Sightings & Updates
Emotional day back on the water – Friday September 25, 2020
I am sorry for the lack of posts over the past week. On Saturday September 19 we suddenly lost our owner and captain, John Eldridge. The entire Quoddy Link family extends their thanks to everyone for their condolences and kind words of support. To read more about...
Friday September 18, 2020
SIGHTINGS UPDATE Friday September 18, 2020 10am: We started with seals and then picked up Chevron, a humpback, feeding inside the Islands. "She" showed her tail multiple time as "she" took her deeper dives. We headed towards the Old Sow, the largest tidal whirlpool...
Tuesday September 15, 2020
SIGHTINGS UPDATE Tuesday September 15, 2020 2pm: This afternoon we had flat calm waters and little wind. We started with seals on Black Ledge then found a "sleepy" Chevron (humpback whale) with a couple minkes swimming off in the distance. We followed along with...
Monday September 14, 2020
SIGHTINGS UPDATE Monday September 14, 2020 2pm: This afternoon’s trip started out with looks of harbour and gray seals around Black Ledge. From there, we headed to Nancy Head and picked up a minke and a humpback whale. We got looks at the minke whale and some great...
Sunday September 13, 2020
SIGHTINGS UPDATE Sunday September 13, 2020 10am: This morning we took Western Passage over to Head Harbour. We quickly picked up a minke whale and harbour porpoise. Then we spent some time with a very "sleepy" humpback. The humpback fluked up once and we were able...
Saturday September 12, 2020
SIGHTINGS UPDATE Saturday September 12, 2020 10am: This morning we quickly picked up Chevron, a humpback whale. Chevron seemed very relaxed and only fluked up a couple of times. We also spent time with 2 minke whales, harbour porpoise, and seals. There were large...
Friday September 11, 2020
SIGHTINGS UPDATE Friday September 11, 2020 2pm: Our afternoon trip started out towards the Wolves Bank where we picked up a fin whale! After getting some good looks and the second largest species of whale in the world we headed towards Head Harbour Passage. In the...
Thursday September 10, 2020
SIGHTINGS UPDATE Thursday September 10, 2020 10am: Trip cancelled due to weather 2pm: This afternoon we headed out, stopping with harbour and grey seals at Black Ledge. We quickly picked up 2 minke whales and got great looks at both. The fish were jumping at the...
Wednesday September 9, 2020
SIGHTINGS UPDATE Wednesday September 9, 2020 10am: Cancelled due to weather/fog 2pm: This afternoon we headed out expecting some fog but the fog had rolled back and we had pretty great visibility. We stopped with seals on Black Ledge then headed out offshore. We got...
Tuesday September 8, 2020
SIGHTINGS UPDATE Tuesday September 8, 2020 10am: This morning was foggy but we spent most of our trip offshore with Chevron, a humpback, who was quite active and breached for over 30 minutes. Humpbacks breach, and they do breach a lot but it's so special to see...
