Todays whale watch was a successful one indeed! The miss Cape Ann traveled down to the northwest corner of Stellwagen bank and had a 4 species day! We spotted a pod of 15-20 harbor porpoises, 3 or 4 fin whales, a few minke whales, and 2 humpbacks. One of the humpbacks was identified as Jabiru.
Some of the [...]

What a weekend for amazing & active whales!
8/17/12- PERFECT whale watching day! On this bright and calm summer day, combined both trips saw 13-16 humpback whales.  Humpbacks identified were Cantilever, Ember, Rapier, Columbia, Draco, Doric, Sirius, Sloop & Calf, Fulcrum, Nile, Pixar, Longboard, and Scylla & Calf. As for activity, the morning trip [...]

If you missed the whale watch on 8/5/12, you may have missed one of the best whale watches of the season! The trip took us out to Stellwagen Bank and did get a little rough towards the afternoon. However, we were lucky enough to see 2 fin whales, white sided dolphins, and tons of humpbacks! [...]

Have you ever seen a whale breach? If you have, consider yourself very lucky.  It is a behavior only seen on about 10 % of our trips. Breaching is the term used for when a whale springs completely out of the water.
These photos were taken by Doreen on our July 29th trip.

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One of the best words to describe this weekend, HOT! And another two words to describe it, CLOSE WHALES.
Friday 6/22 was one of the hottest days of the year so far, what better pace to be than on a boat? On our 10:30 trip we saw bubble feeding by a Humpback named Orbit, Scylla [...]

Yet another great weekend for whale watching at Capt. Bill’s Whale Watch.  We spent most of our Memorial weekend at the Southwest corner of Stellwagen Bank, pretty close to Provincetown, surrounded by active and HUNGRY humpback whales!

Saturday’s trips saw sightings of 15-20 Humpbacks, 2 Fin whales and 4-5 scattered Minke whales. Both trips [...]

Harbor seals seem to be year round residents of Gloucester harbor. Adults can grow up to 6 feet and weight up to 300 lbs! If you ever sit along the beaches/surroundings of the inner harbor or in coves all around Cape Ann,  you are most likely to catch a glimpse of one of these precious [...]

For the past month and a half we have been traveling down to the southern tip of Stellwagen for great sightings, large feeding groups, and exciting activity. The whales have spoiled our customers rotten! It now seems the past few days the whales have  separated and moved a little further down South. Still great sightings [...]

Whales are still a little further away (which makes for a 4-5 hour trip), but what unbelievable sightings lately!! Yesterdays morning trip saw kick feeding, breaching, tail breaching, flipper slapping and a close to boat visit from Venom’s calf!  The afternoon trip was lucky enough to see just about every breach you can imagine- head [...]

If you had the chance to whale watch with us this weekend, you are witness to some unbelievable whale watching!  Sundays trips had 30+ humpbacks… including Pogo, Tracer, Putter, Strike, Thumper, Abrasion, Peninsula, Dracula, Infinity, Ampersand, Etch-a-sketch, Epee, Exclaim, Colt, Salt, Centipede, Jabiru, Milkweed, Cajun, Tear, Lariat, Rocker, Bounce, Greenbean, Tunguska, Swallowtail, Reflection, Persied, Coral, [...]