Archive for September 27, 2013

WOW!!! What a Incredible day today!

On our afternoon cruise , our lucky guests experienced humpback whales perform “Triple Breaching” !!! This is when three whales, are jumping out of the water , at the same time !!

To experience this, it is an absolutely mind blowing mammal encounter which inspires everybody…

It was rough out at sea today but that didn’t stop the whales from their play! We also had lots of double breaching on our cruises, which was extremely lucky! As it is rare to see

As a mother of two little ones, I know the challenge we face keeping them entertained! While mine are too young for school,  I do know plenty of parents who start to pull their hair out around week two of school holidays… sound familiar?

So, if Peppa Pig is no longer doing it for you, or you’re tempted to strangle Angelina Ballerina with a mis-matched sock…. the experts say – get out of the house!

Great! Go to the park, go to the beach. Get some exercise. Done. And done again. Time

On all three tours today we experienced extremely active humpback whales!! We had whales breaching all over the place, which was an absolutely fascinating sight to see! We saw mother and calves on all the three trips today, they were being very inquisitive by coming up close to the boat, and the calf would come a few metres away and turn its belly upside down, then the mother would quickly swim by to whisk her baby away. There has also been a lot of male pods around single female humpback whales.

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Our whale watching cruises have still been having awesome intimate encounters with the whales as they make their way home back to Antarctica with calves in tow.  The calves have usually been the most active, but we saw mum do a energetic breach so close to our boat that the waves from the breach rocked us more than usual.

We also had a pod of three whales yesterday who were so curious by our presence that they couldn’t seem to get close enough and would gently nudge the boat.  You can

Okay – so this new discovery is absolutely groundbreaking!! Scientific evidence has shown some whales may skip the migration and stay behind in Antarctica over winter… say what!?

What an incredible discovery for German marine biologist Ilse Van Opzeeland from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research.

At a time when they should have been 7000km north off the coast of Eastern Africa, these whales were heard ‘chatting’ to each other from a nearby scientific research station using underwater microphones.

Pulling recordings from two years in a row, it

Cruising through the broadwater into the open sea, on days like today, is absolutely breathtaking and the whales just make the experience even more magical….

Our eventful sightings today were the humpback calves breaching with their mother, which is common at this end of the season, as the calves are migrating back down south.

Then we had a pod of calves circling our boat for 30 minutes with awesome clear visibility, which was an incredible experience for our guests to see the whales up

Are you as obsessed with whales as we are?  Then you’ll love our new Pinterest boards! We have been collecting loads of the most beautiful whales images we could find. And its only just begun! From Whale Fashion to Amazing Whale Photography- you’ll find it all here!

After introducing our early morning whale watching tours on the Gold Coast a few months ago, there has been many extra benefits for the tourists.  Our early morning whale watching tour departs at 7:30am sharp, so if you enjoy getting up fairly early in the morning we can highly recommend this morning cruise.  The traffic and overall environment around Surfers Paradise seems to be quieter at this time of morning, plus that morning sun was just exquisite as the light shines through all the buildings as you cruise through the

Thanks to our amazing crew on board our vessel the Mahi Mahi, as they managed to get some awesome photos of a whale who kept splashing its tail in the air.  This photo was my favourite as you can also see the Surfers Paradise skyline in the background.  I think the whale was practicing synchronised swimming, but just needed more whales to join in.

The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) launched the global grassroots campaign “Tails for Whales” to show governments around the world that there is widespread support to protect

Zach from ‘Humpbacks and Highrises’ came out whale watching on the Gold Coast with our cruise on Thursday the 29th of August and managed to get some awesome photos with of a humpback whale breaching continuously.  Thank you Zach for sharing these with us.  This can be a rare sight for those who don’t do much whale watching so was a very special treat for our guests.

So these pictures are a great example of a humpback whale “breaching”.  Breaching is when a whale pushes its body up out of the water