Whale Sightings

This morning on our 10am Whale Watch as we made our way straight out of Tomaree Headlands we located 3x mothers and their calves who we cruised with for quite some time. Two mothers gave us a double breach which then seemed to encourage the calves to all start breaching! Some passengers were saying it…

Two separate pods of mother’s and their calf’s were found today by our crew who looked to be having a great time on their journey back south. Lots of breaching, body rolling and tail slapping before coming in nice and close to get a closer look at our boat. There were another two pods a…

Today our crew located a mother and calf on their southern migration straight out of the heads and near Fingal Lighthouse.  We had some good sea conditions and a couple of good breaches from both to match! At cabbage tree we found two seals happily swimming in the water and a few more on the…

This morning’s Whale Watching Cruise was sure an exciting one. We were absolutely delighted to come across three mother and calf pods of Humpbacks with whom we sat with and just simply enjoyed their presence with for around an hour as we couldn’t pull ourselves away! Lots of surface time and a few of them…

Today on board Hinchinbrook Explorer we were delighted to find four adult whales and one calf heading north. We were given lots of good surface time and a whole heap of tail slapping! A pod of common dolphins joined in the fun with the whales too. ON our way back coming past Cabbage Tree Island…

On this morning’s whale watching cruise just past Cabbage Tree Island we quickly located 6 humpbacks that looked to be in the middle of a heat run. There was lots of chasing each other, body rolling on the surface, lots of pec slapping and tail slapping for our excited passengers to see. Photo Credit: Lee…

Our crew didn’t have to go out far today to get an absolute show stopper of a cruise on board our 10am Hinchinbrook Whale Cruise. As we passed out just off Tomaree Headland between the headland and Fingal Island, we located around 8 calf’s each with their mother. What was extraordinary was that with each…

This mornings whale watching cruise on board MV Spirit had our crew and passengers super exited to be front and center of a heat run. A heat run is where male humpback whales vie for the attention of a female. They can be seen to be almost ‘chasing’ her in an ocean sprint that can…

What an exciting day on the water we had today on both Envision and Hinchinbrook Explorer! As we made our way our past Boondelbah Island we located a mother, calf and escort Humpbacks. The mother and escort were both very large and made the calf look tiny in comparison. However this morning it was the…

Today saw our crew and passengers onboard Hinchinbrook Explorer delighted to see a mother, calf and escort quite close to the bay as we made our way out offshore. They were not doing too much., but just slowly making their way down south and enjoying their time doing so. Just near Fingal Island we then…

Today on board our whale watching cruise straight up first off in our trip we located 1x whale which looked to be a Minke whale just off Yacaaba Headlands. This whale was a little shy and kept to itself so we ventured on shortly after. We then located 2x humpbacks off Fingal Island and were…

What a day out on the water we had today with the abundance of wildlife we encountered! On board Hinchinbrook Explorer this morning we located 2x fully grown humpback whales headed southbound. They were a little far out, and didn’t seem to want to come in for a closer look at us. Not like the…