12-30-2013, 03:52 AM
Hello!
When I was in Waa Waa I could hear some pretty intense Whale sounds when the wind was blowing right. I have seen the Humpbacks do what I believe may be responsible for the louder whale "smacking" sounds you may be hearing. When the Humpbacks slap their flukes or tails, it is called "flipper-slapping," or "lobtailing," I have heard it many times. The louder sounds may be from Breaching when they heave their entire bodies out of the water, then yaw hard to one side, purposely slamming their sides onto the surface. Competitive males will do this repeatedly, sometimes on top of one another.
Lucky you! Last year I was lucky enough to awake in Waa Waa, to the cries of an "Io" and the lobtailing of some humpbacks!
AKpilot
We're all here, because we're not all there!
When I was in Waa Waa I could hear some pretty intense Whale sounds when the wind was blowing right. I have seen the Humpbacks do what I believe may be responsible for the louder whale "smacking" sounds you may be hearing. When the Humpbacks slap their flukes or tails, it is called "flipper-slapping," or "lobtailing," I have heard it many times. The louder sounds may be from Breaching when they heave their entire bodies out of the water, then yaw hard to one side, purposely slamming their sides onto the surface. Competitive males will do this repeatedly, sometimes on top of one another.
Lucky you! Last year I was lucky enough to awake in Waa Waa, to the cries of an "Io" and the lobtailing of some humpbacks!
AKpilot
We're all here, because we're not all there!
We're all here, because we're not all there!