Whale Sightings

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…

What an action packed day on the water!!!  MV Osprey on the morning cruise had the pleasure of being mugged by three Humpback Whales for up to about 45 minutes.  They were very curious with lots of spy hopping and the passengers continued to see breaches in the distance on the horizon.  The afternoon Whale…

Both of our cruises today had success sighting the whales heading north.  The morning cruise had three pods of Humpback Whales swimming close by at Cabbage Tree Island with a few breaching in the distance.  Lots of Common Dolphins joined the MV Osprey on the way back into the bay through the heads.  The afternoon…

What a day we had today with what many of us are calling “Breach-Fest 2024”. Another day with whales everywhere all breaching left, right and centre with even a very close double breach, looking like they were so close they’d crash into each other. Our passengers were left awe inspired after the spectacles we saw…

Beautiful conditions this morning on Osprey, with the first lot of whales seen off Little Island, a mother and calf migrating north. In the distance we had a lone whale having it’s own ‘breach-athon’ where our crew said it would have breached by guess around 40 times! All up we did end up having a…

It was a game of hide and seek for Envision on the 11am Whale Watch Express, but with a hot tip from one of the other whale watch vessels we raced back towards Boondelbah Island to witness two large adult Humpback Whales putting on quite a display of breaching, tail slapping and tail lobbing. MV…

With great conditions offshore today our crew onboard MV Osprey were keen to venture out and it seemed our local resident bottle nose dolphins were too as they were spotted on our journey leaving Nelson Bay & also looked to be heading in the same direction. We picked up two whales just off Fingal Lighthouse….

What a day, the whales appear to be pleased to see our whale watch vessels out to meet them as they pass along the Port Stephens coastline. During both our morning and afternoon cruises aboard MV Osprey we have located pods of Humpback Whales near the Fingal Island Lighthouse. We have been blessed with an…