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NWDW Education & Outreach in New Quay and Beyond – Blog 5

Jul 30, 2021

by Claudia Afeltra

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Northerly winds, a very choppy ocean (sea state >4 on the Beaufort Scale), combined with medium swell meant that today’s usual New Quay land-watches and boat-watches could not go ahead. This is because these conditions make spotting dolphins very tricky, so our ability to detect th

NWDW Education & Outreach in New Quay and Beyond – Blog 4

Jul 29, 2021

by Claudia Afeltra

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Another day, another rockpool safari! Once again interns guided participants across the rocks to see what wonderous creatures we could find. The usual suspects were out in full force such as Common prawns, Shannys, and Common shore crabs. After searching under the various kelp species

Cetaceans at the Surface

Mar 30, 2021

by Claudia Afeltra

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behaviour, bottlenose dolphin, breaching, foraging, humpback whale, socializing, surfacing

One of the main reasons we enjoy dolphin and whale watching is the unique behaviour that we can see from the surface. Imagine the deafening splash from a 30,000 kg breaching humpback, the rainbow mist created when a blue whale blows and surfaces, and the graceful leaps made by a

Making a splash – why do cetaceans breach?

Oct 04, 2017

by John Scoggins

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bottlenose dolphin, breaching, gray whale, humpback whale, leaping

Seeing a whale or dolphin leap out of the water and crash down with an almighty splash is undoubtedly one of the most spectacular sights at sea. The scientific definition for such an aerial display is a ‘breach’, an intentional jump from the water in which at least 40% of the a

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NWDW Education & Outreach in New Quay and Beyond – Blog 5

NWDW Education & Outreach in New Quay and Beyond – Blog 4

Cetaceans at the Surface

Making a splash – why do cetaceans breach?

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