Whale Sightings

On board our Whale Watching cruises this morning our crew reported back with “Whales Everywhere!” Doing all the things we love to see, breaches, tail slaps, fin slaps, you name it. A spectacular morning out on the water this morning also brought us many seals, and bottle nose dolphins off Yacaaba Headlands. Photo credit: Lee…

Cruise director, Kathy was onboard our Whale Watching cruise on Hinchinbrook Explorer and reported some incredible whales on both the morning and afternoon cruises. Lots of activity with pods scattered all around the outer islands off Port Stephens. Whales were breaching close to the boat which were elevated by the stunning sea conditions we had….

Today was our official launch day of the 2023 Whale Season here in Port Stephens. This was an incredible with over 260 people joining the Port Stephens cruise operators to celebrate the start of the northern whale migration passing Port Stephens. Official ceremony held at d’Albora Marina with a Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony…

Our whales cruises onboard Hinchinbrook Explorer had amazing whales on both the morning and afternoon cruises. The highlight was the 1:30pm cruise spotting 5 different pods who were very active. Whales were pec slapping and rolling around showing off their bellies, we even had a double breach. Aquamarine Adventures, fast power cat, Envision even saw…

Our morning whale watch cruise aboard the Hinchinbrook Explorer has located two pods of whales with two Humpback Whales in each pod. We picked the one pod that was spending more time on the surface of the water, and both whales became a little active showing off with a couple tail lobs creating lots of…

This morning we received a hot tip from a member of our public who was standing at Barry Park and could see a pod of whales straight out ahead of him. We notified our crew on board the Hinchinbrook Explorer who caught up with them just off fingal island. A friendly pod of 2 or…

The crew aboard the 10am Hinchinbrook Explorer Whale Watch Cruise have spent a wonderful morning with a pod of five very active Humpback Whales. All whales were on the surface of the water for a good amount of time, and there was a bit of excitement within the pod with a bit of a heat…

It was a full day of Whale sightings aboard both our Hinchinbrook Explorer and Port Stephens Spirit vessels. 10am Hinchinbrook Explorer found two fully grown humpbacks just off Fingal Bay, looked to be traveling fast but still coming up nice and close to say hello just shy of 100m from the boat. They put on…

Cruise Director Kathy has reported a most unexpected surprise for all passengers onboard the Hinchinbrook Explorer Whale Watch Cruise. As the vessel cruised around the corner of Fingal Island they have located two Humpback Whales that were quite active, but the surprising part of the cruise occurred with one of the whales breaching right beside…

Passengers aboard the Hinchinbrook Explorer have enjoyed a wonderful morning with good sea conditions off shore looking for the mighty Humpback Whale on their northern migration along the Port Stephens coastline. Cruising out through Shoal Bay we have spotted three of our local Bottlenose Dolphins, we have continued along past the Tomaree Headland on-towards Fingal…

Sunday morning started off rather chilly, all the winter woollies of jacket, scarf and a beanie were certainly needed to keep warm whilst on the whale watch cruise aboard the Hinchinbrook Explorer. As the vessel headed out through the heads at Shoal Bay the crew spotted two whales inside Fingal Island, they were having a…

On board this mornings Whale Watching Cruise aboard our vessel Hinchinbrook Explorer, 3x Whales were spotted just off Fingal Island, and looked to be slowly heading north. They were putting on a show breaching and head lunging.