Whale watching

[Hersetta427]

I have promised DS a trip or holiday that will include whale watching. Any recommendations for placard where whales migrate where you are guaranteed to see them and at what time of year?

Iceland! April-September(ish) if I remember right. Don't think you're ever guaranteed to see them but you have a very fair shot.

Nowhere will give a guarantee, the whales haven't got a contract! Hope you are lucky.

Well, we went to Monterey in July after watching the BBC Big Blue documentary and the whale watching trip was disappointing - we saw a couple. That said, we saw several from the California coast so we might just have been unlucky.

I would check out Iceland as suggested, Vancouver Island and the Azores. That said, whale sharks are pretty amazing and you can swim with them too - try South Ari Atoll in Maldives March - April, and Baja California in Mexico.

we saw between 12 and 20 whales bubble net feeding in Alaska two years ago - we were incredibly lucky because none of the trips before us that day had seen more than one or two.

that was in August btw

There a good chance from the Azores

azoreswhales.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/when-is-best-time-to-see-whales-and.html

Vancouver Island July
Kaikoura, NZ in December - long way to go though!

We went to Canada in July/August and we did a long trip out seeing lots and lots of whales.

Off to the Azores next week hoping to see some!!

Hermanus near Cape Town is fab for whale watching. SA is a great destination for children too, plenty to see and do

We saw them in NZ in Dec
We will go to try in Iceland in August
Also Sri Lanka in Jan

My DSiS went to Canada in August and saw loads.

I would second South Africa, Hermanus is especially good I think for most of the year. Cape Town area as well - but I think Aug and Sept are the best times for that area. I've been many times as have family there and its not so expensive once you're there.

Thanks all. I have swim with whale sharks and mantas in the Maldives. Think Iceland may be a good option. We loved it there and it would be a good excuse to return.

Swam not swim !

New Zealand...off Kaikoura ( sp?) . Remember the anti sea sickness tablets though!

We saw pilot whales in Tenerife on a whale watching trip, which was cool, but not as spectacular as id hoped. Maybe it would have been better in the summer.

ive heard the Azores is the place to see a better variety. Id love to

Boston and Cape Cod are a good bet, we saw multiple humpbacks last summer.

We are seeing them in Port Stephens in Australia this year, also can do in Sydney and up by Cairns. They do give guarantees.

I agree with chemenger . I grew up in Massachusetts and went on lots of whale watches- obviously not a guarantee, but we always saw whales.

We’re going to Vancouver this summer and will be doing a whale watch.

Another vote for South Africa, Hermanus. We're going in October, I hope the whales will wait for us.

St Cyrus, north east Scotland. Humpback whales off the coast in the summer, can see them from the shore.

West coast of Scotland: wwq.sealifesurveys.com

The West Coast of Scotland. Boat trip from Gairloch. We have seen scores of Dolphins on every trip (we've been a couple of times). Several Minke Whales and 2 Humpbacks ...amazing : )