Posts Tagged ‘Humpbacks’

Over the past few weeks we have had a period of pretty miserable weather and sea conditions which seemed to drag out forever! But finally, the tide turned and we were blessed with our typical warm, sunny Gold Coast winter days out on the water again.. And lucky for us the whales were ready to play!

A lot has happened in the whale world on the Gold Coast since our last update, and with some not so pleasant days, it was hard to get the researchers out on the water, however

Greg got lucky with a whelfie threesome on board Whales in Paradise! 

With the whale watching season kicking off tomorrow, Saturday 27th of May 2017, we thought we’d give you some hot tips on how to capture the perfect Whelfie…

What’s a Whelfie you ask? Well… a whelfie is a selfie with a whale!

The term whelfie came about when our crew member, Trent, first took a selfie with a whale and posted on Facebook, where the comment ‘whelfie’ quickly popped up.

From there, the craze took off amongst the crew, and soon they

First whale sighted off the Gold Coast for the 2016 season!

Yes, that’s right! The first whale has been spotted off Surfers Paradise at the Kurrawa Surf Club and it only means one thing ladies and gentlemen… THE WHALES ARE ON THERE WAY!!

With the official date of the Gold Coast’s 2016 Whale Watching season fast approaching, we are gearing up for one of our best whale watching seasons yet! On Saturday the 28th of May we will be kicking off the season, with not one.. not two.. but up to FIVE departures

Even though the weather can look a bit grey outside for us, the whales don’t mind the rain and were happy on this particular cruise last week to show us their acrobatic skills.  It’s so exciting to see the whole pod become so active like this group of humpbacks did.  The humpback whales kept breaching with their full body, upper body, pectoral side fins and tails in the air with the magnificent skyline of Surfers Paradise in the background.  They were having so much fun that I don’t think they

We had the most incredible experience with ten humpback whales on this mornings cruise.
It was a rare occasion to see such a big pod of whales and then to see the pod so aggressive with each other, was very interesting to watch….We then realised there were nine male humpback whales fighting over one female humpback..Was an amazing sight to see!

Then on our next cruise we had the magnificent whale mugging “Where the whales surround the boat” and they relax by the boat for us to see their white bellies, barnacles

My name is Majan, I work in the office for Whales In Paradise,  I was lucky enough to be able to go on a cruise and bring along my family. THANK YOU WHALES IN PARADISE!  Me and my family absolutely loved it! We had the most beautiful day together, it was such an amazing day out on the boat, we found it so relaxing cruising out to sea under the warm sun and calm seas, the boat has such comfortable seats and nice music playing you actually feel so relaxed and

Why do we call them Humpback Whales?

Well, that answer is obvious when you watch the humpback whale swim through the water.  Especially when they push their head out of the water and dive back in, that’s when you can clearly see their small hump in the middle of their backs.  That is why we call them “Humpbacks”.

Humpback whales are the most sighted whale here in the waters on the coastline of the Gold Coast and are also known to be quite playful and active in the water.  This is also

What an amazing day we had out on the water this morning.  There was beautiful sunny weather today and calm seas which made it perfect for smooth cruising.  We also had another amazing experience and close encounter with a huge super-pod of six whales who were curious by our presence.  They swam quite close to the boat and started lifting their heads out of the water to check us out.  This included head lunging, where the whales slam there head on the surface of the water.  I think they wanted

Yes, We are having a “whale of a time” on our boat tours this week! Today was another magical day out on the open sea, sharing this ocean with our friendly humpback whales, makes everyone Happy!

So, I just want to thank these amazing creatures who are so humble and large, that without their presence, our days wouldn’t be so full of happiness and love.

Seeing the whales swim through our oceans so close to the boat, you can see the barnacles on their bodies.  For me, it shows the humpback whales

We cruised out for our first whale watching trip this morning with 60+ people on board who saw plenty of active whales.  Even though there was a little bit of rain around, it created choppy waters for the whales where they love to be active and play in.  It was an incredible sight to have 2 Humpback Whales quite close to the vessel doing breaching and tale throwing seen off Palm Beach.  So for those of you who don’t know why the whales migrate north, it’s because they head to