Whale Watch Information?

[omly]

Does anyone know of any place other than the New England Aquarium Whale Watches? I was thinking of organizing a trip out with my research group and associated others, but I wanted to find a couple different places. Most of my searches for a whale watch in the Boston area are just coming up with this one. Also thoughts from people who had used whale watches in the area would be appreciated. I have only gone on the south shore and am not sure if there are more options in the city.

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[oakleaf-mirror.livejournal.com]

It's not a Boston based option, but the only whale watch I've been on was out of Portsmouth, NH, on an Isle of Shoals Steamship Company boat.

[omly.livejournal.com]

About how far north is that?

[oakleaf-mirror.livejournal.com]

From Boston, it's about an hour of driving time, assuming you don't hit a big traffic snarl at the Hampton toll booths.

That said, I just checked Isle of Shoals web page, and didn't see any mention of whale watches. I did find this page listing whale watch places on the coast, but have first-hand experience with any of them.

[ash130.livejournal.com]

Some happen in providencetown in mass, this is their website http://www.whalewatch.com/dolphinfleet/, and I think there are some that happen out of plymouth as well.

[omly.livejournal.com]

I know of those, since I was originally local to that area, but was hoping to not have to drive out that far with a bunch of lab mates, considering few of us have cars. Thanks for the thought though.

[ash130.livejournal.com]

Oh I thought you were just trying to get away from the Boston area because he NEA one is the only one I know about. Unless you go north, I'm sure Glouster or Salem have them.

[omly.livejournal.com]

Hmmm weird that they have no local competition. Thanks for the input :)

[infinitedomain.livejournal.com]

You should go to Florida one day and see the Manatees

[omly.livejournal.com]

lol That would be cool (my sister has). Unfortunately it is probably not a doable trip with all my lab mates though.

[sarah-barah.livejournal.com]

This may be useless information, but my dad used to be a captain for Baystate Cruise Company that was run out of Boston. They did whale watches, trips to George's Island and P-town among other things. However, they downsized drasticly quite a while ago and may not still do the whale watches. I just tried looking them up and I don't see anything about whale watches on the site...:-\ sorry.

[omly.livejournal.com]

It seems like there is little to no competition in the Boston area which is weird. And when did your dad do that? Was it related to what he does now, because I thought his department was a government funding-type.

[sarah-barah.livejournal.com]

That is weird, I feel like there used to be more. He worked two jobs for most of my life, one for the state (environmental police officer) and the other for a long long time was for Baystate (where he met my mom, actually). They let a loooot of employees go when they downsized and sold off several of the boats when the company changed hands, which was probably when I was in middle school. Since then he continued to work for the state and then took up another side job captaining for Harbor Express.

Whale Watching (and hi new LJ friend)

[make-you-laugh.livejournal.com]

Hi Emily, It's Johnny, we met at Diesel one week, the tall blond guy. See www.bostonharborcruises.com which is the best around. Note that it's not great for people who get seasick. I went once with my HS class and about half the kids lost it and we saw no whales. But that was in May, it was choppy, and a crazy time of year to go whale watching. So encouraged by you and others I am finally trying out LJ! Would you check out my page and give me any feedback? I am hoping to spread the word on New England activities and events, so if you like what I see, let others know. -Johnny