Information on Whale-Watching Excursions

Company or Persons: Nantucket Whale Watch

Place: Straight Wharf

Address: Nantucket, MA 02554

Phone #:(508) 283-0313

Information call 1-800-322-0013 in New England

Full-day naturalist-led trips, mid-July through mid-September, Tuesday-Thursday on the M/V Yankee Clipper and M/V Yankee Spirit.

Name of Company or Persons: Whale Watching Cruises

Place:P.O. Box 254 Barnstable Harbor

Address: Barnstable, MA 02630

Phone #:(508) 775-1622 or 362-6088

Information call 1-800-942-0920 in MA only

Naturalist-led day trips aboard the M/V Whales Watcher, food/beverage service.

Name of Company or Persons: Capt. Al Avellar

The Dolphin Fleet

Macmillan Wharf

Place:P.O. Box 162

Address: Eastham, MA 06242

Phone #:(508) 255-3857

Information call 1-800-826-9300

Four-hour trips, nine times daily, spring through autumn to Dtellwagen Bank, naturalists supplied by the Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies.

Name of Company or Persons: Portuguese Princess

Place:P.O. Box 1469

Address: Provincetown, MA 06257

Phone #:(508) 487-2651

Information call 1-800-442-3188 in New England

Three half-day (3.5 hour) trips daily to Stellwagen Bank, mid-April to late October. Naturalist-led trips, hand-on childrens' programs, Portuguese food available on board, Whale watching General Store.

Name of Company or Persons: Cape Code Cruises, Inc.

Place: Fisherman's Wharf

Address: Provincetown, MA 06257

Phone #:(508) 747-2400

Morning and Ofternoon trips, April through October, on M/V Cape Cod Clipper with naturalists from Plumouth Marine Mammal Research Center.

Name of Company or Persons: Provincetown Whale Watch

M/V Ranger V

Address: 29 Standish Street

Provincetown, MA 02657

Phone #:(508) 2487-1582

Three trips daily, spring through mid-November, food and beverages, naturalists provided.

Name of Company or Persons: Capt. Tim Brandy & Sons

M/V Mary Elizabeth

Address: 254 Standwich Street

Plymouth, MA 02360

Phone #:(508) 746-4809 or 746-3920

Leaving daily from the town wharf, April through November, marine biologist on board.

Name of Company or Persons: Capt. John Boats Inc.

Place: Town Wharf

Address: 117 Standish Avenue

Plymouth, MA 02360

Phone #:(508) 746-2643

Morning and ofternoon trips, April through October, on M/V Capt. John and Sons with naturalists from Plymouth Marine Mammal Research Center.

Name of Company or Persons: A.C. Cruise Lines

Address: 28 Northern Avenue

Boston, MA 02210

Phone #:(617) 426-8419

For more information call 1-800-422-8419

Weekends, April through early July, daily until Labor Day. Naturalist-led full-day trips aboard the M/V Cape Ann and the M/V Virginia Sea II to Stellwagen

Name of Company or Persons: New England Aquarium

Place: Cebtral Wharf

Address: Boston, MA 02110

Phone #:(617) 973-5227

For more information call 1-800-422-8419

Day trips, April through October, accompainied by marinw naturalists.

Name of Company or Persons: Cape Anne Whale Whatch

Place: Main Street, Rose's Wharf

Address: P.O. Box 345

Gloucester, Ma 01930

Phone #:(508) 283-5110

For more information call 1-800-399-1990 for (508) and (617) area only

Half-day trips, twince daily, May through October, accompanied by naturalists from the Cetacean Research Unit.

Name of Company or Persons: Captain Fill & Sons Whale Watch

Address: 9 Traverse Street

Gloucester, MA 01930

Phone #:(508) 281-6995

Two half-day trips daily, May through October, and extra evening trips on Saturday and Sunday and Sunday in July through August. Naturalists from the Cetacean Research Unit.

Name of Company or Persons: Gloucester Whalewatch

(The Yankee Fleet)

Address: 75 Essex Avenue, Rt. 133

Gloucester, MA 01930

Phone #: 1-800-WHALING

Name of Company or Persons: Seven Seas Whale Watch

Address: Seven Seas Wharf, Rt. 127

Gloucester, MA 01930

Phone #: (508) 283-1776

1-800-331-6228 in New England

Naturalist-led trips on the M/V Privateer and the M/V Privateer II daily, mid-May through the first week of October. Reservations suggested.

