Whale Sightings

A wonderful morning on the water this morning, even though there were showers about once we got just past Fingal Island it was quite clear offshore with great sea conditions. There was whales a plenty this morning with around 3x pods of humpbacks all coming in nice and close to us all around the boat,…

The phrase ‘Whale Soup’ is being whispered frequently at the moment – we seem to be coming into the peak of the northern migration of the whales traveling along the Port Stephens coastline. Our crew are reporting numerous pods within sight of the boat, one pod of whales that was of high interest was a…

Monday-itis! There are no such issue when you work with Moonshadow TQC and you spend the day sharing the up close and personal experience of whale watching adventure with our passengers! We have been joined on the 10am and 1:30pm cruise with lovely whale fanatic passengers who are keen to view the mighty Humpback Whales…

We could not of asked for a better day, there is hardly a breath of air movement and the sun shine is sparkling on the surface of the nice calm sea conditions. Our first pods of Humpback Whales have been located close to Fingal Island, we have cruised along with three pods as they have…

What a fantastic winters day to be out on the Port Stephens Humpback Highway! We have blue sky, sunshine and great sea conditions off shore making for the perfect whale viewing. Even before cruising out through the headland at Shoal Bay the crew have seen blows quite near to Fingal Island, so we know at…

What an incredible morning we’ve had offshore this morning on our daily whale watch cruise! As soon as we ventured past our two headlands (Tomaree and Yacaaba) we could already see an abundance of whale spouts each direction we looked. As we headed out further we came across around 3-4 pods of humpbacks totaling around…

The warm sunshine and clear skies, along with the cool sea air and smooth sea conditions provided for a perfect day to get out on the water to visit our giant friends of the sea. On both our morning and afternoon cruises onboard our newest member of the fleet MV Osprey, we located several pods…

Catch phrase of the day from our Cruise Director, Michele on MV Osprey “Damn Amazing Whales Today” even our crew become star stuck with the experience of viewing the mighty Humpback Whale. Every day is different, but for today we have been blessed with wonderful sea conditions, lots of sun shine and light sea breezes….

Port Stephens has turned on a most spectacular winters day to be on cruising on the lookout for the majestic Humpback Whales, with great sea conditions right throughout the day. There are so many pods being seen within close proximiatey and then even more pods further off in the distance. Our passengers aboard the 10am…

Today’s mantra is courtesy of the most famous animated movie star of Dory! We are imagining thoughts running through the whales brain of the challenges faced as they move north bound along our coast line “Just keep swimming” Our day of whale watch cruising has been full of multiple pods of whales, in every direct…

All we can say is; the Whale Highway along the Port Stephens coastline is open! There are pods of whales in every direction, can spend time with one pod of whales and then have a choice of moving onto another pods of whales if they appear more active. Photo Credit: Lee Matthews Photography

We had luck on our side today, with a few showers around to start the day as we cruised out through the Bay and on towards the Fingal Island Lighthouse the rain stopped, and the sun appeared  and the most beautiful rainbow was seen bathing the Lighthouse in colour! There are multiple pods of Humpback…