B - Breach
The whale is jumping out of the water, sometimes clearing it completely. Very spectacular!
HL - Head Lunge
Similar to a breach, but without the rotation slamming their heads down, landing chin first.
TS - Tail Slap/Swipe
Quite an explosive move throwing its tail stock around or slapping its tail on the surface
FD - Fluke Up Dive
A fluke up dive is when a whale is lifting its tail out of the water when it dives down
M - Mugging
A whale is mugging the boat when it comes right up to us to have a closer look. We cant manouvre during that time.
SH - Spy Hop
A curious move, slowly lifting its head out of the water to have a look around. Usually happens during a mugging.
PF - Pectoral Slap
The whale is slapping its very long pectoral fin on the waters surface. usually the whale rolls on its back.
F - Feeding
Very rarely seen off the coast of Sydney, but does occasionally happen.
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