 0
Description: Washed ashore.
Observed on: 9th January 2012
Added to iSpot: 14th January 2012
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 4
Comments: 0
By: Lorraine L-W
Observed on: 26th September 2007
Added to iSpot: 23rd December 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 1
Description: White whale was alone for over 3 weeks then paired up with black whale. They stayed together for the remainder of the season.
By: Lorraine L-W
Observed on: 1st September 2007
Added to iSpot: 23rd December 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 0
Description: This whale arrived during the night and could be seen at first light. It stayed in the area for hours.
Observed on: 2nd November 2011
Added to iSpot: 22nd December 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 0
Description: This calf has a rare form of albinism in that the left halve of its head is black while the right side is black and white. +- 4% of SRW have a form of albinism.
Observed on: 7th October 2011
Added to iSpot: 6th December 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 0
Description: lobtaing
By: marlandza
Observed on: 1st September 2007
Added to iSpot: 18th November 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 2
Description: Close inshore during the night and early mornings. The third picture with permission from Lorraine Lemmon-Warde.
Observed on: 1st January 1970
Added to iSpot: 18th November 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 4
Comments: 2
Observed on: 1st January 1970
Added to iSpot: 18th November 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 3
Comments: 2
Observed on: 17th July 2010
Added to iSpot: 18th November 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 2
Comments: 3
Observed on: 1st January 1970
Added to iSpot: 16th November 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 1
Comments: 1
Description: Name pronounced as " Brooddah " an old Norwegian surname.
Observed on: 18th August 2011
Added to iSpot: 16th November 2011
Identifications: 1
Agreements: 5
Comments: 5
