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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. 

31 August 2011 Whale Watching Report

Another lovely day on the open ocean, the whales proving to be a little elusive to find initially, however we are sure all would agree that the wait was worth it when we found a mother, calf and escort whale traveling together, with some nice breaches to start with, then a very...

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30 August 2011 Whale Watching Report

Another picture perfect day on the open ocean! We left the bay and decided to head north east in search of our whales. Within 45 minutes we came across several whales travelling south together in four different pods. We had several close encounters and got mugged briefly as...

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29 August 2011 Whale Watching Report

An absolutely picture-perfect day on the water today with cloudless skies and not even a breeze all day!! Everyone appreciated what the coast is renowned for - Sunshine and the whales were back to play today. Initially, we were entertained by a show-off young female as she...

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27 August 2011 Whale Watching Report

We were entertained by two sub-adults today, only 3.5 nautical miles east off Mooloolaba. They were very inquisitive, spending most of the day within 20 metres of the boat. When whales interact with boats it's called a mugging, and we got mugged a number of times. Click to...

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26 August 2011 Whale Watching Report

After five days of rough ocean conditions, we finally threw the ropes and headed out to sea. It was not long before we came across our first pod of two whales 4 nautical miles east off Mooloolaba. These whales proved to be quite elusive at times with long down times. During our...

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23 August 2011 Whale Watching Report

Mother nature has determined that there will be no whale watching again today - with extremely strong winds, associated rough seas and rain, we have cancelled today and tomorrow's whale trips. It is hoped to be easing tomorrow to allow a trip out on Thursday.

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21 August 2011 Whale Watching Report

Due to strong winds and high seas the Sunday Whale Watching cruise has been cancelled. We will be watching the weather and advise if there are any further alterations to our scheduled cruises.

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20 August 2011 Whale Watching Report

Today we saw two whales travelling south. These humpbacks must have used all their energy early as a spotter on the headland reported them breaching as we cruised out to the whale highway. The whales were swimming slowly giving the passengers a good viewing as they were...

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16 August 2011 Whale Watching Report

Whale One 10AM. Total 8 Whales. Just 40 minutes off Mooloolaba, our first pod of two humpbacks were spotted: a yearling and a sub-adult travelling together, going very slowly, with consistent pectoral slaps and fluke-up dives, plus a few lazy breaches. All this action caught...

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Queensland’s Sunshine Coast is about a one hour drive north of Brisbane. Mooloolaba is around a  50 minute drive south of the Noosa.

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