This week we recorded almost 200 whales across South Australia, with 70 females and calves at Head of Bight, nine females and calves at Fowlers Bay and four females with calves at Encounter Bay. These are record numbers observed since 2016, Charlton said. We were hoping for a bumper year, and we're really relieved that there's a lot of whales around. It's a good sign that they still are recovering and coming to our waters this is a good sign of hope.