11 July 2022
With the southerly swell decreasing as the morning progressed we have been able to get back out cruising off shore after a couple of days of no whale watch cruises due to the sea conditions not being favourable. The crew on the Hinchinbrook Explorer have quickly located a pod of two Humpback Whales as they…
9 July 2022
The sun is shining and we are excited to be heading back out whale watching. The vessel, Spirit of Port Stephens, sighted Dolphins while they were making their way out of the heads. Once offshore the whales were hard to track as they were sound diving for long periods which made it difficult to predict…
8 July 2022
It’s great to be back out in the ocean after the last few days of unfavourable sea conditions. Today the Whales were out wide with 3 to 4 pods sighted blowing 100m away. As the cruise progressed 1 to 2 Whales were inquisitive and came closer in displaying a half hearted breach.
2 July 2022
It has been a day of close whale encounters for all our whale watch cruise passengers. Two Humpback Whales have surfaced right along side the Hinchinbrook Explorer giving all onboard a good look of the friendly giants. While passengers onboard the MV Spirit of Port Stephens have encountered two whales in close with Fingal Island,…
1 July 2022
We have picked up a couple of Humpback Whales when approaching the Fingal Island Lighthouse this morning with both whales heading north bound along the Port Stephens coastline. Both whales have showed off their acrobatic display with a number of breaches, and a couple of almost lazy breaches or head lunges. These were not the…
29 June 2022
What an action packed whale watch cruise aboard the Hinchinbrook Explorer this morning, it is one of the most amazing cruises we have experienced. We have started with the sighting of 6 to 7 whales close to Fingal Island which has turned into a heat run of male Humpback Whales chasing the females. At one…