Whale Sightings

We could not of asked for a better day, there is hardly a breath of air movement and the sun shine is sparkling on the surface of the nice calm sea conditions. Our first pods of Humpback Whales have been located close to Fingal Island, we have cruised along with three pods as they have…

What a fantastic winters day to be out on the Port Stephens Humpback Highway! We have blue sky, sunshine and great sea conditions off shore making for the perfect whale viewing. Even before cruising out through the headland at Shoal Bay the crew have seen blows quite near to Fingal Island, so we know at…

What an incredible morning we’ve had offshore this morning on our daily whale watch cruise! As soon as we ventured past our two headlands (Tomaree and Yacaaba) we could already see an abundance of whale spouts each direction we looked. As we headed out further we came across around 3-4 pods of humpbacks totaling around…

The warm sunshine and clear skies, along with the cool sea air and smooth sea conditions provided for a perfect day to get out on the water to visit our giant friends of the sea. On both our morning and afternoon cruises onboard our newest member of the fleet MV Osprey, we located several pods…

Catch phrase of the day from our Cruise Director, Michele on MV Osprey “Damn Amazing Whales Today” even our crew become star stuck with the experience of viewing the mighty Humpback Whale. Every day is different, but for today we have been blessed with wonderful sea conditions, lots of sun shine and light sea breezes….

Port Stephens has turned on a most spectacular winters day to be on cruising on the lookout for the majestic Humpback Whales, with great sea conditions right throughout the day. There are so many pods being seen within close proximiatey and then even more pods further off in the distance. Our passengers aboard the 10am…

Today’s mantra is courtesy of the most famous animated movie star of Dory! We are imagining thoughts running through the whales brain of the challenges faced as they move north bound along our coast line “Just keep swimming” Our day of whale watch cruising has been full of multiple pods of whales, in every direct…

All we can say is; the Whale Highway along the Port Stephens coastline is open! There are pods of whales in every direction, can spend time with one pod of whales and then have a choice of moving onto another pods of whales if they appear more active. Photo Credit: Lee Matthews Photography

We had luck on our side today, with a few showers around to start the day as we cruised out through the Bay and on towards the Fingal Island Lighthouse the rain stopped, and the sun appeared  and the most beautiful rainbow was seen bathing the Lighthouse in colour! There are multiple pods of Humpback…

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…