FLOW MOTION

There’s no doubt that witnessing a humpback whale breaching only a few metres from you, or swimming with dolphins or sharks in the midst of a feeding frenzy such as the sardine run, can be a transformational experience. It certainly has been for me, to the extent that for the past 25 years I’ve gone in search of such encounters.

Planning to see them used to be simple: the animals were known to be in an area at a specific time of year, so I could schedule my travel calendar accordingly. However, in recent times this has proven no longer 100 per cent reliable, because