Whale Sightings

Was a leisurely cruise on the humpback highway today.

We were tracking a pod of what was thought to be two adult humpbacks but as we were arriving we saw another little blow beside the two humpbacks - it was a calf to our surprise, we believe to be only a few weeks old. We remained at a far distance but then we saw them change direction and come our way, we were unable to move without disturbing their progress, so we kept our engines in neutral for the whales safety we had them swim right by and as they had a curious look at us, then they set off on their migration up north to warmer weather and waters ☀

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Stunning conditions today! It’s amazing how much can change in 24 hours. All cruises today enjoyed some calm seas, clear skies and there was plenty of whale activity this afternoon!

Lots of big tail throws and our 3pm trips on Express and Adventure Cruises found a pod of 5 young whales in a pod that became very interested in our boat with some close passes and huge blows right next to us!

They we tail slapping and jostling each other before diving off into the sunset, so good!

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What a day! 💨🌊🚀

Windy and wild conditions out on the Tasman Sea today, but the whales didn’t disappoint!
With wind and swell pushing in the opposite direction to the Northbound whales, they were giving up some energetic displays! It made for a rough ride but we loved it! We even got a massive breach from one whale on our lunchtime cruise!

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There was a huge party out there on the humpback highway today.

This afternoon's cruise was something a little different. We came across what we believed to be a "competition pod" - A competition pod is where there are multiple humpback whale males competing for the attention of usually one female humpback whale. We counted 6 Whales in this pod swimming around and launching their heads out of the water.

(If you look at image 5) For what lasted 5-10 seconds, one whale was swimming stretching its back out simultaneously showing its head and dorsal on the surface at the same time - something I haven't seen before.

Today was top notch! ☀🐋

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What an amazing cruise that was! 🚀🚀

As the wind picked up, we witnessed some acrobatic moves from the blubbery pickles 🐋

We found ourselves just a few kilometres off of South-Head when we got some explosive sights in the distance of a single whale breaching then as arrived, we had a roaring show!

We kept our distance but then to our surprise had them breaching right near the vessel which had our adrenaline pumping by the end of the trip!

What a day for it! ☀

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What a day! Some incredible experiences out on the water already, and it’s only lunch time!!

We’ve had some stunning close encounters and a tail slapping spectacle this afternoon on both our Adventure and Express Cruises, amazing!!

We found a pair of whales that decided it was time to stop us in our tracks and say a very close hello! They came within a couple of meters of the boat, some of our customers even feeling the whales breath on their faces! Let’s hope the day continues and whales keep coming to play! ... See MoreSee Less

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Lots of waves from humpback tails today on the Tasman sea. 🐋

We're seeing a lot more mums and energetic juveniles on there at the moment.
We located lots of escort pods out there today - an escort pod is where a mother and a calf humpback whale is accompanied by one or more other adult humpback on their annual migration.

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Eventful morning this morning on our 930 cruise.

We were lucky enough to spot the humpback thats currently swimming in the harbour near Garden island on our way out to the Tasman.

Then when we got onto the Tasman sea we were plodding along with a pod of 2 humpbacks and just as we were ready to leave to head back to Circular Quay we got the best kind of humpback good bye - a big 'ole breach! 🚀🚀

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Breach of the day! 🚀🧨🐋

An explosive start to our late afternoon cruise! We pushed out East and found a competition pod pounding their way North. As we approached we had a moment of quiet before one whale went sky high with a one off breach! Mind blowing action!

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