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Posted 2 days ago

Lots of waves from humpback tails today on the Tasman sea. 🐋

We're seeing a lot more mums and energetic juveniles on there at the moment.
We located lots of escort pods out there today - an escort pod is where a mother and a calf humpback whale is accompanied by one or more other adult humpback on their annual migration.

#whalewatching #whale #whalewatchingsydney #humpbackwhale #sydney
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Posted 3 days ago

Eventful morning this morning on our 930 cruise.

We were lucky enough to spot the humpback thats currently swimming in the harbour near Garden island on our way out to the Tasman.

Then when we got onto the Tasman sea we were plodding along with a pod of 2 humpbacks and just as we were ready to leave to head back to Circular Quay we got the best kind of humpback good bye - a big 'ole breach! 🚀🚀

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Breach of the day! 🚀🧨🐋

An explosive start to our late afternoon cruise! We pushed out East and found a competition pod pounding their way North. As we approached we had a moment of quiet before one whale went sky high with a one off breach! Mind blowing action!

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Posted 5 days ago

Breach of the day! 🚀🧨🐋

An explosive start to our late afternoon cruise! We pushed out East and found a competition pod pounding their way North. As we approached we had a moment of quiet before one whale went sky high with a one off breach! Mind blowing action!

#humpbackwhale #whalewatchingsydney #whalewatching #breach #sydney
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Top Shots TED - well done. See how the whales perform when I am not on Board

Spectacular 😍

Posted 6 days ago

A whopping good time on the humpback highway today.

Still seeing the humpbacks on their Northern migration.

On our afternoon cruise we had 2 whales breach one after the other out of nowhere, we only just managed to get a few snaps 😂🚀

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Paul van Aken

Posted 7 days ago

Wave your fins in the air like you just don’t care!

It’s been a busy few days for us out on the Tasman Sea, we’ve had lots of fast moving solo whales pushing North, and some of the conditions have made it especially challenging. We were treated today though with some very close passes to the boat, and more than a few inquisitive whales popping up with loud trumpeting and big blows! We even had a couple of big tail throws and one whale waving at us as we left! Perfect.

Let’s hope for a spectacular Sunday tomorrow, and hopefully lots of active whales this week!
Will you be joining us?

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See you tomorrow 9.30, bring on whales 🐳

Posted 1 week ago

More breaching action happening on our 12pm cruise today! 🚀🐋

We found a lone humpback just outside the heads breaching, head lunging, pectoral slapping over and over. We noticed it was doing all of this showing off in circles, almost swimming in circles around us breaching and crashing in the waves.

Still some heavy winds out there riling them up. If you're not coming on a cruise today, at the very least I recommend get to the shore and watch from there! 👀

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Posted 1 week ago

Absolutely amazing morning on our 9:30 cruise! 🚀🚀

Straight out of the heads we found a pod of 2 humpbacks breaching into the wind. I could hardly hold the camera straight with the wind blowing a gale 😂
It was worth the rough winds as the whales seem to love it! 🐋🚀

We lost count of how many breaches we saw on that cruise.

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Hope it happens Sunday morning. See you then

It was fabulous- way more action than i had expected. Thankyou 😛

Paul van Aken

Big Breach Today! So close to the boat we couldn’t fit it all in the frame!

Our late afternoon cruise got the show again today, when we found a competition pod of three whales charging North! Two of the whales were engaged in some very boisterous behaviours, ramming and tail swiping at each other. As we watched two of them colliding, with all eyes on them, the third whale came out of nowhere, launching itself out of the water just meters away! 

What a show!

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Posted 1 week ago

Big Breach Today! So close to the boat we couldn’t fit it all in the frame!

Our late afternoon cruise got the show again today, when we found a competition pod of three whales charging North! Two of the whales were engaged in some very boisterous behaviours, ramming and tail swiping at each other. As we watched two of them colliding, with all eyes on them, the third whale came out of nowhere, launching itself out of the water just meters away!

What a show!

#whalewatchingsydney #whalewatching #humpbackwhales #sydney
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Was a really great afternoon out with you guys, and yes, that breach came from nowhere, HUGE!!

Great pics BEN - well done

Wow amazing!!! We did a cruise on totally wild yesterday and got awesome video! Shall try and share here

💙🐳🩵

Paul van Aken

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Posted 2 weeks ago

Our 12:00 cruise got very lucky today with an exciting breach show from this young whale! Launching out the water for an acrobatic display on both sides of the boat it was hard to keep track!!

Amazing displays on the Humpback Highway and conditions are looking good for the next few days! We hope to see you soon!
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