Posts Tagged ‘Humpback Highway’

You have found the best whale watching on the Gold Coast here with Getaway Sailing on the Gold Coast. We specialise in private sailing charters with the humpbacks. The maximum number of guests per charter is 8 and we only do private charters, so no mixed group bookings, only your family and friends on board. The cost is $125 per person which is only $25 more than the other big whale watching boats. But here you have your very own skippered private yacht sailing with the humpbacks. I

Close to the end of June 2015 and we have soooooooo many whales traveling north on their annual migration. Humpback whales are cruising past the Gold Coast on their journey to the warmer waters of Queensland for the breeding and birthing grounds of the Great Barrier Reef. Some of these whales will travel as far as Fiji and Tonga for their annual pilgrimage to find a mate. This image was taken in the crystal clear waters of Tonga.

On the Gold Coast we are treated to humpback whales from the end

Gold Coast Qld (June 2015) The Whales Are Here.

The 2015 season has begun, and sightings down south confirm its promise of being the best ever. The humpback highway is going to be busy. This week we have had many sightings, we were in search of Migaloo the white whale on Monday (22/06/15) this week and more than 35 whales were sighted in that day alone.

The best way to see the whales is from your private, silent and comfortable yacht. The whales seem to prefer our boat to the noisier motor

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Getaway Sailing on the Gold Coast was featured whale watching on Seven News. We were fortunate to have a whale watching experience of a life time and captured it on video. The guests on board Eau De Vie and myself will remember this encounter for years to come. I would class it as one of my top 10 experiences with the whales over the five years I have been conducting whale watching tours on the Gold Coast. We are into

We are now into the 3rd week of the Gold Coast whale watching season passing us on their annual migration along the east coast of Australia. Getaway Sailing has had a 100% sighting success rate in the 5 years we have been operating Gold Coast whale watching tours. This season we still have that 100% success. I have conducted 5 whale watching tours to date this season with humpbacks and dolphins on all of these tours.

Gold Coast Whale Watching
Getaway Sailing on the Gold Coast

Some footage from this season

Whale Watching 2014 Season

We are 2 months away from the first of the Humpback whales which will be migrating past the Gold Coast during 2014 season. These animals travel from the cold waters of Antarctica where they have been feeding themselves for the last 5-6 months on the abundant food source in the polar region. They will not eat during their migration to the tropical waters so they need to store energy for the long swim ahead. Humpbacks will travel as far as the equator looking for a mate or

Getaway Sailing with a large Humpback whale during the 2013 Gold Coast whale watching season

This image was kindly sent to us at Getaway Sailing by Sonya Matherson last year. this shot was taken from another vessel the image below is of the same moment in time however it is looking from our perspective.

And this final image is of the same breach just before landing.

Ok one more image of the landing.

Last Sunday we were treated to an amazing event! Whilst sailing home from a whale watching tour we came across a humpback whale calf feeding on Coral spawn. The coral spawn trail was about 7 NM east of the Gold Coast Seaway, around 300 meters across and at least 1NM long.

 Coral Spawn Drifting with the wind 7 NM ENE of the Gold Coast Seaway

The humpback whale calf was born this season along the Queensland coast line and was traveling with it’s mother (known as the cow)

After many seasons of photographing majestic Humpbacks on Gold Coast Whales Watching tours I find myself using very similar settings each trip on my Nikon D700 DSLR. When it comes to which lens to choose it must be at least a 200mm, 300 or 400 mm can help even more as long as the ocean is calm the day you are out there. Maritime law tells us we must stay at least 100 meters away from the whales at all times where possible so this is why we need a

With the Brisbane Whale Watching season for 2013 underway there no better time to spend a day with these massive mammals. Here at Getaway Sailing we offer private whale watching tours for groups of up to 8 passengers. Our day with the whales is aboard our Dufour 35 French built yacht. We set sail from Runaway Bay Marina and spend 5 – 8 hours on the water sailing silently with the whales. There is a hydrophone (Underwater Microphone) onboard so we can listen to the whale song live