Sightings day by day:

Friday 3rd: Morning 2  Humpbacks, Afternoon no cruise

Thursday 2nd: Morning 2 Humpbacks, Afternoon 6 Humpbacks

Wednesday 1st: Morning no cruise, Afternoon no cruise

Tuesday 31st: 6 Humpbacks + 2 Southern Right, Afternoon 2 Humpbacks

Monday 30th: Morning 4 Humpbacks, Afternoon 2 Humpbacks

Sunday 29th: Morning 3 Humpbacks, Afternoon 6 Humpbacks + 1 Minke

Saturday 28th: Morning 2 Humpbacks, Afternoon 2 Humpbacks

Friday 27th: Morning 5 Humpbacks, Afternoon 1 Minke Whale

Thursday 26th: Morning 2 Humpbacks, Afternoon no cruise

The Westerly wind didn’t deter 10 passengers who got the time of their life today as three Humpback Whales “mugged” Imagine!

We sailed with the Juvenille Humpbacks for about 10 minutes before they decided it was time for a closer look, and one by one swam right up next to the boat to give the passengers the time of their lives! If you look closely in the video, you will even see, what was perhaps the best part of the cruise, when one of the humpbacks decide to exhale a massive breath over all of us!

Cabbage Tree Island is still home to our friendly Australian Fur Seals and a huge female pod of Bottlenose Dolphins were patrolling Yaccaba Head and Providence Bay for fish!

A great trip was had by all and Port Stephens‘ headlands definitly provided a great backdrop for all of the pictures and video we got today!

Tuesday 24th: Morning no cruise, Afternoon 2 Humpbacks

Monday 23rd June: Morning 1 Humpback, Afternoon no cruise

Sunday 22nd: Morning 6 Humpbacks, Afternoon 4 Humpbacks

Saturday 21st: Morning 1 Humpback, Afternoon 2 Humpbacks

Friday 20th: Morning 1 Humpback, Afternoon 2 Humpbacks

Thursday 19th: Morning 4 Humpbacks, Afternoon 2 Humpbacks

Wednesday 18th: Morning 6 Humpbacks, Afternoon 4 Humpbacks

Tuesday 17th: Morning 3 Humpbacks, Afternoon 3 Humpbacks

Monday 16th: Morning 1 Humpback, Afternoon no cruise

Sunday 15th: Morning 3 Humpbacks, Afternoon 12 Humpbacks

Saturday 14th: Morning 2 Humpbacks, Afternoon 2 Humpbacks

• We have regular daily sightings of the Bottlenose Dolphins that live in Port Stephens
• Australian Fur Seals were sighted on the 15th,17th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 24th, & 25th
• Pacific Common Dolphins were seen on the 15th
• A Humpback Mother and calf came into Nelson Bay on the 18th

Thursday 12th: Morning no cruise, Afternoon no cruise

Wednesday 11th: Morning no cruise, Afternoon no cruise

Tuesday 10th: Morning 1 Humpback, Afternoon no cruise

Monday 9th June: Morning 2 Humpbacks + 2 Southern Right, Afternoon 4 Humpbacks

Sunday 8th: Morning 5 Humpbacks, Afternoon 9 Humpbacks

Saturday 7th: Morning 1 Humpbacks, Afternoon 4 Humpbacks

Friday 6th: Morning 1 Humpback, Afternoon no cruise

Thursday 5th: Morning 1 Humpback, Afternoon no cruise

Wednesday 4th: Morning 4 Humpbacks, Afternoon 2 Humpbacks

Tuesday 3rd: Morning no cruise, Afternoon no cruise

Monday 2nd: 1st miss of the season, Afternoon no cruise

Sunday 1st: Morning 6 Humpbacks, Afternoon 6 Humpbacks

• We have regular daily sightings of the Bottlenose Dolphins that live in Port Stephens.
• Australian Fur Seals were sighted on the 4th, 8th and 9th
• Pacific Common Dolphins were seen on the 1st, 8th and 9th
• The crew were very lucky to hear a Humpback Whale singing on the 4th
  

Southern Right whales are an endagered species and while seeing them around the South Coast of New South Whales is common, seeing them off Port Stephens is extremely rare!

