At 10h33, Sunday, 6 September, SA Whale Disentanglement Network (SAWDN) volunteers from NSRI Mykonos towed the sea rescue craft Spirit of Rotary – East London to St Helena Bay harbour where the sea rescue craft was launched and headed towards Britannia Bay where a whale had been observed by eye-witnesses who had raised the alarm reporting the whale to be appearing to be entangled in fishing rope.
On arrival on the scene an adult Southern Right whale and a Southern Right whale calf were located close inshore at Britannia Bay.
The adult Southern Right whale appeared to disentangle itself from fishing rope as the sea rescue craft arrived on the scene.
SAWDN crew and the NSRI Mykonos crew monitored the whales progress for over an hour and the adult and the calf continued moving freely with no further fishing rope entanglement observed.
SAWDN are confident that the whales required no further assistance and the sea rescue craft returned to the shore.
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