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Having a Whale of a Time

Having a Whale of a Time

  • 2023-08-242023-08-24
  • by Graham Barlow

Waterfront Charters, as any regular reader of this page will know, are fierce ocean conservationists.

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All Cetaceans Great and Small

All Cetaceans Great and Small

  • 2023-04-042023-04-04
  • by Graham Barlow

The Western Cape has long been one of the finest sites worldwide for the observation of cetaceans…

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Surrounded by Wonder and Delight

Surrounded by Wonder and Delight

  • 2023-01-242023-01-24
  • by Graham Barlow

At Waterfront Charters, we spend a lot of time on the Atlantic Ocean. This may seem like a rather obvious statement – we have seven vessels in our fleet…

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A Drop of Dihydrogen Monoxide With Your Whisky?

A Drop of Dihydrogen Monoxide With Your Whisky?

  • 2022-09-072022-09-07
  • by Graham Barlow

The Western Cape’s weather patterns seem to have reverted to some form of normality, after a period of dry winters.

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Those Who Live in Glass Houses…

Those Who Live in Glass Houses…

  • 2022-07-302022-07-30
  • by Graham Barlow

In our last blog we focussed on plastic pollution and headlined it with an epigraph from Peter Scott, founder of the World Wildlife Federation.

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Stifling a Whale’s Song

Stifling a Whale’s Song

  • 2021-12-172021-12-17
  • by Graham Barlow

Sound is an amazing perception, to use the physiological term. As one of the five senses we humans have been blessed with, it’s presence in our lives is taken for granted most of the time.

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Bow Riding and Skipping Stones

Bow Riding and Skipping Stones

  • 2021-08-262021-08-26
  • by Graham Barlow

One of the most enthralling – and popular – sights we are treated to on Esperance is the sight of pods of dolphins cruising next to, under, around and in front of the hull as we silently carve through the sea with our curved bow.

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Very Like a Whale

  • 2020-01-142021-07-19
  • by Graham Barlow

Guests aboard the Waterfront Charters boats are regularly sighting orcas on our various cruises. Obviously no sighting is guaranteed, but we know they are here, and the exclamations of delight from guests when the orcas make an appearance puts smiles on the faces…

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Beauty, Brawn and Brains

  • 2019-08-162021-07-19
  • by Graham Barlow

Probably one of the most spectacular sights that Waterfront Charters guests can experience is the sight of a pod of dolphins cruising effortlessly through the ocean.

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