Okay so I have only been seasick once before in my life. It was last year off the East Cape on a 4.5hour trip with reasonable swell. So maybe I shouldnt have been cocky and ignored the seasickness warnings and offers of herbal remedies - but really, what were the chances? The whale we were searching for turned out to be 13 kilometres offshore and had been on the surface for some time so it only hung around for about 3 minutes after we arrived before diving back under. Those three minutes were at the exact moment that I lost my breakfast so I missed most of the whale encounter. Saw an albatross though.....