Whale Sightings

There is no such thing as Monday-itis when you work at Moonshadow TQC! We are so lucky to spend a working day sharing the experience of viewing magestic Humpback Whales at Port Stephens with our customers. The 10am whale watch cruise aboard the Hinchinbrook Explorer has been action packed with a few pods of whales…

While the wind is quite chilly this morning, as it’s blowing from a westerly direction the wind is actually flattening the swell making conditions good for whale watching off shore at Port Stephens today. Our morning whale watch cruise aboard the Hinchinbrook Explorer Explorer have spent time with one juvenile Humpback Whale, he appeared to…

Oh Port Stephens, what a stunning day you have turned on for our off shore whale watch cruise, conditions are perfect with light sea breezes and the swell just under a meter. It has not taken too long to spot the first Humpback Whale of the day with the crew on the Hinchinbrook Explorer have…

  Crew report from our morning whale watch cruise aboard the Hinchinbrook Explorer, we have had one lone Humpback Whale that was playing hide and seek with us today. The whale was seen disappearing on a number of sounding dives for between eight to tens minutes at a time, making tracking the whales journey a…

Script from conversation with Skipper Matt Office: How was the cruise? Skipper Matt: My Commentary was hilarious Office: It always is but what happened today, tell me everything from the start. Skipper: oh I woke up and had mushrooms on toast. Office: No, no did you see whales? Skipper Matt: oh yeah had three juvenile…

With perfect offshore conditions but a few clouds lingering in the sky the crew set off to find some whales. Once the crew cleared the heads of Port Stephens they noticed conditions where ideal for Whale watching, with passengers located all around the vessel and looking for that puff of smoke, aka the blow from…

There are certain days when we all just need to keep swimming, and that has been the case with our whale sighting during the 10am whale watch cruise aboard the Hinchinbrook Explorer. The crew have located a pod of two Humpback Whales just south of Fingal Island, both whales were spending a good amount of…

The temperature dropping, and the need to rug up against the chilly air is a sure sign that winter is on its way. Its time to grab the beanie, scarf and a jacket to head out whale watching a Port Stephens as being outside on the deck is the prime position to view the whales….

There is a buzz around Port Stephens as talk of the return of the Humpback Whales beginning their northern migration along Port Stephens coastline for the 2022 whale watch season. The crew are jumping at the opportunity to be rostered on the Hinchinbrook Explorer for our whale watch cruises departing daily, and everyone wants to…

We have located a pair of adult Humpback Whales heading north bound past Fingal Island during our morning whale watch cruise on the Hinchinbrook Explorer. The pod of whales were spending three to five minutes beneath the surface of the water on their sounding dives, a whale will lifts its tail into the air to…

Back to work Monday does not seem too bad when your office floats on the water and cruises out through the headland at Shoal Bay on the search for Humpback Whales. The skipper of the Hinchinbrook Explorer has guided the vessel out towards Fingal Island to find three whales close by, all three whales were…

As the saying goes, A Sunday well spent brings a week of content! With calm sea conditions outside the headland at Mt Tomaree, it has been a beautiful morning searching for Humpback Whales. Our first sighting of the day by the crew on the Hinchinbrook Explorer was a pod of two Humpback Whales heading north…