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Sometime Rainer is Photographed more than close to a Whale’s Mouth
We can confidently say that this has never been recorded before in the annals of mankind....... https://youtu.be/ChcEb6mlEUo The above images are available from Barcroft Media who have secured the Worldwide Licensing rights. Any requests for images can be sent to the Barcroft licensing team at: licensing@barcroftstudios.com Other video by Rainer Schimpf available under license from Barcroft Studios can be seen in the Barcroft Studio Library - search for 'Rainer Schimpf'. Exclusive interviews with Rainer can be booked through the contact form on the AB Marine Web Site. Inside Man For over 20 years Port Elizabeth, South Africa …
If needed we go up in the air to find Whales!
On 05/02/2019 at 12:15 pm, Rainer skippered the Expert Tours Vessel and excited Guests on a Whale and Dolphin spotting trip to St Croix, leaving from PEDSAC at 12:15 pm. After a quick morning trip in a light aircraft to spot bait balls, whales and dolphins we left the Port of Port Elizabeth to the area off St Croix where we had first spotted activity. On board was a team from the German Magazine, GEO, along with two other guests (GEO is a family of educational monthly magazines similar to the National Geographic magazine. It is known for its detailed reports and pictures). A fast ride out to St Croix and we spotted diving birds with tell …
It was as if the Common Dolphins swapped with the Bottlenose
On 24/01/2019 at 09:30 am, Kyle skippered the AB Marine Vessel and excited Guests on a Whale and Dolphin spotting trip to St Croix. Almost a repeat of our earlier trip this morning, except the Common Dolphins were replaced by Bottlenose Dolphins. Our Guests were enthralled with the Bottlenose Dolphins who swam next to the vessel for the better part of half an hour. When given the choice to return to St Croix for a closer look at the penguins our Guests elected to rather stay with the magical Bottlenose Dolphin pod for as long as they could. So special to share these moments with awesome guests. The following was …
First Major Common Dolphins Pod of the Season
On 24/01/2019 at 05:30 am, Kyle skippered the AB Marine Vessel and excited Guests on a trip to St Croix. AB Marine were host to a number of international Marine Scientists attending a conference at the Nelson Mandela University. We organised a special trip for these guests as they had to be back at NMU for a 9:00 am start. Our early morning motoring out into a beautiful African Sunrise and Algoa Bay didn't disappoint with a huge pod of Common Dolphins, Bait Ball, Brydes Whales and huge rafts of Jackass Penguins feeding. The following was spotted: Time Latitude Longitude Species …
On This Trip we Spotted Something even More Unique than Killer Whales…
On 31/01/2019 at 08:45 am, Kyle skippered the AB Marine Vessel and excited Guests on a Whale and Dolphin spotting trip to St Croix. The following cetaceans were spotted: Time Latitude Longitude Species Code Adults Calves Behaviour 10h35 33:51.281 25:46.432 BRY 1 Feeding Legend: SRW - Southern Right Whale | HBW - Humpback Whale | BRY - Brydes Whale | COM - Common Dolphin | BOT - Bottlenose Dolphin | HUMP - Humpback Dolphin | ORCA - Killer Whale/Orca. And the UNIQUE sighting was: On our way back from St Croix we u-turned to get closer to what we thought was a large shark cruising along the surface. …