Sightings of Endangered Humback Whales are Rising in South Africa
Whales are frequently spotted off the coast of South Africa from June to November, but they are typically seen in small groups. However, a remarkable spectacle is taking place nearly fifty years after whaling was outlawed. Humpback whales are rapidly forming massive supergroups.
They are among the at least 37 species of marine mammals that inhabit South African waters, along with dolphins. Chris Fallow, a wildlife photographer from Cape Town, has been closely documenting these amazing groups.
He claims that towards the end of the previous year, while out on his boat, he observed a steady increase in whale populations. At first, we observed groups of 20 or even 50 people. However, those groups reached 100 by the middle of December, and we realized something truly exceptional was about to happen,” he remembers.
He claims that they witnessed what he can only characterize as “a Manhattan skyline with huge plumes of whale breath greeting us like skyscrapers” near the end of the month, some 100 kilometres north of Cape Town. Very quickly, we realized we were witnessing a sight we had never seen before in our lives—hundreds of whales congregating in one small area to feed,” he recalls.
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