WELCOME
We are a well established, family owned and operated whale watching company in Gloucester, Massachusetts, now in our 50th season of Cape Ann boating excursions.
Join Us For An Experience You Will Never Forget!
Sail our popular three to four hour tour to view the world’s largest mammals surfacing, feeding, and breaching in the important feeding areas of Stellwagen Bank and Jeffreys Ledge. In season, these waters, a National Marine Sanctuary, provide some of the BEST WHALE WATCHING opportunities in the world. Our unique and awe-inspiring whale watching tours offer many great photo opportunities!
Don’t miss the Whale Center of New England’s free exhibit, where you can get up close and personal to an actual humpback whale skeleton. To find out more about this exhibit and other attractions at our unique location on Historic Harbor Loop ... click here, and you will be directed to our interactive map.
A Note from
The Whale Center of New England’s Director
We have chosen to work with Capt. Bill and Sons Whale Watch because we feel that they balance the interests of the whale and their customers in a way no other whale watch can match. We hope you will join us at Capt. Bill and Sons and get more involved!
Mason Weinrich,
Executive Director
When we set sail, you actually become a part of the research team. Our naturalists, from The Whale Center of New England, give careful instructions in the "spotting techniques" for particular species. You will also learn about whale behavior, biology, and social structure from the naturalists. As a result, you will be able to share your knowledge to help save the habitat of these intelligent, amazing creatures and marvel at their enormous size and awesome power.
Reservations are recommended and group rates are available.
There are no other whale watching tours on the Massachusetts coast quite like ours!
Northeast of Boston: Whale Watching Tours
Naturalists on board the Miss Cape Ann make the difference. Our whale watching tours in MA take place on a custom designed whale watching boat that provides optimal whale watching, cruises departing twice daily, and more frequently on peak days, and all of the amenities you would expect from a Massachusetts whale watching excursion. But Capt. Bill and Sons goes further. Located northeast of Boston Harbor, cruises are complete with the outstanding educational resources provided by researchers from The Whale Center of New England. That means every whale watching cruise with us, already inspiring and rich with the marine life sightings in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary or Jeffreys Ledge, is a rare opportunity to learn to latest news and more about whales.
Take a moment to see the Image Gallery, where you'll get a better idea of what to expect from whale watching in New England. Browse the Boat Crew page, featuring the 100-foot vessel and the dedicated crew who host every whale watch. Atlantic Ocean marine life found in the rich feeding grounds, just three miles from where the Miss Cape Ann docks, is detailed in Talk Whales. You can use this page as a jumping-off place as you begin exploring the world of whales.
Of course, nothing brings home the majesty of these marine mammals like viewing them in person, experiencing the sounds and sights here northeast of Boston. Whale watching tours with Capt. Bill and Sons are the real thing. Contact us today and make your reservations.