She was lucky enough to get a couple of great photos of the whales and we were lucky that Alina sent them to Imagine!

” Dear Imagine,

Just a short note to say thank you again for the magical day on the water yesterday, it was such a treat for us to be able to spend some time together.

You couldn’t have put on any better weather for us, and the Southern Right whales really made my day!

I hope you enjoy these pics, I’m sure you have a milllion of them already!

Please pass on our thanks to Roger, Kristy, Frank and Rick, for helping make our Monday a great one!

All our love, Alina and Family

Thursday 29th July: Morning 9 Humpbacks, Afternoon 12 Humpbacks

Wednesday 28th July: Morning 1 Humpback, Afternoon no cruise bad weather

Tuesday 27th July: Morning 6 Humpbacks, Afternoon 6 Humpbacks

Monday 26th July: Morning 5 Humpbacks, Afternoon 6 Humpbacks

Sunday 25th July: Morning 5 Humpbacks, Afternoon 7 Humpbacks

Saturday 24th July: Morning 10 Humpbacks, Afternoon 6 Humpbacks

Thursday 22nd July: Morning  4 Humpbacks, Afternoon 2 Humpbacks

Wednesday 21st July:  No cruises all day due to bad weather

Tuesday 20th July: Morning no cruise (bad weather), Afternoon Private Dolphin Watch!

Monday 19th June: Morning 11 Humpbacks, Afternoon 20 Humpbacks + 2 Southern Right

Sunday 18th June: Morning 3 Humpbacks, Afternoon 3 Humpbacks

It all started when we left the marina…  Rocky, a young male dolphin showed up near the boat, leading us to a female pod of  12, but we couldn’t stay long because ‘Aunty Tia” (a very lovely aboriginal lady I met this afternoon), was pointing towards another group, much livelier,near Fly Point… we had to go! The Bottlenose dolphins were feeding in the strong current and were truely interesting to watch chasing fish toward the beach.

So… feeling lucky, we cruised on toward the headlands to sail down Jimmys Beach, toward a grey a sky where a lazy sun was supposed to set. (Jimmys Beach used to be a favourite place for Aboriginal camps in the old days before white settlement). We passed the rocky outcrop of Barnes, reaching the shallows of the Myall river near Corrie Island. We made our way home along the sand bars where another pod of dolphins were playing, and for the 4th time during the cruise they “rode the bows” cheered on by the crowd on the foredeck .

At this point I surrendered the helm to Kristy (who asked about 5 times if she could drive the boat!), she sat in my chair and took the wheel!

Roger and I, had a great time meeting lovely people, another hard day at the office…

Frank’s commentary was FANTASTIC! Great Whale action, thanks to the great crew!

Name: Vinod E.K.
Hometown: India
Date onboard: 4th July 2010

I was a part of this group on last Sunday the 4th of July 2010 on the 2:00 pm Whale Watching cruise. It was Great experience for me to take back home ( India ). The crew of Imagine they were so friendly and they simply Rocks!!
The 4 Humpback whales was almost there with us all afternoon and as explained by Imagine they were so friendly that They swam toward us, Then they circled the boat and exposing their large white bellies to us, lifting their tails so close they almost touched the boat. I have all this captured in my camera and will share the same thru Youtube Very soon..My special thanks to my best Australian friend Mr.Gary Moro in taking me there.

Name: Jessica
Hometown: Australia
Date onboard: 4th July 2010

Thank you to the wonderful staff on the 2pm cruise on the 4-7-10. A breathtaking experience truely beautiful, cant wait to come back!

Name: Penny Fergus & Mekelle Mills
Hometown: Melbourne & Newcastle
Date onboard: 2nd July 2010

There was a female being chased by 5 males so there was lots of shenanigans and the boys showing off! It was awesome, lots of fins and tails and huffing and puffing!