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If you don’t see whales on your first whale watching cruise you can come back for free another time.
We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land and waterways on which our business operates. We pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders past, present and emerging.
What a midday cruise that was! 🚀
As we left Sydney Heads, we were on our way North when we saw a big splash directly east. We decided to take a look and what we found was an energetic calf with its mother. We lost count of the number of breaches we saw and as we sat there with our engines in neutral, we then had the calf come up and start breaching near the vessel.
Close enough to see its eye!
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Our midday cruise got very lucky just now. It’s quiet out there today with calm seas and very calm whales, but this calf still decided to give us the best show it could! Several breaches and some nice big tail throws. Not bad for a lazy Sunday afternoon!
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So so beautiful... Never watched anything more than to see the most stunning creature on earth doing their thing
Oh how I wish I was there!!
Beautiful 🐋❤️🐋
Today’s update, unfortunately, isn’t one of our usual positive posts.
During our afternoon cruise, we encountered a mother and calf humpback whale travelling south off Manly. We were thrilled when the calf suddenly began to breach - until we realised what we thought was seaweed was actually a fishing net tangled around its pectoral fins and mouth.
We were on the phone to ORRCA immediately and passed on all the relevant details. Due to the time of day, a response wasn’t possible.
This heartbreaking sight is a reminder of the harsh reality marine life faces due to pollution and debris left in our oceans. We can only hope this young whale manages to free itself or that another sighting is reported.
Humpback whales face severe risks from entanglements which can restrict their ability to feed and potentially lead to starvation
If you see this whale in the next few days heading south of Sydney, please call the ORRCA hotline immediately on 9415 3333.
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Looks like shark net
Very sad , hoping whale will be spotted in the morning so the net can be removed. Terrible that humans can’t take their rubbish home with them, whether it’s fishing lines, nets, most definitely need to remove shark nets. Too many lovely whales have been entangled in this years migration. 😢🐋Come on humans we all can do better. Thank you Whale watching tours for spotting mum and Bub and calling for assistance. Hoping this little one is freed ASAP. Pictures are great too 🙏🐋🐋😘
NSW National Parks & Wildlife have a whale response team.
Holding the net in mouth and trying to get the other bit off the fin.
Thanks for sharing this along with the detailed photos and timing. Hopefully the calf will be spotted again soon. 😢
Mischelle McBriarty I wonder if it’s the same 2 we saw.
Is there any update on this pair?
I pray for a positive outcome for this little one
Unfortunately, we spotted a whale floating off Wombarra pool at 3:30pm this afternoon. 🙁
Bloody nets in the water. Including ones for sharks 🦈..
Whales don't have a voice. We need to be the voice, pls save the calf!!
ORRCA is a fabulous organisation. I hope they can track and save this baby.
Hope the whale can be helped soon 🙏
A ‘response team’ that runs limited hours - it’s broad daylight.
Tragic No shark nets please
We are going to have to have Government Funded Pilots for these Magnificent Creatures...
Hopefully she can still open her mouth and its not obstracting her eating 😢
Are fishing nets tagged in anyway? Or is there a colour/pattern that can be used to identify where its come from? The companies involved in polluting waters should be held accountable and fined for leaving trash.
Is this the one that is now dead at Wombarra? 💔😭
Any updates?
As if you aussies care about whales with your shark nets.
Hope they find it and help it How sad the damage we humans do to the planet
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😢😢🙏🙏
Clear the nets …NOW
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It's been a whirlwind of humpback tails and one-off breach we witnessed between Manly to Curl Curl!
We were enjoying the company of a mother and calf swimming South, on the tail end of the Southern migration we still see a few stragglers which are usually older whales or humpback mothers with their calves. Looks like it might take these 2 awhile to make it down South with all the acrobatic displays slowing them down, although we're not complaining!
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Just when we thought it was starting to slow down, we get some show stoppers!
A quiet start to our midday trip before some distant whale started to breach, setting off the two we were cruising with, including this gravity defying head lunge!
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The great humpback
We're they going up still, or on way back down ?
Look at the lovely smooth skin and great colours. Must be a youngster ❤️
Aneak Knight 🤩🥰
We lucked out on our 3pm cruise 🚀
We had lift off from a Humpback calf frolicking in the increasing swell. It was worthwhile getting amongst the heavy swell to see that amazing show!
Although the season is close to an end, it really isn't quite over yet!
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I do hope they hang around for a few more weeks.....Husky in 3 weeks time!
What a show!!! 🚀🚀🚀
We can hardly believe that after such a quiet day yesterday, we had one whale on our midday cruise that decided it was time to party! We can only guess as we lost count, but with think we had over 50 breaches!Wow!!
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Exceptionally tricky spotting today out on the Tasman. The whales had their heads down and only came to say hello very briefly! It’s definitely getting closer to the end of the season so we can’t recommend getting out on the ocean with us sooner rather than later, for your chance to see these animals before they finish their great annual migration. it’ll be another six months before we see them again!
Here’s a photo from just two days ago, when keeping your head down was the opposite of what this adorable mum and calf pair had in mind!!
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Well our midday Express cruise got lucky today! It was cetacean party on the humpback Highway!! We found a pod of 7 large whales heading North, very strange for this time of the season! They were then joined by a huge pod of bottlenose dolphins that’s buzzed past the boat again and again! It was incredible!!
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Was it a competition pod. Ie, 6 males giving chase to a female? Comp pods go all over the place at speed.