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Sunlover Reef Cruise Gives Passengers a Whale of an Experience

Passengers aboard the Tropic Sunbird, operated by Sunlover Reef Cruises were treated to the whale encounter of a lifetime on Tuesday when a very large female humpback whale and her newborn calf treated them to an amazing acrobatic display only 5 metres from the vessel.

The vessel which operates out at their pontoon on Moore Reef regularly encounter Humpback whales on their journey out to the reef during the Whale migration season.

This encounter was one of the best encounters ever experienced by Sunlover Reef Cruises as the mother and calf approached the vessel from a distance as the vessel stopped to observe the whales from a distance.

"The whales deliberately changed their course and tracked directly towards the Tropic Sunbird.

When they reached our boat the young calf put on a very close and deliberate jumping show just a few metres from the boat. it was just absolutely amazing, and overwhelming. The emotion I felt when the cute little calf danced around for us just blew me away. I couldn't contain the joy the calf gave me knowing it was showing off for us," said Gemma Bedlington, a dive Instructor from Sunlover, who witnessed the encounter.