Sightings & Updates
Amazing day in October
Good evening everyone, what a fantastic day we had....and once again the weatherman was oh so wrong. This morning we had a little wind to deal with, enough that kept us confined to the Islands but that was no problem at all. We spent time with 2 fin whales and 2 minke...
Offshore with 3 humpbacks!
Good evening everyone, well today is October 3rd and it was suppose to be our second North Atlantic right whale trip of the season but again due to the weather forecast we had to cancel. The weather turned out to be beautiful but the other reason we canceled was due...
My day as a passenger on the Quoddy Link
Good afternoon all,I spent September 27th on the boat, both the AM and PM departures, to spend some more time with whales (YES, I work on a whale watching boat and I go out and watch whales on my day off....I'm sure there are some other naturalists out there like me)....
Fin whales in Head Harbour Passage continue to amaze
Hello everyone, well, it is almost the end of September and the activity in Head Harbour Passage shows so sign of slowing down. We continue to have incredible finback sighting with dramatic surface feeding on almost every single trip.I have a bunch of photos to share...
Patience was required today…
Hello everyone, well, like I wrote in the title patience was required today while watching whales, even more so in the afternoon. The whales, both fin whales and humpbacks, in the afternoon were doing some LONG dives, some over 20 minutes. Patience is always required...
Welcome Back Siphon’s 2009 Calf
Hey everyone....well, I had the day off but I just got a visit from Jolinne with some great news....they had the 2009 calf of Siphon on both the morning and the afternoon trip! This is our first sighting of this young girl for the 2010 season but she was seen earlier...
I Love My Job! An amazing afternoon with lunge feeding fin whales
Hello everyone....what an incredible afternoon!! We only had 1 trip today, and we had a small, lucky group of excited passengers as we made our way to Head Harbour Passage (with 20 knots of NW it was a little too breezy to search offshore). The activity was obvious in...
A first for me….lunge feeding fin whale just off the Old Sow
Hey everyone! Well, I woke up this morning to some thick Bay of Fundy fog which we usually do not get much of in September but luckily it burned off in time for our 10 am trip. This morning was a first for me, we spent time just outside of the Old Sow (the largest...
Beautiful September Saturday on the Bay of Fundy
Hello everyone, what a beautiful Saturday in September! Today was calm, clear skies and amazing visibility and filled with some fantastic whale watching. On both our morning and afternoon departures we spent time with some finback whales and a humpback.I took this...
Still whales in the Bay….September and October are great for whale watching
Hello all, just wanted to send out a short message to let you all know we are still seeing whales...some people worry that whale watching isn't great in the fall but September and October are usually great for whale watching in the Bay of Fundy.We have been seeing fin...