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Whale Watch Sightings 24/07/10 – 30/07/10

Imagine — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:55:33 +0000

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

Imagine Cruises Whale Watch testimonials July ep4

Imagine — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:40:41 +0000

Whale Watching Sightings 10/07/10 – 19/07/10

Imagine — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:13:27 +0000

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

Imagine Cruises Whale Watch Testimonials July 2010 ep3

Imagine — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:00:19 +0000

Whale Watching Sightings 04/07/10 – 09/07/10

Imagine — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 06:09:45 +0000

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

Whale Story of the Week 04/07/10

Imagine — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 05:58:33 +0000

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.

Whale Watching sightings 27/06/10 – 03/07/10

Imagine — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 05:05:09 +0000

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

Breaching Record blasted by a single whale!

Imagine — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 02:12:50 +0000

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

Breaching Humpbacks and Mega pods of Dolphins!

admin — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:55:43 +0000

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!