Farewell Spit

About 36 whales have stranded in Golden Bay. There are reports that a number of them have died.

Project Jonah has a specific page of instructions for strandings in Golden Bay due to the high frequency of events in the area. Photos posted on a local community group page appeared to show a line of whales on the sand stretching into the distance. About 36 whales have stranded at Farewell Spit in Golden Bay, with reports a number of them have died.

Marine mammals die at Farewell Spit on the South Island, the site of at least 10 strandings in 15 years.

This is a stressful time for the whales after their time spent stranded yesterday and this morning, so close monitoring of their condition and responses in the water is key. Scientists are unclear on why the beach is so deadly. STRANDING UPDATE@docgovtnzrangers and PJ medics are working to refloat the 5 surviving pilot whales.

There have been reports of a mass stranding of whales on Farewell Spit, near Golden Bay. The Department of Conservation (DoC) confirmed to Newshub they have ...

Twenty-nine pilot whales have died overnight after they became stranded on Farewell Spit on the South Island. Project Jonah senior medics and Department of ...

About 250 died while the rest were refloated. No additional help is being requested at this time." Five whales have survived the stranding and the Department of Conservation will attempt to refloat them on the high tide.

Farewell Spit is a common site for whale strandings - more than 60 pilot whales stranded just last month, and 28 of them died. Last February, 49 long-finned pilot whales stranded on Farewell spit - nine died and the rest were successfully refloated.

The whales have been located, and of the pod, sadly 31 whales are dead... They arrived back at the spit before sunrise at 7.30am 1/3 * STRANDING UPDATE *— Project Jonah (@ProjectJonah) @docgovtnzrangers and Project Jonah senior medics were on the beach at first light this morning to look for whales that stranded at Farewell Spit last night. It had to be euthanised. Rangers assessed the whales last night, but were unable to stay at the beach due to the incoming tide. Thirty-six pilot whales were found on the spit at the top of the South Island last night, but only five survived the night.

Project Jonah general manager Daren Grover said two pilot whales were found deceased along Farewell Spit this morning. These were believed to be the two whales ...

It was unknown if this was one of the five refloated whales. A total of 36 whales stranded, of which seven were alive when rangers left the site. Of the five whales refloated yesterday, two were euthanised. These were believed to be the two whales that were refloated yesterday, Grover said. “There is also a deceased pilot whale at this site.” It was believed none of the five whales that were refloated on Friday survived.