On New Year's Day, John and I went out whale watching from Kaikoura. It was a very professional and expert trip - the iwi who run WhaleWatch must have about four boats and a couple of helicopters. On this day, there were probably three trips for each boat so there were a lot of people! Our boat held about fifty people of many different nationalities.
We were given a safety briefing in the WhaleWatch station (ie the old train station) beforehand and then bussed down to South Beach where the port is. We had been told that t here was a high likelihood of seasickness, so John and I dutifully took our seasickness pills. The crew also said that two things that would help if you felt seasick were to look at a fixed point on the horizon (eg a mountain), or to remove clothing to cool yourself down.
We had another introductory presentation on the boat while we spent about half an hour motoring to where they had last seen whales. One method of looking for whales is to listen for their sounds - here's Captain Jim with his highly technical device!
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