Whale Sightings

We had an incredible morning as we were dolphin watching with such a surprise to see a mother and calf Southern Right whales in the bay! We have had them visit us in the bay in the past, but we haven’t seen them for a few years. Cruising through the bay and rolling at the…

A fantastic day out on the water today on board our newest vessel MV Osprey, with one particular Humpback doing some incredible breaches which our resident whale fanatic/photographer Lee Matthews captured so beautifully whilst on board with us. A little overcast today, and chilly out on the water but still a success with this friendly…

What a great week we’ve had with our whale sightings from Monday right through to Saturday. We’ve seen some whales starting on their southern migration, some still heading north, and still showing us all their magical tricks of double breaches, body rolling, tail slapping, and all the muggings! Saturday had our crew and passengers in…

Although there was a little more swell out on the water today than we anticipated, our passengers were still delighted to see a few double breeches today from a pod of Humpbacks we located. A warmer day with the sun out took a bit of the chill factor away and made for an enjoyable experience…

It seems too early in the season to be sighting south bound whales, but this morning the crew have spotted a lone Humpback Whale heading in a southerly direction as we reached the open ocean. We have followed along side this whale before locating a pod of two Humpback Whales close to the entrance of…

Alert – cute baby pictures incoming! We have spotted a beautiful Humpback Whale swimming along side her very little calf this morning, with regulations in place to protect calves we have given the pair plenty of space but the images captured by our local photographer, Lee Matthews shows the gorgeous tiny calf in a lot…

On a day that felt more like spring than winter we have been blessed with amazing sea conditions with no swell or wind off shore during our whale watch. Our first wildlife encounter for the day was a pod of the local Bottlenose Dolphins as we cruised out of the Bay. We have located a…

This morning on board our Hinchinbrook Explorer our crew reported back “heaps of whales!!” There were 8 or more that they could see in the distance breaching and tail slapping etc, but when we got closer they stopped all their tricks and went a bit shy. Still giving us good surface time, but just a…

The crew on the Hinchinbrook Explorer have headed straight out through the headland at Shoal Bay and motored towards the Fingal Island Lighthouse where we have located a pod of two Humpback Whales. Both whales were spending a good amount of time on the surface of the water giving everyone onboard a chance to take…

You can’t have a rainbow without a little rain and Port Stephens was certainly displaying a number of vibrant coloured rainbow this morning. The Hinchinbrook Explorer has traveled a little further off shore to locate today’s Humpback Whales, both whales were quite active putting on a wonderful display of strength as their strong tails slapped…

The showery start to Sunday morning has lifted in time for the departure of our 10am whale watch cruise aboard the Hinchinbrook Explorer. The crew have located a pod of three Humpback Whales close to the Fingal Island Lighthouse which we have tracked along side of. Our passengers on the front deck were witness to…

This morning we had four pods of Humpback’s join us for some play time doing all the things! A few more were in the distance and also a lone ranger out near Fingal Lighthouse who looked like it didn’t know if it was coming or going! For a while it was swimming north, and then…