Land based sighting

Whale sightings are recorded by storing the estimated latitude and longitude of the whale based on the position of the observer, the direction of the whales relative to the observation point and the estimated distance of the whale from the observer at the time of the sighting.

To record your sighting mark your location on the map below. Use the zoom tools to place the marker as accurately as posible. More instructions.

Complete the following form

For what length of time did you observe the whale?

From your position, in what direction were the whales?

From your position, approximately how far away were the whales?

Were there any visual cues to alert you about the presence of a blue whale?

What other identifying features did you see that led you to think you saw a blue whale?

How confident are you that it was a blue whale?

What were the whales doing?

Was there any other wildlife or discoloured water seen in the vicinity?

What was the weather like at the time?

Now, using the Beaufort Scale, what was the sea state at the time of the sighting?

What was the sea swell at the time of the sighting?

We are interested in any other observations of the whale's behaviour. You can provide a brief description of their behaviour here.

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