This morning’s trip we spotted 2 pods of a mother and a calf about 3 miles North East of Point Cartwright. We saw them several times and then found another pod of 3 adults, which we followed South. The pod performed pectoral slaps, tail slaps and peduncle...
This morning we spotted 3 pods of 2 whales about 5 miles off-shore, we picked one of the pods to follow and were rewarded with plenty of fluke updives, a peduncle throw and several close encounters. We saw other pods around us but kept with the pod we were already...
A pod of 4 whales were sighted this morning only 4 miles out, the skipper as he rang through the report stopped and announced over the speaker, “oh and there is a breach at 10 two” (this is how he describes where the whale is pinpointing the direction...
The forecast for today’s weather looked pretty rough yesterday, but things have turned out better than predicted, with a little wind, 1m swells and a little bit of chop on the water. The winds are dying down for the afternoon, so last minute bookings for the 2pm...
On Wednesday morning’s trip we saw 2 pods each consisting of a mother and calf. We had several close encounters with the first pod and watched the mother in the second pod swimming along with graceful fluke up dives. The breeze came up to about 12 knots of...
Unfortunately due to high wind forecast for tomorrow (Thursday 17 October) afternoon, we have cancelled the 12.30pm trip. Weather for tomorrow morning and Friday morning are looking great. Friday afternoon’s trip is still running, but looking to pick up some...
This morning we saw a mother, calf and escort. Interestingly the most was entirely black- even on her underside, though the calf was traditional colors. The calf was very entertaining with upside down tail slaps, breaches and pectoral waves, he was even resting on the...
This afternoon we were glad to be out on the water after the winds kept us from getting out to whale watch this morning. There was a breeze blowing and a bit of a swell, but it didn’t spoil the whales enthusiasm. We spent most of the trip with a lovely mother...
This morning we had a very entertaining mother and calf who were mugging the boat, and showing off with pectoral slaps, tail slaps, chin slaps and breaches. The afternoon saw another agreeable mother and calf duo, we got a couple of breaches from the mother and spent...
This morning there were lots of whales out on the whale highway, heading south.There were 5 pods, made up of mothers and calves and a few escorts. Today the whales got in nice and close to say hello, with close encounters and some mugging of the boat. We also saw... 