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4 hours ago

Lots of humpback whales spotted today, some whales going north and others going south 🐋

This morning on our 3-hour Discovery cruise we came across a pod of 2 humpback whales cruising along the coast just near Bondi beach, we said hello then we decided to go for a wander up north and just a few kilometres of Manly beach we discovered a large pod of 5 humpback whales stirring the water with they're strong tails and splashing about - we believe the pod to be a competing pod of males following behind a fully grown female!

Hope you're also having a great weekend!
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22 hours ago

Wow! Today was a breathtaking day onboard our 3hr Discovery cruise!

We had many tail slaps, pectoral slaps, tail throws and breaches!

Conditions were amazing today with soft seas and a warm sunny day to our enjoyment, and as you can see to humpback whales enjoyment as well.

Majority of humpback whales are still on their northern migration but we managed to spot a few whales already on their southern migration - so think of it like a 2 lane way highway now with whales going both directions!

Have a good weekend and hope to see you soon!
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See you tomorrow! Can't wait, hoping to photograph a breach this trip!!

Jenny. It was the agternoon cruise

Was it morning or afternoon?

Out the sydney heads?

Jordan Davey

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2 days ago

What an incredible day!!! 🚀🐋🚀

Our morning Discovery cruise was mugged by a very inquisitive Humpback who gave us a brilliant breach, before we found two whales giving the most amazing, synchronized tail slap show we've seen in a long time.

We didn't think we could do any better, until we came out of the heads for our afternoon trips. We could not have been more wrong. Two whales breaching again and again, with tail throws and head lunges thrown in to the show! As we headed back we found one more whale that didn't want to be out done, with a last minute breaching session just as the trip finished. A perfect day on the Humpback Highway.
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3 days ago

Midweek action on the Humpback highway with incredible conditions again. We had pods moving both North and South again today and even a few head lunges and half breaches at a distance! Our morning cruise was especially lucky with some nice close whales and sunny skies! Definitely our favourite way to spend a Wednesday!

We have space available on our Express Cruises leaving Circular Quay tomorrow, and our Discovery Cruises will be running again for the longer 3 hour trips departing from Circular Quay and Darling Harbour. We hope to see you on board!
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4 days ago

The past two days we have enjoyed some incredible sea conditions and bright sunny weather to view our Humpback friends, and it's starting to get even more exciting out there! We've started to see the first few pods of whales now on their Southern migration. Heading back to the Antarctic waters. Which means we have whales swimming in both directions along the coast! We even had sighting of one of this year's new calves!

There's never a better time to join us for a cruise and we will be out every day leaving from Circular Quay!
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Can't wait to join you again on saturday! And happy world Whale and Dolphin day today!

6 days ago

An absolutely stunning morning for us today, with lots of life out on the ocean! Including some very new life. We headed out and found two large whales escorting a young calf along the coast 😍 We gave the pod some extra space so not to disturb the young whale, and were treated to a display of huge and powerful tail throws!

As we approached the Harbour entrance we spotted a large bait ball that bought the Dolphins and Seals out to play! A perfect morning!
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1 week ago

Wow, what a morning on our Discovery cruise!

The first amazing image belongs to one of our other photographers - Adam

As we left Sydney Harbor this morning we decided to explore down south and spotted a very active whale a few kilometres off Maroubra beach.
We decided to stay with this humpback whale for quite some time as it was putting on a huge performance, showing us breaches, tail slaps and lots of head lunges!

On the way back, we decided to say hello to the seal colony and saw many seals sunbaking on the rocks, even some of them diving off the rocks into the water!

Hope to see you out there soon!
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1 week ago

No matter what kind of day it is - nothing stops our humpback friends from having a crash and bash in the waves! 🐋

What you can see in the second image is the 2 pectoral fins of a humpback whale with its belly facing to the sky, all the while slapping its pectoral fins on the surface of the water making a huge racket for us onlookers nearby to enjoy.

Hope to see you you there soon, folks!
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After the sea conditions stopped us from heading out yesterday, we were excited to get back out on the Tasman Sea today, and it did not disappoint! Our Express cruises were even treated to some very close encounters with a pod of 4 whales that gave us an inquisitive visit before heading on with their journey. We had big fluke up dives and lots of massive blows from all pods out on the water.  Some amazing whale behaviours that make these trips so special. 🐋

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1 week ago

After the sea conditions stopped us from heading out yesterday, we were excited to get back out on the Tasman Sea today, and it did not disappoint! Our Express cruises were even treated to some very close encounters with a pod of 4 whales that gave us an inquisitive visit before heading on with their journey. We had big fluke up dives and lots of massive blows from all pods out on the water. Some amazing whale behaviours that make these trips so special. 🐋

Its great time of year to be out here and we cant wait for you to join us!
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