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Seeing this was worth battling the rain today! 🚀🐋

These shots were taken onboard one of our vessels Totally Wild - what a show we saw  today.
Straight out of the heads, there was a pod of 2 humpback whales heading South that went ballistic at no notice and gave us a few breaches before heading back down towards the Antarctic waters where theyll spend the summer before coming back this way next year.
Hope to catch you out there soon!
 #whale #sydney #fantaseacruising #whalewatchingseason #humpback #sydneyImage attachmentImage attachment
Posted 17 hours ago

Seeing this was worth battling the rain today! 🚀🐋

These shots were taken onboard one of our vessels "Totally Wild" - what a show we saw today.
Straight out of the heads, there was a pod of 2 humpback whales heading South that went ballistic at no notice and gave us a few breaches before heading back down towards the Antarctic waters where they'll spend the summer before coming back this way next year.
Hope to catch you out there soon!
#whale #sydney #fantaseacruising #whalewatchingseason #humpback #sydney
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Posted 2 days ago

A tough day out on the Tasman sea today with some shy whales and bumpy seas!

We did get lucky with a few sightings and an exceptional number of Albatross cruising along the coast! We’re definitely in that mid season lull, with our whales currently enjoying the warmer waters of far North Queensland. The good news is that this can be considered the calm before the storm, when our whales will soon be flooding back down South, with the brand new calves in tow! We can’t say for certain when the numbers will pick back up, so book your tickets now as our guess is that it will start getting busy out there again very very soon!

#whalewatchingsydney #whalewatching #humpbackwhale #sydney
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Posted 4 days ago

A cruise filled day out on the ocean today! It was so nice to get back out there after a few days of being stopped by the weather!

The whales were in cruise mode as well, calmly swimming along on their way. We’ve noticed the directional change in the past few days with more whales heading south and we get into the second half of the migration. We also saw a huge pod of dolphins off Manly, one large pod seeming play with one of the young calves that our Express trip had the joy of hanging out with in the early afternoon!

#whalewatching #whalewatchingsydney #whales #dolphins #sydney
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Posted 2 weeks ago

A bit of everything out on the Humpback Highway today!! Our midday cruise received a couple of close passes from a pod of 6 whales tracking North, then the late afternoon found an adult whale with two much smaller individuals, one looked like an inquisitive little calf and potentially another juvenile just hanging around in the shallows at Long Reef!

Another beautiful day on the Humpback Highway!

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Posted 2 weeks ago

Unbelievable midday cruise today!!

The one tip with whale watching is to never stop keeping an eye out, because you never know what might happen, and this whale sure proved it today!! Right towards the end of the trip, a solo whale popped up right next to us after over an hour of searching and put on the show of a lifetime for our guests! Head lunging and breaching right next to the boat! Incredible!! 🐋🚀
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It was amazing watching him performed for us!!! Love it.

Incredible 😍

FANTASTIC

Wuahh

Wow

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Posted 2 weeks ago

Talk about little and large!!! Wow!

We got incredibly lucky on our last trip of the day today, coming just outside the harbour entrance and finding the youngest calf we’ve seen all season so far! This little one was very new to the world and keen to show us some tiny tail slaps and fin waves, even coming for a close look at our boat before mum and an escort decided to swoop them away to keep them safe! We had some huge tail slaps from the adults and a good indication that they wanted us to keep a safe distance from the baby.

We always respect our whales and make sure they have plenty of space on their travels, with 100m being the legal limit, however when we have a calf we need to maintain a 300m distance to keep them safe! Although the whales sometimes decide they want to take a look at us! In which case we put the engines in idle and let the whales decide!

#whalewatchigsydney #whalecalf #whales #humpbackwhale #sydney
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Adrian Banks Look at the little baby 🐋! See its tail fluke …. 💙

Amazing luck!

Looks great

Beautiful

The baby is so fresh, wonder if they made it all the way North for birth

Margaret Toller, aww a little calf!

Wow how lucky

Beautiful

Wow

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The ocean is looking a lot more washy than yesterday 🌊

For those who braved it out there with us today got a bit of the tail throw show from the pod 2 humpbacks we were trailing with on our 9:30 cruise.

 #whalewatchingsydney #humpbackwhale #whale #sydney #whalewatching
Posted 2 weeks ago

The ocean is looking a lot more washy than yesterday 🌊

For those who braved it out there with us today got a bit of the tail throw show from the pod 2 humpbacks we were trailing with on our 9:30 cruise.

#whalewatchingsydney #humpbackwhale #whale #sydney #whalewatching
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Posted 2 weeks ago

Yet another stunner of a day out on the Tasman Sea today! The sea was the calmest we’ve seen all season! The whales were keeping their heads down and in cruise mode today, but we still got lucky with some amazing tail throws and plenty of peaceful and calm sightings!

We’ll be back out each day this weekend and hopefully the conditions will be just as good! Well hope to see you there!!

#whalewatching #whalewatchingsydney #whales #sydney
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Was a leisurely cruise on the humpback highway today.

We were tracking a pod of what was thought to be two adult humpbacks but as we were arriving we saw another little blow beside the two humpbacks - it was a calf to our surprise, we believe to be only a few weeks old. We remained at a far distance but then we saw them change direction and come our way, we were unable to move without disturbing their progress, so we kept our engines in neutral for the whales safety we had them swim right by and as they had a curious look at us, then they set off on their migration up north to warmer weather and waters ☀

 #sydney #whale #humpbackwhale #whalewatching #whalewatchingsydneyImage attachmentImage attachment
Posted 2 weeks ago

Was a leisurely cruise on the humpback highway today.

We were tracking a pod of what was thought to be two adult humpbacks but as we were arriving we saw another little blow beside the two humpbacks - it was a calf to our surprise, we believe to be only a few weeks old. We remained at a far distance but then we saw them change direction and come our way, we were unable to move without disturbing their progress, so we kept our engines in neutral for the whales safety we had them swim right by and as they had a curious look at us, then they set off on their migration up north to warmer weather and waters ☀

#sydney #whale #humpbackwhale #whalewatching #whalewatchingsydney
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