Whalesong Whale Watching
Whalesong Whale Watching Hervey Bay
Whalesong is a 15m-luxury aluminium catamaran specially designed for whale watching with large walk around decks and 360 views. She is fast and stable so you spend more time with the whales.
The interior is fully carpeted with luxury upholstery and furniture. We have a liquor license and a full bar service is available with snack bar and souvenirs.
Your host is an expert who will give a full commentary including video of whales and a hydrophone to hear the whales sing. We offer a full educational experience.
Our kid's corner has T.V. and video, which will entertain and educate.
We offer free morning and afternoon tea with a variety of goodies to ensure your cruise is the best in Hervey Bay. Courtesy bus pick up is also available from accommodation houses in Hervey Bay.
ABOUT THE WHALES:
From late JULY through to early NOVEMBER Hervey Bay is "A-BUZZ" with people venturing out to see the mighty HUMPBACK whales. The whales purposely venture into the bay to rest and relax before again heading south on their return voyage to their winter feeding grounds in Antarctica.
Fraser Island not only provides a lovely backdrop, but for whale-watchers and whales alike, a welcome break from the ocean swells encountered elsewhere on Australia's East Coast. AUGUST - SEPTEMBER sees the "sub-adults" (young whales) at play.
If you really want to see these wonderful animals up close, come at this time, as it is rare not to get a close encounter with these whales. At times we are "shut down" for hours while these youngsters check us out. We often wonder at this time of the year as to just who is watching whom?
Just three and a half hours driving from Brisbane is the city of Hervey Bay, gateway to Fraser Island and now famous as the Whale Watch Capital of the World. A trip amongst the Humpback whales (Megaptera Novaeangliae) is indeed an experience of a lifetime. Imagine the fifth largest of the families of whales on this planet , 15 metres long , 45 tonnes in weight ( an equivalent of 11 elephants or 600 persons) with pectoral fins of 10 metres , leaping almost clear of the water in an awesome display of power.
whaleThey may approach a vessel with incredible gentleness, just to check us humans out, sometimes staying up to an hour.
Whale watching in Hervey Bay is unique.
The waters are protected by Fraser Island, the largest sand Island in the world and with clear sunny days with an average temperature of 22 degrees ensure an entertaining yet educational day, as all vessels offer commentary from experienced crews.
Humpback whales migrate between their feeding grounds of Antarctica and the Great Barrier Reef, where they mate and breed. On their return journey they enter Hervey Bay and spend between 3 and 5 days resting or feeding their new born calves, safe from pack-shark attack and Killer Whales, before commencing the 5000 km trek down south.
They will tell you that Humpback whales do not feed whilst on migration (5 months) , but when they do they consume up to 1,500 kg of krill each day , that they can sing without vocal cords and a recording of their song is on board Voyager II, now on a billion year journey to outer space.
The reason for this migration is simple: while their food supply (krill) is in Antarctica, Humpback whales must give birth in warm waters, as the calves are born without blubber, the layer of fat that protects them from the icy waters.
When feeding, a female whale can produce up to 600 litres of milk a day and the calf gains weight at a rate of 45 to 60 kg per day.
But the marine park of Hervey Bay offers more. Together with the Humpbacks arrive hundreds of Bottlenose dolphins, busily leaping in all directions or riding on the bow wave of charter vessels. There are large turtles dugongs and even an occasional Minke whale.
An experience like this will force you to come back each year like the Humpback whales in Hervey Bay.