The Humpback Whale is the fifth largest of all the great whales, reaching a length of 17 meters and weighing in at 45 tonnes when fully mature. The females are larger than the males and their life span can be between 40 and 95 years!
Newborns are approximately 4.3 meters in length and weigh in about 1.5 tonnes.
As we start to sight the beginning of the southern migration through the Moreton Bay area, we are sighting more and more calves and their active mothers as the youngsters prepare themselves by breaching, tail slapping and general frolicking around to build their muscles and senses for their long journey down to their feeding grounds of Antarctica.
Captain Kerry Lopez