Omura's whale sighted off Phuket

[snoop1130]

Omura's whale sighted off Phuket
Tanyaluk Sakoot

The whale was spotted by expat Madeleine Tisell while out on a longtail boat yesterday afternoon (Jan 18). Photo: Madeleine Tisell

PHUKET: -- An omura’s whale, or dwarf fin whale, believed to be between 18-20 metres long was spotted off Freedom Beach yesterday (Jan 17).

The whale was spotted by expat Madeleine Tisell while out on a longtail boat yesterday afternoon. Ms Tisell is also one of the people who spotted a killer whale off the same beach on Jan 8. (See story here)

“We had been out fishing and suddenly heard a noise coming from the water, we looked and just a few metres from the boat was a whale. At first we thought it was another killer whale, but it was a lot bigger, about 18-20metres long,” Ms Tisell said.

“We are often out on or boat but we have never seen anything like this before. In the space of 10 days we have seen a killer whale and then this whale,” she added.

Full Story: http://www.thephuketnews.com/omura-whale-sighted-off-phuket-55831.php

-- Phuket News 2016-01-18

[lonewolf99]

TAT will be advertising whale tasting watching holidays in Phuket next ..........

[mikebell]

'Unicorn spotted on Phuket Island' - TAT released this story yesterday to boost tourist numbers.

[Ulic]

At 18-20 meters, not so dwarf.

[northernphil]

Who is Omura and does he know his whale has been sighted ?

[2fishin2]

not in a million years was it even close 10 18-20 meters lol

[Jimi007]

not in a million years was it even close 10 18-20 meters lol

I think you're right. From wikipedia they are about 10 meters.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omura%27s_whale