[scidive] whale sightings in Fiji 2002 - data

Hmmm, OK, well clearly I didn't successfully send the attachment to the
list. My apologies everyone. Below here is a plain text version of the
information in the excel file that didn't go through. You should be able to
get an idea anyway. If you have seen whales, any amount of information you
have will be useful.

Reuben, can you please explore the configuration settings for our lists to
see if we you can allow even limited sized attachments from group members.

FYI, the column headings on our sighting log for each entry are:
observer
date/time
# in pod
species
latitude
longitude
area
wind dir/sp
comments

The corresponding information for each sighting is listed below:

Sighting 1.
Cat Holloway/NAI'A
020205 1600
2
minke whale
17 07.47 S
178 30.14 E
Bligh Water
SE 5
Slowly travelling north near reef, we attempted approach with snorkellers in
skiffs but whales displayed neither curiosity about us nor avoidance

Sighting 2.
Cat Holloway/NAI'A
020510 1630
4+
Brydes whale
17 08.06 S
178 29.76 E
Bligh Water
nil
Apparently feeding and in company of at least one manta ray, one breached,
at least two approached close alongside NAI'A but did not remain.

Sighting 3.
Rob Barrel/NAI'A
020903 0650
6+
pilot whale
17 53.50 S
179 17.10 E
Gau
SE 30
widely spaced pod moving SE

Sighting 4.
Rob Barrel/NAI'A
020903 1215
1+
humpback whale
17 40.69 S
178 51.12 E
Levuka
SE 20
single breach off Levuka harbour

Sighting 5.
Rob Barrel/NAI'A
020908 0705
5+
sperm whale
17 58.77 S
179 13.48 E
Vatu-I-ra
SE 10
widely spaced pod moving SE; close look at one male & one female; male
breached once six snorkellers briefly encountered adult male underwater.

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