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Byron Bay's ONLY dry and comfortable whale watching boat
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12/10/2024

Whale done, everyone! 😊
It’s the end of another amazing whale watching season for us. We are grateful to have been part of the migration and meet so many old and new Humpback friends on our excursions. Thanks to all our customers for joining us this year.
Have a fantastic summer! We look forward to seeing you next year!

04/10/2024

It was all about humpback mother and calf pairs today. Most of the time they were fairly mellow and chilled with the calves happily rolling about on the surface or laying across mum's body.
However, amidst all that laziness, one pair chose to explode out of the blue as both mother and calf decided it was SHOWTIME.
It started with the mother breaking through the surface with a forward lunge, immediately followed by the calf repeating the action. Mum then changed her behaviour and commenced breaching and the calf joined her.
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We have one final week left in our 2024 Humpback Whale migration season. Our last trip will be on Sunday 13th October.
If you've been meaning to come out this year and haven't yet got around to it then don't delay as time is running out.
Give us a call on 1800858155 to secure your spot..

22/09/2024

Ocean conditions were superb today for 2 great whale watching trips .. 😎😍
Give us a call on 1800858155, if you’d like to come out. 🐳🐳

17/09/2024

there she blows!
The traditional hail of the lookout in a whaler (whaling ship) when sighting the spouting water thrown up by a whale surfacing.

And we certainly saw a few today 🐳🥰

09/09/2024

Perfect conditions and lots of friendly whales about! Breaching, mugging, it’s all happening today 😊
We’ve got a fantastic forecast for tomorrow. Wednesday 11th looks like the pick of the week and we just had a cancellation, so there are spots available at 8am on Wednesday morning. Make the most of the stunning conditions before wind and swell come up later in the week! Give us a call on 1800858155, if you’d like to come out. 🐳🐳

08/09/2024

31/08/2024

All our Saturday tours are cancelled and while we’re waiting for the strong Northerlies to die off today, here are some of the images from our amazing trips on Thursday and Friday. Enjoy!

26/08/2024

WOW ... some whales have all the fun ... like 70+ breaches in 1hr 29mins sort of fun 😲😍
That is how long we followed 2 whales this morning with 1 of them continuously breaching. In fact, when we left these whales and looked back behind us the whale was still breaching.
We then found several other pods and stuck with 2 juvenile whales who made a bee-line for the boat and mugged the boat for over half-an-hour, swimming around us, underneath us and spy-hopping to get a better look at our guests ... all of whom were in awe of what they were observing.
You gotta love those humpies! 😍🥳🐳🐋
If you’d like to join one of our trips, give us a call on 1800858155 📞
📸 Natoli Nature Photography

25/08/2024

Humpback whale muggings have continued in this great weather we have had over the past few days. Our whale watching guests on the Bay Warrior today where thrilled to get some very up-close-and-personal encounters with a number of humpbacks who swam around, and under, the boat on numerous occassions.
These very close inspections reveal not only fine detail of the species but provide a breathtaking perspective of the enormity of these gentle giants of the oceans.

24/08/2024

One of the questions we get asked very frequently, during our whale watching trips, is 'Have you seen Migaloo this year?'
Migaloo ("whitefella" in some Aboriginal languages) was an all-white humpback whale that was first sighted on the 28 June 1991 on the Australian east coast near Byron Bay.
However Migaloo has not been seen for approx 3 years. The last time Migaloo was seen, it was reported that his white skin was badly discoloured and he looked very under-nourished. It is now thought that Migaloo is no longer with us 😪
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Good news has recently emerged out of Tonga where a new baby all-white humpback calf has been borne this year. A new borne white female calf has been regularly sighted swimming alonside her mother in the calm, clear blue waters of Vava'u, Tonga.
Video footage and photos are now being circulated around the world featuring the little cutie.
We are not sure whether this calf has yet been officially named.
Here is recent footage captured by Insider Divers ...

The white baby whale of Tonga. Group leader Simon Lorenz - Underwater Photography encountered this whale on the last day of his tour to Vava'u Tonga. "It was...

23/08/2024

Short break from the Northerlies and the whales couldn’t wait to come and hang out with our customers 😊

20/08/2024

It was quite a show today, more like spy-hop central. 🥰 Our east coast humpbacks seemed to be watching our guests more than we were watching them as they continued to lift their heads out of water to get a better look at us.
On several occassions today we were mugged. Mugging is a term used when whales deliberately approach boats, moving in very close, around and below the boat and not letting the boat move.
One cheeky humpy went under the boat, between the 2 hulls whilst we were stationery, and blew bubbles. He/she then reared back beside the boat and spy-hopped within arms length of our guests.
It was very hard to leave our playful, and very inquisitive, humpies today ... 🥰🐳😘
If you’d like to join one of our trips, give us a call on 1800858155 📞
📸 Natoli Nature Photography

08/08/2024

Highlights of another successful outing this morning with whales near and far. Most humpback whales are moving south, however we are seeing the occassional few humpies still moving north.
If you’d like to join one of our trips, give us a call on 1800858155 📞

