Adopt-a-Whale
In order to obtain the much-needed funds for our research, we offer symbolic adoptions of our best known southern right whales.
By joining the Adopt-a-Whale community you will help to protect these beautiful creatures.
The target is to raise R 24,000 per whale per year.
Packages include full adoption and co-adoption.
Full adoption is for individuals and companies that want to fully support a whale for a year by reaching the target of R24 000 per year.
What you’ll receive as a token of thanks:
- Your logo next to the whale you’ve adopted
- Your logo displayed on the supporters’ page of our website
- An official adoption certificate and profile of your whale
- An information brochure on southern right whales and our research
- An annual newsletter with special mention of your whale
- The chance to win a whale-watching experience
- An 18A tax receipt
- Our whale picture of the year
Co-adoption is for individuals and companies that want to pledge monthly support for a whale or make a once-off contribution.
What you’ll receive as a token of thanks:
- An official co-adoption certificate and profile of your whale
- An information brochure on southern right whales and our research
- Acknowledgement of support on our website
- An annual newsletter
- The chance to win a whale-watching experience
- An 18A tax receipt
- Our whale picture of the year

Blanca
Thembe
Ghost
Granny
Fluke
Maggie
Lucca
V
Splash
Fully Adopted Whales


Emma has been fully adopted by:
ID: | 83/02A |
Gender: | Female |
First sighting: | 1983 |
Emma has a partial-grey colour with a stunning white blaze. Her beautiful markings make her visually very distinct from other southern right whales.
Since she was first seen with a calf in 1983, Emma has had at least ten more calves. Most of her children have inherited her colouring and they will in turn pass it down the family tree.
Some of Emma’s calves are now adults, which means that Emma is a grandmother, or possibly even a great-grandmother.
Emma’s favourite cruising spots along the South African coast are Agulhas, De Hoop, Quoin Point, Rooiels and Walker Bay.