Have you seen whales from the cruise ship?

[tampagirl2]

We cruised Alaska last summer and had a few whale sightings. One was very close to the ship as we left Glacier Bay.

 

Has anyone seen any whales on a Canada/New England cruise? If so where?
 

We Cruise late May/early June. NYC-sea-Halifax-Saint John-Bar Harbor-Portland-Newport-NYC

[princeton123211]

14 hours ago, tampagirl2 said:

Has anyone seen any whales on a Canada/New England cruise? If so where?

I've seen a few by the pool and a few at the buffet, but not many out at sea. 

 

In seriousness though-- you'll be right in the middle of the season. Typically there are a bunch that hang outside of Boston harbor. They are not as prevalent as they are on Maui, where you see several breachings every few minutes, but there is a reasonable chance you might see one. 

[tampagirl2]

9 hours ago, princeton123211 said:

I've seen a few by the pool and a few at the buffet, but not many out at sea. 

 

In seriousness though-- you'll be right in the middle of the season. Typically there are a bunch that hang outside of Boston harbor. They are not as prevalent as they are on Maui, where you see several breachings every few minutes, but there is a reasonable chance you might see one. 

Funny about the pool!

 

My 7 year old son was just thrilled to see a whale off the ship last year. We will keep a look out! Thank you!

[BklynBoy8]

On 1/14/2020 at 8:44 PM, tampagirl2 said:

We cruised Alaska last summer and had a few whale sightings. One was very close to the ship as we left Glacier Bay.

Has anyone seen any whales on a Canada/New England cruise? If so where?
We Cruise late May/early June. NYC-sea-Halifax-Saint John-Bar Harbor-Portland-Newport-NYC

Dear Tampgirl2,

Funny you bring this subject up.

 

On our last several trips during the Independence Day 4th of July sailing we did see whale present off the side of the ship.

 

On our way up to Halifax at the beginning of the sailing normally we experienced on our trip heavy fog which made the ship travel show.

 

But the last several times up to the year before last we experienced whales off the side of the ship. To the point that the area was so heavily present,  that from 830AM to about 2PM the ship sailed at quite a reduce speed with caution. That's how much whales were present. Many just sat on the Deck 7 Promenade Deck chairs to watch the sea world show. Yes, and whales did jump out of the water and blow water into the sky.

 

Captain Wells, our captain on the sailing, announced the event several times just to inform why the Queen Mary 2 was not sailed at normal daytime speed. This attracted people to the railings. 

[tampagirl2]

9 hours ago, BklynBoy8 said:

Dear Tampgirl2,

Funny you bring this subject up.

 

On our last several trips during the Independence Day 4th of July sailing we did see whale present off the side of the ship.

 

On our way up to Halifax at the beginning of the sailing normally we experienced on our trip heavy fog which made the ship travel show.

 

But the last several times up to the year before last we experienced whales off the side of the ship. To the point that the area was so heavily present,  that from 830AM to about 2PM the ship sailed at quite a reduce speed with caution. That's how much whales were present. Many just sat on the Deck 7 Promenade Deck chairs to watch the sea world show. Yes, and whales did jump out of the water and blow water into the sky.

 

Captain Wells, our captain on the sailing, announced the event several times just to inform why the Queen Mary 2 was not sailed at normal daytime speed. This attracted people to the railings. 

Awesome! Thank you!

[BklynBoy8]

8 hours ago, tampagirl2 said:

Awesome! Thank you!

Dear tampagirl2,

Forgot to mention in previous posting, we viewed the whales heading down from Boston and along Cape Cod coast.

 

 

[tampagirl2]

5 hours ago, BklynBoy8 said:

Dear tampagirl2,

Forgot to mention in previous posting, we viewed the whales heading down from Boston and along Cape Cod coast.

 

 

Thanks!

[MEcruzr]

The whales migrate north in the spring and south in the fall. So there's a good chance of seeing whales from May to October. A clear day with calm seas is your best time to watch for them. Look for the blows. 

[tampagirl2]

14 hours ago, MEcruzr said:

The whales migrate north in the spring and south in the fall. So there's a good chance of seeing whales from May to October. A clear day with calm seas is your best time to watch for them. Look for the blows. 

Thank you!

[blueshine]

I walked the track one morning around 6am in early June and two pilot whales were swimming along side of us for quite a while. It was the only cruise we have seen whales except in Alaska.