Identification Please

[The Gibeno]

[font="Century Gothic"]Hi Raiders,

I was out fishing on Monday, yes Monday off The Entrance NSW and had the video going, when i was veiwing it last night i thought we say a dolphin, but after pausing it and taking a snap shot of the screen, its no dolphin can any help in the ID of this pic. Sorry about the quality of the pic.[/font]

[Fisherman36]

Looks like a killer whale to me!

[Heath R]

Pilot whale ?

[pure spirit]

Looks like a killer whale to me!

i agree it looks like a killer whale butttttt it would have to be very very lost

[brettmann86]

Kinda hard to tell without a rough size gauge, looks like a mako to me dorsal is the right angle.

[brettmann86]

Looks more like a short finned pilot whale to me. Blowing up the pic helps.

[finin]

Killer Whale NOT . Its a Pilot Whale

[Fisherman36]

Killer Whale NOT . Its a Pilot Whale

ok smart @rse... where's it's plane??

[bignev]

i would say definately a pilot whale or an { orca}

[fryboy]

I think the point has been missed here...... What the heck were you doing outside on Monday?? If I remember, it was about 30knots southerly and swells to the eyeballs!

[finin]

Actually may not be a Pilot Whale due to the head not being melon type. Second Swordies thought, through the look of the head and the dorsal it is indeed a False Killer Whale. Is Definately Not a Killer Whale and far from being a Mako.

[The Gibeno]

I think the point has been missed here...... What the heck were you doing outside on Monday?? If I remember, it was about 30knots southerly and swells to the eyeballs!

Yeah Fryboy,

Thats was on the way home been out since daybreak and got some nice Kings, yes it was a bumpy ride on the way home.

[bombora]

Orcas do go up the east coast. They've been seen off Sydney a bit and there are predictions more will be seen in the near future as baby humpback numbers increase each year.

[finin]

Yes bombora they do venture this way but extremely rare. I too believe they will make an appearence one day. I spend at least 300days/yr on the water and have never seen one. For starters its not the season for kilers, they are far far from here and to far up the coast for them. Havnt been seen in Sydney waters for over 40 yrs, furthest a killer or two has surfaced was off wollongong a few years back. Last time i heard of killer whales was whem my great uncles used to fish with them in Eden.

[Mr Squidy]

Almost impossible to tell for sure from that shot but my guesses would be from the following three:

Pygmy Killer Whale My link

False Killer Whale My link

Melon-headed Whale My link

A good site for reading all about them My link

Cheers,

Rich

[Dolmo]

Not been seen in Sydney waters for 40years Finin.....http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/851309/killer-whales-makes-rare-sydney-visit

[nath_reptile]

I'm not saying that the one in the pics are killer whales but killer whales are found in our waters very commonly, more recently there was a pod of them off the central coast, it was filmed by a charter boat

[smuggler]

Not saying anything about what is in the picture,but i've fished for 23 years off Sydney.August 2010 I was running out to the southern canyons from Port Hacking I saw a pod of orcas for the first time.Off the side of the boat in a southerly ground swell I saw a pod of 4 or 5 cruizing down a wave,They looked like black and white busses with big dorsal fins.Impressive to see but in a 23 foot centre console I'm in no hurry to see it again.

[pomey_git]

could it be a very lost porpoise? Maybe backpacking....?