Whale Sightings

Wintery blast brings out whales!!!! Todays chilly winter conditions have brought out the whales in huge numbers.  Fun Fact – Whales actually love a bit of rock’ in rollin of the sea, making them frisky and very active.  Our Monday morning June Long Weekend cruisers have braved the winter conditions to witness some amazing displays…

This morning’s whale watching trip was incredible! We spotted a pod of 4–5 Humpback whales straight out of the Heads, just 50 meters or less from the boat. The Humpbacks circled all around us for about 30 minutes—changing direction, diving every 4 minutes, and putting on a real underwater show. It looked like a heat…

SATURDAY SPECTACULAR!!!!!  With sunny & calm conditions offshore, our passenger on this morning’s Hinchinbrook Explorer cruise were treated to 3 very active pods of whales straight off Tomaree Headland with double breaches, head lunges and tail lobs.  Lots of action by one particular whale who came within 50 metres of our vessel putting on a…

This morning we spotted two Humpback whales off Fingal Island – it was amazing! The Humpbacks were heading north, cruising along peacefully. We were hoping to see some seals at the Cabbage Tree Island, but the swell was too big, so no luck there. And sadly, no dolphins either this time. Still, it has been…

We were very lucky to see 2 Humpback whales south of Boondelbah Island heading north this morning. But they weren’t in the right mood and had a long diving time so we moved on and traveled towards Fingal Bay to get more luck. We were stoked to find 3 Humpback whales diving every 5 minutes,…

There was a chill in the air this morning, a sure sign that it is whale season at Port Stephens! The time is right to wrap up with plenty of warm winter clothing, especially a scarf and beanie, and to book onto a Whale Watch Cruise with Moonshadow TQC. Cruising out past Shoal Bay on…

It was a relaxed kind of morning for the two Humpback Whales spotted during our morning whale watch cruise aboard MV Osprey. Located about 75 metres off shore from Boat Harbour, both whales were quite content continuing their journey north bound. We have followed along at the same pace as the whales with reports from…

We have blue skies and sunshine for our first official day of  Whale Watch Cruises at Port Stephens! Hinchinbrook Explorer has headed in a southerly direction once we reached the Fingal Island Lighthouse on the gamble that we would encounter a Humpback Whale as they start making their way north bound. A little of patience…

The whales are here!!! With the past few weeks giving us very sporadic glimpses of our great mammal friends re-visiting us for another season (and quite early in the season at that), we were thrilled to spot our first pod just off of Broughton Island today with two humpback whales breaching in the far distance…

Whales, whales, whales and more whales. We are still seeing good numbers of mum and calf pairs of Humpback Whales continuing their southern migration back to the waters of the Antarctic. The calves are so entertaining to watch as the learn all of their behaviours from mum, with lots of breaching, tail lobs and close…

We have been blown away with our whale encounter this afternoon, even our crew became lost for words with the most wonderful mugging of MV Osprey by a couple of very curious Humpback mums and their calves. Initially we have viewed and followed a mum and her calf as they swam near to Yaccaba Headland…

We still cant get over this end of whale Season that we’re having! Another sensational day out with beautiful spring weather and playful humpbacks. This particular calf who didn’t seem to take their eye off us, breached and head lunged with it’s mouth open, showing it’s baleen plates and tongue, over and over again. The…