Good session @ hells today, boosting of 1.5m kickers going out and looking across on whales breaching 20m away. Whats the risk?
Of landing in a whale vent?
Being mistaken for plankton?
Pissing them off?
Moby boosting under you?
I could be wrong but i believe it is law for ANY craft or individuals to remain a minimum of 50m from whales.
Obviously it would have been a huge stoke to be close like that but the law is there for a reason.
yeah u not meant to go within 50m. ps seen the hard style remix or that clip. pretty funny if you are a hard core serious fan of the first clip. (which I am) hahaha
I did'nt have my tape measure on me and anyway they are big up close fkn big hard to gauge distance!
I'm so friggen jelous Mal...but finally heading up to the big country, warm weather, wind and whales...I like watching turtles having sex.
Is that so you can get some tips on what to do, LOL
Minimal,
Were the whales heading South or North???
I have been fantasizing to kite near whales for days since I heard that they are longing the WA coast!!!
I read that the legal clearance between anything and whales is 100 m... but I m not a lawyer...(unfortunately?)
Fred
Headin south a pod of 10-15 maybe hard to count with all the breaching and tail slapping going on.
is the distance you're meant to keep from the whales for your protection or theirs...?
and how far should you keep away from these beauties...?
Are Dave Spruce and Skwinty the same person?????? I had to look twice and still can't say for sure. And can you guys please put me in touch with the photographer you used for your avatar pics - after seeing them I'm thinking getting a pro to do mine too.
What about night kiting with whales
Then dism could get together with sandgroper and dob yas all in..
I was out fishing last week and had a whale come up and check me out while I was fishing real close.. Apart from scarin the cr*p outta me who was breakin the law there??
Hey Laurie, any chance of getting unDISMirables banned from the kiteboarding section???
If a whale comes to your boat you're fine to be as close as IT wants. You're not allowed to approach them though. That's why when I worked on a whale watching tourist boat we use to get the 75 passengers to wave their arms - the inquisitive whales saw the movement and would swim right up to the boat. Engines must be switched off in close quarters like that.It gets pretty exciting towards the end of the season when you get fighting males fighting over the females - wild stuff and gets pretty nasty.
Cheers
Get over it crew with all these rules and regulations , this is the Wild West out here where you can be surfing a wave and look across 1m to find a 3m dolphin has lauched out of the face of the wave, be in mid air waist high and within touching distance, I didnt see its tape measure! My mate and I were the only people in sight that day and we were on the break long before the whales migrated through on the back of the reef maybe they could have detoured us. I did not go into the middle but had a very adrenalin boosted view of the action. Lighten up I posted under HUMOUR!
Give em 6 months and they may well be sushi .
