Friday 30th July: Morning 6 Humpbacks, Afternoon 5 Humpbacks
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
Monday 19th June: Morning 11 Humpbacks, Afternoon 20 Humpbacks + 2 Southern Right
Sunday 18th June: Morning 3 Humpbacks, Afternoon 3 Humpbacks
Saturday 17th July: Morning 7 Humpbacks, Afternoon 13 Humpbacks
Friday 16th July: Morning 5 Humpbacks, Afternoon 3 Humpbacks
Thursday 15th July: Morning 8 Humpbacks, Afternoon 3 Humpbacks
Wednesday 14th July: Morning 4 Humpbacks, Afternoon 2 Humpbacks
Tuesday 13th July: Morning 4 Humpbacks + 1 Minke, Afternoon 10 Humpbacks
Monday 12th July: Morning 8 Humpbacks, Afternoon 8 Humpbacks
Sunday 11th July: Morning 2 Humpbacks, Afternoon 10 Humpbacks
Saturday 10th July: Morning 25 Humpbacks, Afternoon 12 Humpbacks
Friday 9th July: Morning 9 Humpbacks, Afternoon 5 Humpbacks
Thursday 8th July: Morning 9 Humpbacks, Afternoon 18 Humpbacks
Wednesday 7th July: Morning 7 Humpbacks, Afternoon 2 Humpbacks
Tuesday 6th July: Morning 18 Humpbacks + 1 Minke, Afternoon 9 Humpbacks
Monday 5th July: Morning 3 Humpbacks, Afternoon 3 Humpbacks
Sunday 4th July: Morning 5 Humpbacks, Afternoon 5 Humpbacks
Last Sunday the 4th of July on the 2:00pm Whale Watching cruise, 
we were befriended by a group of 4 Humpback Whales off Port Stephens light house. They swam toward us, stopped around the bows of the catamaran, then feeling really confident they turned on their back exposing their large white bellies to us, lifting their tails so close they almost touched the boat… Then they circled the boat, went upwind and sprayed us with their breath while one of them spy-hopped just a couple of meters away. A moving experience for everyone onboard as the Humpbacks showed such trust and peace of mind for Imagine.
Saturday 3rd July: Morning 2 Humpbacks, Afternoon 4 Humpbacks
Friday 2nd July: Morning 5 Humpbacks, Afternoon 5 Humpbacks
Thursday 1st July: Morning 2 Humpbacks, Afternoon no cruise
Wednesday 30th June: Morning 14 Humpbacks, Afternoon 12 Humpbacks
Tuesday 29th June: Morning 9 Humpbacks, Afternoon 6 Humpbacks
Monday 28th June: Morning 2 Humpbacks, Afternoon 2 Humpbacks
Sunday 27th June: Morning 6 Humpbacks, Afternoon 6 Humpbacks
Thursday 17th June 2010
We enjoyed the best whale watch of the season so far today, with 36 full breaches counted in a 
single cruise. This is a record for Imagine as the breaches were all from a single, young Humpback Whale. The champion humpback was travelling with 2 other whales and is estimated to be around 7 years old. The Humpback was spotted at the outer light house and constantly breached for over an hour until it reached Boondelbah Island 5kms north.
Another record for Imagine was in July 2006 when we observed over 76 breaches in one cruise but it was achieved by multiple pods of whales. During July 2007 we were breath taken when a pod of 5 whales repeatedly breached simultaneously! Luckily at the time, our cameraman friend and crew member Ray Alley was onboard to capture the unusual sight of the “Triple Breach” You can see this amazing display now on www.printzofwhales.com
Today Rick caught some amazing video footage of the 36 breaches and our guests could not have missed with their
cameras! Leaving the whales after an hour of great entertainment, we then visited the colony of Australian fur seals on Cabbage Tree Island. We had a close encounter with a young female of around 80kg resting on a rock at the South Western side of the Island. We finally ended the cruise with a pod of Bottlenose dolphins engaged in amorous behaviour around ‘dolphin rock’ at the southern tip of Yaccabah headland. A great morning despite the cloudy sky and a bit of light rain!
Captain Yves
27th September 2009
The whale season from June to September has been a great time for seeing everything that the Port Stephens
waterways have to offer! We have seen just about everything on the bingo card so far: Humpbacks breaching, Pacific Common Dolphins in pods of over 1000, Little Penguins drifting about, Australian Fur Seals laying back in the water and on the rocks at Cabbage Tree Island and, of course, Sea Turtles, that Sandy Plankton says can reach over 100 years old!!!
About the only thing we didn’t get to mark off was Migaloo, we have heard that he was already up on the Gold Coast and he must have snuck past Port Stephens and Nelson Bay during the night on the way back down!
So as October greets us, so do the Humpback mothers and their newborn baby whales! They are travelling in full force down the coast keen to “show off” and October is always a great time to mark of the wildlife Bingo card. We even still see some other species of whales as the year progresses like Southern Right whales, Sei whales and False Killer Whales to name a few!
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