A RARE white southern right whale calf is among the 60-odd giants of the ocean to be splashing about at Head of Bight, less than two months into the watching season.

Photographer Andrew Brooks captured the playful white calf with its mother in the protected waters on the state’s Far West coast on Friday.

Head of Bight manager Terry Hardy said the choppy conditions had made getting an exact count on the whales difficult but that there would be at least 60 out there.

“There are whales everywhere you look (and) hopefully there is still a lot more to come,” he said.

IMAGES: Southern right whales frolic in the Bight

“You can see them breaching and with their tails up and splashing about.”

Mr Hardy said whale numbers would likely peak in August but up to 150 people were already coming through the centre daily.

He said the white southern right whale calf was a rare sight.

“About 2 per cent of them are born white so we might get a couple each year,” he said.

“They are born white and then turn darker. They are not albinos.”

Mr Brooks said white calf was putting on a show yesterday.

“The white one was quite active, tail-slapping its mum and trying to ride up her back and wrestling with her almost,” he said.

“There were quite a few calves out there and a few people watching from the platform.”

Mr Brooks said there were also about 12 whales swimming around Fowlers Bay, which was starting to become more popular for the mammals.

“Fowlers Bay used to be whaling port about 100 years ago,” he said.

“They never used to come but they have started coming back in recent years and every year there are a few more.”