Whale Sightings

Have you ever seen and heard a Humpback Whale at play – our passengers aboard the Hinchinbrook Explorer have witnessed a large adult Humpback Whale rolling about on the surface of the water and hitting its very large pectoral fins on the surface of the water. The sound of a pec slap reverberates and can…

The winter school holidays at Port Stephens are the perfect reason to book the family on a whale watch cruise, rug up the kids with jackets, scarves and hat to keep warm and jump on one of the whale watch cruises to experience the thrill of seeing and hearing the mighty Humpback Whale just meters…

Heading straight out through the headland at Shoal Bay this morning we have spotted four pods of Humpback Whales, there were around 2 – 3 whales in each pod within a couple of hundred meters of each other. All whales were very large adult whales, with just the sheer size being impressive. At one stage…

There are moments that bring a little perspective to the sheer size of the magnificent Humpback Whales as we see them traveling along the Port Stephens Whale Highway – one such moment probably went unnoticed at the time but on viewing the images taken aboard Envision 90 Minute Express Whale Watch Cruise there is a…

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….