Whale Sightings

Passengers aboard the Hinchinbrook Explorer have enjoyed a wonderful morning with good sea conditions off shore looking for the mighty Humpback Whale on their northern migration along the Port Stephens coastline. Cruising out through Shoal Bay we have spotted three of our local Bottlenose Dolphins, we have continued along past the Tomaree Headland on-towards Fingal…

Sunday morning started off rather chilly, all the winter woollies of jacket, scarf and a beanie were certainly needed to keep warm whilst on the whale watch cruise aboard the Hinchinbrook Explorer. As the vessel headed out through the heads at Shoal Bay the crew spotted two whales inside Fingal Island, they were having a…

On board this mornings Whale Watching Cruise aboard our vessel Hinchinbrook Explorer, 3x Whales were spotted just off Fingal Island, and looked to be slowly heading north. They were putting on a show breaching and head lunging.

On this morning’s cruise aboard Spirit of Port, they came across a mother and calf between Fingal Island and Boondelbah island.  They were both navigating south and then north.  A few pods of Common Dolphins decided to join the vessel with bow riding.

During this morning’s cruise a mother and calf were sighted with the calf breaching and entertaining with tail lobs offshore Fingal Lighthouse.  While travelling back into the bay, 2 pods of Common Dolphins and 1 big pod of Oceanic Dolphins joined the vessel Hinchinbrook Explorer.

Onboard this morning’s cruise a mother and calf Humpback Whale were sighted at Box Beach with the calf’s entertainment of breaches, head lunges and tail lobs.  Surface time of 1 hour or more and close encounters with the vessel Hinchinbrook Explorer.  3 other pods were seen consisting of 2 or 3 Whales in each pod.

The Humpback Whales sighted during our morning whale watch cruise have needed to share the limelight with a massive pod of Off Shore Common Dolphins, there would have been 150-200 in the pod. Just an amazing sight to witness! But not to forget about the whales, we have also spent time with a mum and…

Spring is in the air at Port Stephens, with beautiful blue sky days and warm sunshine in abundance! Today was a day for Humpback calves. Hinchinbrook Explorer has spotted a mother and calf pair close to the Yaccaba headland, they were fairly quiet and perhaps resting a bit, so the vessel has cruised towards Little…

Today the passengers aboard the Hinchinbrook Explorer had two pods to choose from inside Fingal Island.  After following one pod consisting of a mother and baby they entertained with double tail slapping, completed a -turn and headed north.

With a warmer day temp but still overcast conditions the crew set off for the morning Whale watch cruise. The morning stated with a bang with lots of whales around but that sometimes can be harder because you need to choose the best pod to watch. After evaluating the pods around the crew decided the…

The crew onboard our 10am whale watch cruise have located two pairs of Humpback Whale mothers and their calves near to the Fingal Island Lighthouse this morning. We have spent quite a bit of time with the four whales as they played in the shallow water around the island, the calves were very active with…

During this morning’s cruise, passengers aboard the Hinchinbrook Explorer experienced calm seas and came across a mother and baby heading south with dives of 45 minutes.  Two other whales were spotted further away and decided to breach whilst the vessel was heading back into dock. During the afternoon cruise 2 pairs of mother’s and calves…