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Sunshine Coast Humpback Whale Reports

Frst-hand Whale Watching Experiences

Sightings

Entries found here are from Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast whale watching trips from whale season 2020 all the way back to 2011. 

22 October 2011 Whale Watching Report

What a thrill of a day! The weather was adventurous, the whales were energetic and friendly! About 5 miles off the coast we ran into our first pod of mother and calf, participating in feeding and bonding rituals. After about half an hour of viewing, our calf started breaching...

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21 October 2011 Whale Watching Report

A little windy a little bumpy but what a lovely day at sea! The whales were at there peak towards the end of the trip when mother, calf and escort breached out of the water, changing there pattern from calm and relaxed to energetic and acrobatic much to the delight of our...

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20 October 2011 Whale Watching Report

  What an enjoyable and relaxing day at sea today! Two mothers and two calf's were seen today and the calves were involved in tail slapping, tail lobbing, breaching and general playing about today! The mothers were very content just to watch there calf's have fun,...

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19 October 2011 Whale Watching Report

We finally threw the ropes and ventured out onto the open ocean after a couple of days of being held up at dock due to high winds. Today we came across several pods including mothers and calves. The whales seemed be rather interested in getting back down to the Antarctic Waters...

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16 October 2011 Whale Watching Report

Another picture perfect day on the Sunshine Coast and we had two trips out with our humpback visitors. The whales were a bit shy and elusive in the morning with long down times - possibly because of the numbers of boats out on the water with the fantastic weather. The water...

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15 October 2011 Whale Watching Report

A pre-dawn band of thunder storms hit the coast but cleared quickly to enable the morning trip to head offshore in reasonable conditions. The whales more than compensated for any shortfalls in sea conditions - they were on full show today with full acrobatics by nearly every...

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14 October 2011 Whale Watching Report

The cloud cleared early and the forecast rain didn't eventuate - the sun shone on beautiful blue ocean although a sloppy confused sea was up from the storms during the night. Had to cruise past four pods of humpbacks within a mile of the river mouth only to have to search for...

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13 October 2011 Whale Watching Report

A absolute whale of a day! Perfect conditions, glassy seas, warm breeze and wonderful whales! We followed mother her calf and an escort for a while as they playfully milled around the area. There were other pods in our vicinity- mother and calf (we tried not to interrupt there...

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12 October 2011 Whale Watching Report

We weren't the only ones enjoying the beautiful conditions out on the Sunshine Coast waters today! We had several pods gracing the coastline, with our first pod spotted  3.5nm due east off the coast, We come across some exciting action with a mother and calf engaged in...

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11 October 2011 Whale Watching Report

What stunning conditions today at sea, the weather was perfect, calm seas and lovely whales, an amazing day everyone agreed. We came across a couple of pods today, both mothers and calf's on the migration south just outside the three mile mark. The conditions made it very easy...

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10 October 2011 Whale Watching Report

It was another calm day offshore today as we headed out three miles to visit our humpback mates. The high cloud failed to clear but seas remain nice and calm. The whales were a bit elusive today - plenty around with six or seven pods seen, but they seem to have had other things...

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9 October 2011 Whale Watching Report

What a fantastic way to spend a Sunday! We had dazzling calm conditions on the Sunshine Caost which held up all day and allowed two great cruises. On the morning trip we found a beautiful mother nursing her newborn calf. We witnessed a magical feeding session followed by an...

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8 October 2011 Whale Watching Report

With such stormy and windy conditions initially it was hard to believe the forecast would get better, however it was not long before the sky  cleared and the wind  abated. We come across several humpback whale pods today, mostly mothers and calves. The highlight of our day was...

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7 October 2011 Whale Watching Report

Today was magic! Mum's "super milk" sent one of our calf's crazy with energetic power into a series of above water breaches, tail slapping, head lunging and belly rolls. It was the most energetic calf of the season by far, accompanied by an escort and the mother. There was...

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6 October 2011 Whale Watching Report

The best word to describe today was, "Special" we came across a number of Mothers and Calves engaged in feeding, but the high light was a mother feeding her calf on the oceans surface, she kept her tail fluke exposed above the waters surface for at least 20mins while the calf...

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