Whale Sightings

While it was a drizzly day out on the water and what us humans would describe as ‘cold and miserable’, apparently the whales didn’t mind the rain. Our legendary skipper put in the hard yards with his search and came up trumps, with our first mugging of the season! Hiding under “cover” at the back…

Humpback Whales are known to communicate from one pod to another by a variety enthralling behaviours that we as passengers take much delight in being able to view during our whale watch cruise. Luckily Humpback Whales are very curious and love to know what is happening in their environment, and quite often swim nice and…

The early morning showers have disappeared just in time for the 10am Whale Watch Cruise aboard the Hinchinbrook Explorer to depart. There is great anticipation onboard of what today may bring. We have not had to wait too long as just outside the heads on the Yaccaba side of the entrance to the Bay with…

The day has started with excitement as we cruised out through the headland at Shoal Bay and on towards Fingal Island we have picked up a pod of 5 – 6 Humpback Whales involved in an action packed heat run. The pod was heading north bound and there was a lot of dominance on display…

Come and join us……there are still an abundance of whales migrating to the warmer waters, although off Port Stephens over the weekend, the offshore water temperature was 19 degrees which is remarkably warm for this time of the year for this region.  There was reports last week that a local fishing boat witnessed a mother…

What a stunning sunny winters day for the Human Whale Event at Fingal Bay! Hundreds of ocean lovers will take part in forming a giant 100 meter long Whale shape on the  gorgeous beachfront in Fingal Bay this morning – all to be captured from above in one epic drone shot! For our passengers on…

Whales heart misty blows and pretty pastel rainbows! The Humpback Whales don’t care about the weather and were no way bothered by the showers about today. Our whale sightings of migrating pods during the morning and afternoon cruise aboard the Hinchinbrook Explorer have been traveling along at a steady pace, with one whale passing the…

Today’s 10am Whale Watching cruise had us locate numerous pods of Humpback’s all casually & peacefully migrating north with the odd tail slap here and there. Even when they are not displaying their active behaviors like we are sometimes so privileged to witness, it’s still such a thrill to experience whales like you can’t from…

Today’s smooth glassy conditions provided the perfect opportunity for our passengers to get a up close and personal on the Humpback Highway. And we certainly did this morning as Hinchinbrook Explorer ventured just past the heads we came across a pod of 6x Humpbacks in a massive heat run. With so much head lunging being…

We have woken to another picture perfect winters day in Port Stephens with blue sky, sunshine galore and light breezes making ideal conditions for off shore cruising the Humpback Whale Highway! There are whales in every direction today – we have traveled straight in line with the Yaccaba Headland to a depth of around 80…

The winter school holidays is the perfect opportunity to book the whole family on a whale watch cruise with Moonshadow TQC. Our vessels and crew are extremely family friendly = Safe and educational for all ages – a perfect adventure for the whole family. Winter attire of jackets, scarfs and beanies are a must as…

The glorious sunshine continues to beam upon us these School Holidays.  Its gearing up to be fabulous conditions throughout the week and our whale spotters are ready for more action. Today’s cruise stayed with a mother and calf,  who seamlessly blissful unaware of our presence, meandered their way north to their winter destination.  We could…