SIGHTINGS UPDATE
Wednesday September 1, 2021
10am: This morning we started with seals and headed off towards Bliss where there was a report of finbacks. When we got there we found a single fin whale, the calf we saw the day before but we never saw the mother. We got a few looks but the young whale was making some bog moves so we left the area and headed over towards Head Harbour Passage where we found minkes, so many porpoise and feeding seabirds. We checked out Head Harbour Light then headed back to St. Andrews.
1:30pm: This afternoon we headed out and took a run around towards Blacks and around Whitehorse but didn’t have any luck finding any large whales so we headed in towards Head Harbour Passage where we found minkes. It took a little patience but we got some great looks. We also had feeding porpoise and took some time to see Head Harbour Light and the seals at Black Rock before heading back to the harbour.
5pm: This evening we headed right into Head Harbout Passage on the flood tide and had some amazing sights with groups of feeding seabirds including diving gannets, many minkes and so many porpoise. It was beautiful in the passage. We started to head home and got word of a fin whale sighting so we went to check it out but didn’t have any luck before it was time to head back to St. Andrews, but we tried. It was a lovely evening on the water.
Thank You to everyone who joined us,
minke – image by DDion
harbour porpoise – image by DDion
harbour porpoise – image by DDion
great shearwater – image by DDion
minke on our evening trip – image by DDion
Cheers, Danielle
Quoddy Link Marine
Whale Watching
St. Andrews
New Brunswick
Bay of Fundy
Quoddy Link Marine
Whale Watching
St. Andrews
New Brunswick
Bay of Fundy
This was by far the best whale watching adventure we had!
Staff was very friendly and knowledgeable!
Will definitely be booking again in the future!
Thank You so much Deann! We are so happy to hear you had a great time. And thank you for taking the time to leave a comment. If you book again please make sure to mention you are a return passenger!
Cheers,
Danielle
Do you anticipate the arrival of the larger humpbacks etc anytime soon? are they being seen off briar island yet? we had great viewing on labor day a few yrs ago. like to repeat.
Hi Bill and Sandra,
Humpbacks are seen in much greater numbers typically off Brier Island on the other side of the Bay of Fundy. They will start watching whales as early as late May. Every season is different, for all of us in Fundy; Brier Island, Grand Manan and us out of St. Andrews. This season the larger whales have been very inconsistent in our part of the Bay. 2017-2019 were incredible years for humpbacks in our part of Fundy. I document humpbacks in our part and the number we see varies quite a bit from year to year. Over the past 20 years we have had one year with 0 humpbacks and we had 65 individuals in 2018, every year is different. I will always keep our sightings up to date and honest here. Thanks for checking in,
Cheers,
Danielle