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Mid whale watching season 2014 Getaway Sailing and the New Zealand Herald spent some time together with the Humpback whales on the ocean in front of Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast. Anne Gibson was our guest and the Humpbacks did not disappoint. We were treated to a spectacular show of breaching, pectoral slapping with a mother and calf. The following story is written by Anne of her time spent on “Eau De Vie” with the whales.

In the fourth story in a series on Queensland, Anne Gibson keeps her eyes

Click this image to view the Seven News story

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

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)

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

Whales have been spotted off the Gold Coast to start the 2013 Humpback migration. Locals and visitors have been sighting whales from their highrise apartments for the last 10 days. The frequency of whale sightings is increasing daily as the pods of humpbacks start to cruise past our beaches for the 2013 Gold Coast Whale Watching Season. We are in a fortunate geological position where these majestic creatures pass our door for the next 6 months either heading north at the start of the season or heading south from around

Gold Coast Whale Watching Season

better than ever this year!!

No 3 NM limit any more

The Queensland state government has changed the whale watching regulations which banned commercial whale watching tour operators from stopping and viewing whales within 3 nm of the main land. The first 3 NM of ocean along our coastline is the Queensland state Government’s domain. The federal government looks after the ocean from 3 – 200nm. The new legislation allows commercial operators to stop and watch these massive mammals whilst en route to the

Arriving in the next two weeks to Getaway Sailing on the Gold Coast is a Hydrophone kit to submerge under the water and listen to the whales sing while we watch their playful acts. These under water microphones give clean clear sounds of the animals under the sea. On the Gold Coast Whale Watching is happening as we speak with pods passing by daily. Many thousands of whales migrate to the warmer waters of Queensland to give birth and court each other. The hydrophone will be connected to