A population in excess of 1,000 southern right whales is found off the islands.

Then there was the treat of watching 40-ton southern right whales putting on a show for us in the bay.

Male southern right whales have the largest sexual organs of any animal.

Southern right whales can also be watched at other winter breeding grounds.

Only the southern right whale dolphin is of comparable size and lives as far south.

Southern right whales were the main target in this area and over expoited.

The southern right whale dolphin travels in groups of up to 1000 individuals, 52 being the average group size.

Southern Right Whales visit the bay in the winter and spring months.

Since hunting of the southern right whale ceased, stocks are estimated to have grown by 7% a year.

It was the site of a whaling station, primarily targeting southern right whales in the 1830s and 40s.

Southern right whale dolphins are very graceful and often move by leaping out of the water continuously.

Migratory southern right whales can be spotted along the coastline during the winter season.

Southern right whale dolphins are often seen in the company of hourglass dolphins.

Today, Southern Right Whales still can be seen around the peninsula occasionally.

Southern Right Whales are most common and come here in the Spring with their calves.

The southern right whale dolphin has a circumpolar distribution running from about 40 to 55 .

One behavior unique to the southern right whale, known as sailing, is that of using their elevated flukes to catch the wind.

Humpback and Southern right whales use the waters of the bay as migratory staging post.

Southern Right Whales come to the nearby waters to calve and to mate.

Between June and September, you may be lucky enough to see a southern right whale swimming near the causeway.

It has also become a popular whale-watching spot for the Southern Right Whale.

The last major population review of southern right whales by the International Whaling Commission was in 1998.

Southern Right whales are a common sight in the bay during their breeding season from July to December.

Also, North Pacific brindle-colored individuals are less common than they are among southern right whales.

The southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) is a baleen whale, one of three species classified as right whales belonging to the genus Eubalaena.