A gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) has been photographed in Walvis Bay, Namibia (SE Atlantic - 23°53' S 14° 28' E). The animal was first seen on 04 May 2013, species was confirmed by photographs on 09 May 2013 and it has been resident around the peninsula forming the western boundary of Walvis Bay since this time until 09 June 2013 (day of submission of paper). Comparison of photographs of the gray whale seen in the Mediterranean sea in 2010 (Scheinin et al., 2011) clearly shows this to be a different animal. The animal is small, estimated 11-13m in total length and is clearly skinny scoring poorly on body condition indices for the species. A biopsy skin sample has been collected by the authors and future analysis will allow for determination of sex and source population.