Posts Tagged ‘sailing’

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

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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

A perfect evening for a proposal with the sun setting and the breeze soft from the ESE. We wish you a healthy and happy future together.

It was a wonderful evening hoping one you guys won’t forget with our “Will you marry me ” spinnaker. The most unique marriage proposal idea on the Gold Coast with a very person and intimate moment in your lives.

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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

If you are looking to bare boat hire a sailing vessel and would like to refresh your skills or learn from scratch, we have the perfect vessel. Our yacht is a 35 ft Dufour sailing sloop. She is well maintained and a pleasure to sail. ” Eau De Vie ” is in 2C survey for both smooth water (10 passengers) and out side on the ocean (8 passengers) so we can go where ever you wish. When you hire the vessel it is your and yours only for the duration

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

Whales have been increasing in number off the the NSW North coast. Byron Bay is one of the best places to view humpback whales from land. The headland with the light house is the eastern most point of Australia and is a cliff face high above the waters edge.This gives us the closest possible land based platform to view these majestic animals. A recent dive boat heading out to Julian Rock was fortunate to come across humpbacks heading north and they took these photos. For the full story