Sightings & Updates
Fog, a finback and minkes – July 17-19, 2016
We have been spending time with the same large finback on the flood tide but right now he is a little hard to locate on the ebb. There have been many minke whales sighted around and the number of harbour porpoise seems to be increasing. Here are some images from the...
Side by Side minke whales – July 15/16
SIGHTINGS UPDATE for July 15, 2015 10am: We had some fog to deal with so we took Western Passage out into the Bay, the visibility improved but it wasn't until the very end of the trip, well into the ebb tide that a fin whale showed up off Head Harbour. We also saw...
Fin whale off South Wolf – July 11/16
Hello everyone, Danielle with Quoddy Link Marine back from a gorgeous day on the bay of Fundy! We have been seeing minke whales and the same large fin whale on most departures. This morning we only got a brief look a minke and we did not consider it a "sighting" so...
First few weeks of the 2016 season
Hello everyone, Danielle with Quoddy Link Marine here back for my 15th season (the 22nd season for Quoddy!!). I am a little late to get these updates started (SORRY!!) but they will be here on a regular basis now, a few times a week but there are always daily updates...
Our 2016 season is fast approaching
Waiting for the tide and getting ready for our 22nd season!! We hope you join us aboard the Quoddy Link, we would love to show you the beauty of the Bay of Fundy and the West Isles.
The last trip of 2015 – October 24, 2015
Our last trip of 2015 was a success! We headed out in the afternoon with a large group of passengers dressed warm and ready for the Bay. Our Scout Boat headed out earlier to help search as we knew it was late in the season and wanted to take advantage of as much of...
UPDATE on North Atlantic right whale sightings on October 7, 2015
I wanted to share an update on our very special sighting of 2 endangered North Atlantic right whales on October 7, 2015 in the Grand Manan Channel. With the help from members of the New England Aquarium right whale research team we were able to get BOTH whales...
Another FINtastic mid-October afternoon – October 15, 2015
WOW...another FINtastic day whale watching out of St. Andrews with 2 large finbacks feeding and working their way along the contour lines off Bliss Island. We got some amazing looks at the whales and just caught the end of the feeding as the tide began to slack off....
Finners on the flood tide – October 14, 2015
With a morning trip on the flood tide we were hopeful we would possibly be able to find some finbacks off Bliss Island.....and we did as well as lots of feed in the water! The two whales were working their way back and forth along the contour lines feeding on what...
North Atlantic right whale UPDATE
UPDATE: One of the right whales, the whale with all of the scars, has been IDed as Eg4057, a male born in 2010 to Eg3157, who is a female born in 2001 to Eg1157, Moon. Eg 4057 has never been sighted in the Bay of Fundy before to my knowledge but was sighted on August...