05/08/2024

The seas have finally calmed down and the huge swell of last week has dropped right off. So we are finally back on the ocean with our east coast humpbacks.
We have witnessed several pods of large humpacks moving together. One pod of approx 12 humpies was travelling north alonside us for the best part of 45mins, whilst a second pod of approx 7 were a little more aggressive ramming each other indicating we were witnessing a heat-run.
Our whale watchers also delighted today as 4 adult humpies came in for a very close inspection of our boat 'The Bay Warrior'. These humpies moved around us and beneath us in very clear water so we could see them clearly as they travelled under our boat from one side to the other.
WOW ... what a day it was. Thank you whale Gods ... 🙏🐳😍
If you’d like to join one of our trips, give us a call on 1800858155 📞

28/07/2024

Great ocean conditions today for our whale watching guests. There are more whales starting to travel south now and we still have some humpbacks continuing their migration north to the tropics.
Not a lot of breaching today however we did have many whales coming in quite close to the boat 🥰🐳.
One of todays highlights had to be the sighting of a little baby humpback calf. This cute little calf still had a bent-over dorsal fin which would indicate it is only several days old. At one stage its large adult mother gently nudged her calf across to us, almost as if she was showing off her newborn 😍 but the little guy seemed more interested in practising its newly developed breaching skills 😂🥳 ... what a cutie it was.

24/07/2024

What a day!!!
Weather conditions were forecast to be superb for today ... and they were; we were not disappointed.
Mostly all the humpback whales we saw today were southbound ... and they were active; our guests on both our trips were delighted. 🎉😍
Here are only some of today's highlights 🥰😎🐳.... there were so many to choose from 🤔

23/07/2024

It was an outstanding day again on the seas with the east coast Aussie humpbacks. We are starting to see some whales already venturing south, whilst the majority are swimming north.
Today we were lucky to be mugged as 4 whales swum around and underneath us and spy hopped several times.
If you’d like to join one of our trips, give us a call on 1800858155 📞

21/10/2023

That’s it for 2023! Our whale watching season has come to an end. A huge thank you to all our customers and friends who supported us again this year. We look forward to seeing you all in 2024. Have a great summer!

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Brunswick Heads Boat Harbour, Old Pacific Highway
Brunswick Heads, NSW
2483

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http://www.bluebaywhalewatching.com.au/

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Perfect whale watching conditions on a stunning ocean today with some very curious humpbacks 🐳🥰

Blue Bay Whale Watching Mugging

Inevitably some whale watching trips are going to be better than others ... after all, wildlife is not something we can control. We never know what the humpback whales might do and how they will behave on any given day ... and we definitely don't know what they are thinking???? ... but we would love to know!!! What were they thinking today when they continuously circled the boat for more than 1hr and a half?? We had no choice but to shut down the engines on the Bay Warrior and sit through a breathtaking 'mugging' by 3 extremely curious humpies. What does it mean when whales are mugging? Imagine a whale sidling up to your boat, rolling over and looking you straight in the eye, or being so close that you feel as though you could virtually reach out and touch them - this is known as a 'mugging' - a general term used to describe a friendly or inquisitive whale that approaches a vessel and swims around it. We even managed to slip in a GoPro underwater and capture some of their behaviour below the surface ... infact, listen closely and you might hear the whales communicating. Give us a call on 1800858155, if you'd like to come out and make the most of the opportunities to see similar whale behaviour while there are so many whales out and about! You might even get 'mugged' just like our guests did today.

Our eastcoast humpies have finished their northern migration, but not all the whales are fixed on heading south .... or atleast not in a hurry to do so. Many of the whales we are seeing at the moment are quite casual and taking on some R&R, soaking up the sunshine on a very smooth ocean. Our Blue Bay whale watching guests were treated to a number of remarkable interactions with some very curious humpbacks.

Beautiful footage from yesterday morning by our customer Benjamin from Freiburg in Germany. This is a typical encounter for August and the early Southern migration. Our favourite time of year. Thanks for sharing, Benjamin!

Some "tail action" from yesterday morning's trip by our guest Poppy. Thanks for sharing, Poppy!

And the award for best photo bomb goes to… you MUST watch this one to the end! Taken on our 11am whale watch today 😊🐳 Thanks for the great video, Malin!

More impressions from the long weekend. It's so good to finally see our friendly Humpbacks again! Thanks for the beautiful video @lou_rickard

Unfortunately northerly winds are keeping us off the ocean today. During our encounter with many humpback mums and calves of yesterday, we did have a moment where a confident calf swam across to the boat so we took the opportunity to put a GoPro camera into the water to capture an image of the calf passing by. To our surprise we got a little bit more than an image .... we also got whale song from a nearby humpback male escort. 🐳🥰

Just filmed by Roundy the skipper 5 minutes ago! What a day for it! We still have some spots tomorrow morning at 8am and the forecast looks spectacular. Give us a call or send a message, if you’d like to come out and make the most of this great weather! 😊

Blue Bay Whale Watch 29th July 2022

When one of our yearly regular Blue Bay Whale Watching guests arrived this morning she said "I've come to get mugged!" and that's exactly what she did .... Got mugged, mugged by a whale 😉

Great capture of a double breach from yesterday by Sam Moss! It always pays to keep the camera rolling while you’re out on one of our whale watching trips 😊 Thanks for sharing, Sam!

Great conditions for whale watching today and so many friendly whales out and about. Thanks for coming out and sharing your beautiful video @furrydogmotherbyron We still have a few spots left over the weekend and the forecast looks good. Give us a call on 1800858155, if you’d like to come out!