Name of Company or Persons: Newburyport whale Watch

Address: 54 Merrimac Street

Newburyport, MA 01950

Phone #: (508) 465-9885

1-800-848-1111

Naturalist-led trips to Stellwagen Bank or Jeffreys Ledge on the M/V Catain Red, daily, May through September.

Name of Company or Persons: New England Whale Watch

Address: Box 825

Hampton, NH 03842

Phone #: (508) 465-7165

Day trips from Newburyport, Massachusetts, April through October, accompanied by naturalist Scott Mercer.

Name of Company or Persons: Gauron Fisheries, Inc.

Address: 1 Ocean Boulevard

Hampton Beach, NH 03842

Phone #: (603) 926-2469

Charters on the M/V Northern Star and school groups on the M/V Starfish, M/V White Star, and Thumber. Trips run May through September from tne state pier.

Name of Company or Persons: N.H. Seacoast Cruises

Address: P.O. Box 232

Rye, NH 03870

Phone #: (603) 964-5545 or 382-6743

Six-hour, naturalist-led whale-watch expeditions on the M/V Granite State, May through October.

Name of Company or Persons: Isies of Shoals Steamship

Barker Wharf

Address: 315 Market Street

P.O. Box 311

Partsmoutn, NH 03801

Phone #: 1-800-441-4620 or (603) 431-5500

weekends mid-April to mid-June, daily through Labor Day, weekends after Labor Day to mid-October.

Name of Company or Persons: Cape Arundel Cruises

Address: P.O. Box 2777

Kennebunkport, ME 04046

Phone #: (207) 967-0707

Whale-watch trips daily, June through September, weekends May and October. Five- to six-hour, naturalist-led trips on board the M/V Nautilus.

Name of Company or Persons: Indian Whale Watch

Address: P.O. Box 2672

Kennebunkport, ME 04046

Phone #: (207) 967-5912

Daily whale-watching trips, June through October, on the M/V Indian.

Name of Company or Persons: Ugly Anne

Address: P.O. Box 863, 9 King's Fleet

Ongunquit, ME 04104

Phone #: (207) 646-3270

Two trips daily, May through October, on the M/V Ugly Anne.

Name of Company or Persons: The Olde Port Mariner Fleet

Address: P.O. Box 1084

Long Wharf

Portland, ME 04104

Phone #: (207) 642-3270 or 775-0727

Day trips and sunset cruises aboard the M/V Odussey to view whales, seals, and seabirds.

Name of Company or Persons: M/V Scotia Prince

Prince of Fundy Cruises

International Terminal

Portland, ME 04101

Phone #: (207) 775-5616 (Potland)

(902) 742-6460 (Yarmouth)

USA 1-800-341-7540

Service between Portland and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Trip lasts about 11 hours, with up to 8 hour of daylight on the Yarmouth-Portland leg.

Name of Company or Persons: The Argo

Pier Six

Address: Boothbay Harbor, ME 04538

Phone #: (207) 633-4925 or 633-5090

Whale watching aboard the M/V Argo III, hour-and-a-half-land trips to seal rock, special whale- and puffin-watching cruises in season.

Name of Company or Persons: Captian bob Campell

Address: P.O. Box 102

62 Commercial Street

Boothbay Harbor, ME 04538

Phone #: (207) 633-2284

The M/V Balmy Days depats daily, lat May to early October, for Monhegan Island. Whales, seals, and dolphins may be spotted.

Name of Company and/or Persons: Captain Sam Blanechard

Northeast Whale Watch

Address: P.O. Box 153

Seal Harbor, ME 04675

Phone #: (207) 276-5803

Full-day cruises from Northeast Habor, Mt. Desert Island, to observe whales, seals, and seabirds, June through September.

Name of Company and/or Persons: Acadiand Whale Watch Co.

Address: 52 West Street

Bar Harbor, ME 04609

Phone #: (207) 288-9776

Whale-watching trips leave Bar Habor twice per day, June through October 15, on M/V Acadian Whalewatcher

Name of Company and/or Persons: Frenchman Bay Co.

Address: Habor Place 1 West Street

Bar Harbor, ME 04609

Phone #: (207) 288-3322

whale watching aboard the M/V Friendship III. Two trips daily from Bar Harbor, June through October 15.

Name of Company or Persons: Butch Huntley

M/V Seafarer

Address: 9 high Street

Lubec, ME 04652

Phone #: (207) 733-5584

Full-day and charters from Lubec to Passamaquoddy Bay and lower Bay of Fundy, July through October.

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