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Breach of the day! πŸš€πŸ§¨πŸ‹

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 14 hours ago

Breach of the day! πŸš€πŸ§¨πŸ‹

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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Spectacular 😍

Posted 2 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 πŸ˜‚πŸš€

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Paul van Aken

Posted 3 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 5 days ago

More breaching action happening on our 12pm cruise today! πŸš€πŸ‹

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! πŸ‘€

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Posted 5 days ago

Absolutely amazing morning on our 9:30 cruise! πŸš€πŸš€

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 πŸ˜‚
It was worth the rough winds as the whales seem to love it! πŸ‹πŸš€

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 πŸ˜›

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 5 days 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

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Posted 7 days 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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Posted 1 week ago

Unbelievable! What a show that was!!

Three beautiful cruises today, but that last one of the day really got the heart racing! After finding a mother and very fresh young calf close to North Head, we decided to head East to give the new mum and little one some space, and that’s when it all kicked off!

We found a single sub adult whale putting on the show of the week, with breach after breach just meters from boat, some true acrobatics that left us in awe!

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True to form - the whales performed and breached when I was not on board - they follow Murphy's law when I am not there

Ted Lamb The lighting and colours are beautiful. Good job.

Are they still going North or have they started coming south?

Phil Sainty Danny Fletcher

Amy Garner Jo-Ann King

Emma Freney

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Posted 1 week ago

It's good to be back now all this crazy weather is finished, for the moment.

Conditions are looking good over the next week, and we enjoyed an easy going cruise today seeing plenty of whales still on their Northern migration. On two separate cruises we witnessed a pod of 2 and the other a pod of 3 cruise by us going nice and slow as we had our engines idle and watched as their tails go up vertical then go straight down, almost like a wave goodbye πŸ‘‹

Catch you out there! πŸ‹

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