pbketron
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We will be in Maine, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and PEI from the second week in August until ??--sometime in September. We want to go on a whale watching tour. Where and when would be the best time? Thanks for your hep.
Barbara
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WilleyB
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Just about any large or fishing seaport, don't worry, you'll see large information signs and directions where ever whale watching cruises are offered, it's a big buisness.
Google Nova Scotia Whale watching
Google New Brunswick Whale watching
Main whale watching
I think you'll understand what I meant. Pick a nice clear day these are business people and they know they may as well pack it in if they don't treat their customers decently.
Check out the Tourism web sites for each of the States and Provnces you wish to visit. Have a great time enjoy your visits
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Popsie
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FYI: Is whale watching bad for the whales?
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traccan555
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Interesting article Popsie; I don't think I would ever have guessed that it could have such an impact. I wonder if the question could be extended to other prominent wildlife viewing tours as in Yellowstone and the Black Hills, etc. Perhaps not-- you can't get as close to buffalo or grizzlies as you can to whales-- at least not if you want to come away unscathed!
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traccan555
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Barbara
If you are still planning to go on a tour, in that area, I have taken a couple in Nova Scotia in the summer (late August, I believe it was). The most successful area for viewing was the entrance to the bay of Fundy, served by tours out of the Deer Island area of New Brunswick, or Brier Island in Nova Scotia. As WillyB says, just google those areas with 'whale watching tours' and several should come up. I've seen a few of them offer sighting guarantees at certain times of the year, so I suspect that those ones would be the best, since they seem pretty sure of themselves. (The other one we took was from Peggy's Cove, NS- we did see a few smaller whales from a distance, but the ocean was choppier, and the tour wasn't as scenic overall).
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robanddi
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We have great success seeing whales (on boat tours) south of Digby, Nova Scotia. My favorite was in '07 when we did a zodiac and were surrounded by 3 giant humpbacks. It was thrilling.
Diann
Tours were from Brier Island ... some family run boat and the zodiac may have been out of the first island - Long Island.
Robert & Diann
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jambo101
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We will be doing a whale watching tour on Aug 9 out of Tadoussac Quebec,
Hoping to see the largest animal to have ever lived on the Earth, the Blue whale, some facts =
* Blue whales can grow up to 100 feet (~30 m). Lengthwise that's the equivalent of two city buses and longer than an NBA basketball court.
* They can weigh up to 200 tons. That's about 8 DC-9 aircrafts or 15 school buses.
* In fact, their tongue alone weigh as much as an elephant. About 100 people can fit in a blue whale's mouth.
* A blue whale heart is the size of a Mini Cooper and can weigh close to 2,000 pounds (~907 kg). Its heartbeat can be detected from two miles away and a human can easily crawl through its major arteries.
* Blue whales can produce sounds louder than a jet engine (188 dB vs. jet engine's 140 dB) and can communicate with other whales up to 1,000 miles away.
* A single adult eats about 4 tons of krill (tiny shrimplike animals) a day.
* The spray from a blue whale's blowhole is almost as tall as a three-story building (30 feet or 9 m). A toddler can fit into its blowhole.
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archer379
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we will be out east PEI and cape breton over the next 2 weeks and will be going whale watching just wondering do we need to take binoclars with us or are they needed
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Popsie
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Whale news
"Whale expert Margi Stenson told 10News being hit by a boat is a common cause of death for whales but usually happens when the whales are hit by a boat longer than 90 feet."
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DanaMc
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A little late to the discussion, but would offer the Whale Watching Tour out of Bar Harbor is fantastic. There is a college of oceanography in BH and therefore every trip out is a working research excursion with students documenting all sightings. The tour guide was amazing. It was a seminar on the water! We saw several whales. And everyone has plenty of time to view, photograph and just be jaw dropingly in awe of the massive but gentle giants. We lucked out and drifted for maybe 1 1/2 hrs with a mama and her yearling calf. The calf was a total "ham" showing off every move it could think of. Mama slowly circled the boat and calf from about 30-40 yards. You will never forget it. If you have the chance, go! Seeing is believing.
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