Whale Sightings

Pods of whales in every direction! We have continued our streak of whale sightings aboard the Hinchinbrook Explorer during our 10am whale watch cruise, the crew have reported being able see the blows of whales as they come to the surface and exhale creating the puff of ‘smoke’ within all directions of the vessel. All…

The Fingal Island Lighthouse has guided our crew to the whales during our morning Whale Watch Cruise aboard the Hinchinbrook Explorer. We have been delighted with to find numerous Humpback Whales as the vessel has reached the island. The cheeky off shore Common Dolphins have snuck into try and steel the limelight for our featured…

The days are a little chilly but nothing like a hot cuppa to warm you up while out whale watching.  Our bar is fully stocked with hot & cold beverages and hot & cold food to warm the soul.  Today’s cruises were entertained with the Humpback Whales half breaching, rolling on the surface and putting…

This morning on our 10am Whale Watching cruise we found two whales just off Fingal Lighthouse, they ended up spending a good 50mins with us. They came in nice and close to us and were quite inquisitive. Lots of good surface time with head lunging, tail slaps, breaching, body rolls and doing all the things!…

It was certainly a cold day out on the water today, but conditions were calm offshore for our Whale Watching cruise aboard the Hinchinbrook Explorer. We spotted a few pods of Whales just off Fingal Island today and it wasn’t far off that they would soon join us along with some more of their friends….

A magical winters day in Port Stephens, the westerly winds have disappeared giving us calm and flat sea conditions for our whale watch cruises today. We have ventured off in the direction of Fingal Island, and can see a number of pods in the vicinity. Each pods looked to consist of two or three Humpback…

This morning’s cruise aboard the Hinchinbrook Explorer, the passengers didn’t know which way to look as whales were everywhere.  Two whales came close to the vessel with breaches, pec slapping, head lunges and tail lobbing.  On the return trip via Cabbage Tree Island seals were to be seen swimming and sleeping on the rocks.  As…

We are still finding multiple pods of whales once we reach the point of Fingal Island, we are lucky to have so many that we can choose which pod to stick with. The morning cruise aboard the Hinchinbrook Explorer has found a pod of at least seven Humpback Whales. The whales appeared to be a…

Five pods of whales today on our morning whale Watch cruise with one pod being very active! Showing off with a series of breaching, head lunging twice, tail slaps and pectoral fin slaps, and two whales being quite inquisitive coming in nice and close to our boat our crew and passengers were delighted and eager…

Plenty of pods of whales around this morning aboard our Hinchinbrook Explorer. It didn’t take our crew long  to find the right pod to follow, as this particular pod were showing off with a few breaches, fin slaps and tail lobs. Our passengers minds were soon taken off the bumpy sea today with these majestic…

It was a chilly morning on the water this morning on board our Hinchinbrook explorer, but that didn’t stop our crew locating 2x pods of whales to spend some time with. With 2 whales in each pod, they spent some good time above the surface breaching and showing off with some tail lobs. We then…

We are seeing an abundance of Humpback Whales making their way along the Port Stephens coastline, and this morning has been no different with plenty of pods being sighted once we make our way out through the headland and towards the Fingal Island Lighthouse. It has been an exciting morning on each of our whale…