Whale Sightings

There are whales everywhere! The sun is shining at Port Stephens today and we have an abundance of Humpback Whales in all directions once MV Osprey has headed off shore for the 10am Whale Watch Cruise. As we made our way through Shoal Bay we have sighted a pod of the local Bottlenose Dolphins. The…

The MV Osprey followed two southbound Humpback Whales on this morning’s cruise with very short sounding dives so that means lots of surface time.  When the vessel reached Fingal Lighthouse one of the Whales breached and the other tail lobbed.  They continued to display about six more breaches near the boat.  To join in the…

An exciting day on the water today during both morning and afternoon cruises. On our 10am whale watching cruise we located two pods of humpbacks heading north with a couple of close surprise interactions. One whale put on quite the display of breaching and head lunging while another, possibly a female looked to be trying…

40minutes into our trip today we located several humpbacks all traveling a combination of north and south. We definitely feel to be in that cross over stage where we have some late stragglers and also some early movers heading back south. We weren’t complaining though as they were coming in nice and close to our…

“An abundance of whales!” our crew reported back from MV Osprey on this morning’s whale watching cruise. We very soon picked up (in our first hour of the cruise) twelve whales which were southbound and looking to be very active and in a big heat run. We assume it was the female that kept edging…

This morning we headed straight out to the heads to the Humpback Highway, where we spotted two whales traveling north, with another pod not too far away. This soon turned into an exciting heat run when both pods joined together at quite a speed with lots of surface time and one enormous breach which took…

With the weather just fining up in time for our 10am whale cruise this morning, and offshore conditions looking pretty perfect our crew and passengers were keen to get out there. Straight up, just off Fingal Island we located two large pods of whales showing off with some great surface activity of tail lobs, breaching…

Heat runs, breaches, tail slaps, and tail lobs galore this morning onboard MV Osprey as we ventured out just past our two headlands (Tomaree & Yacaaba). Our crew have located some very active whales, a pod of about 6 or so, that we decided to stick around with for sometime. Our crew were saying how…

Our afternoon Whale Watch Cruise in Cruise Director Kathy’s words was SENSATIONAL.  MV Osprey followed a mother and calf for quite some time off Cabbage Tree Island.  Then our crew & passengers spotted a lone whale much further out who was doing lots of breeching.  As MV Opsrey is a Fast Cat we are able…

Whales galore today! On board our morning cruise we encountered what were initially just 3 pods of whales casually migrating north, but soon turned into an exciting heat run.  There was lots of activity & displays of competition for our passengers to witness with repetitive head lunges and tail slaps.  There were also plenty of…

We were lucky enough this morning to spot a mother and her adorable calf, looking to be just 2 to 3 weeks old.  The little one was so soft and light-colored. Captured beautifully by Lee Matthews.  A nanny whale was also with them, helping to care for the calf. Although the calf was curious, the…