Whale Sightings

The early bird Humpback Whales are leading the procession along the Port Stephens Whale Highway! This morning we have seen the first breaching Humpback Whale of the season, with Hinchinbrook Explorer heading towards the Fingal Island Lighthouse where a lone whale was spotted and took everyone by surprise by breaching itself right out of the…

Numerous pods of whales were sighted between Fingal Island and Boat Harbour on this mornings Whale Watch Cruise. One pod, which was close to the bow of the boat, kept us entertained with tail lobs and slaps.  Passengers also enjoyed the playful Oceanic Dolphins that joined us and we were even lucky enough to see…

Passengers onboard our morning cruise on MV Osprey were treated to four Humpback Whales slowly heading northward to warmer waters. The first, an adult, was spotted near Fingal Island Lighthouse closely followed by two other adults and a juvenile.  To top off the day approximately 12 Australian Fur Seals were seen lazing about on Cabbage…

A fabulous day to welcome some of the first whales as they make their way north bound along the Port Stephens Whale Highway. Today’s pod of Humpback Whales arrived with a dolphin escort and blew us a hearts as they cruised their way along side MV Spirit. On editing pics afterwards, we realised not only…

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…