After 30 years of running and operating hervey bay whale watch they sold the business to the peaker family long time friends in 2017. Entrants must include their first name, last name and email. Whale watching in australia is a popular recreational pursuit and a tourist activity along various. The average life expectancy of a humpback whale is 48 years however they have been known to live up to 100 years of age they can travel of speeds of up to 10 knots, which is approximately 18. The whales start to arrive in july and tours begin in the middle of the month. From june to november you can see majestic humpback whales up close and personal in their natural playground. Current local time in australia queensland hervey bay. Whales hervey bay whale heritage site visit fraser coast. Whale watching in hervey bay is a great adventure for the whole family offering an amazing encounter with humpback whales on their annual migration it.
In recent years visitors to hervey bay, from midjuly to early november. The eastern humpback whales of eastern australia each year between april and. Our whale watching tours from hervey bay commence in midjuly and extend to early november as part of the humpback whales annual migration. Presentations will be short, with time for questions to ensure the sessions are lively and engaging. With a gestation period of about a year, calving also occurs about this time of the year.
Opportunity to head out whale watching with the hervey bay fleet. Each year in august hervey bay hosts the whale festival which marks the. Australia the best tips for whale watching in australia whaletrips. The hervey bay whale watching season begins on the 19th of july with whalesong beginning their season with a whalesearch from the 7th of july. Whale watching in hervey bay deals and tips for the 2020 season. Feeding over sand flats they use their snouts to burrow for their food. Hervey bay whale watch quickcat ii, hervey bay, queensland. Humpback whales return to these waters each year so youll see plenty of mothers nurse. Book online today or call us to discuss your tour booking requirements. Best whale watching tour in hervey bay everything you need to. By late october there are fewer whales in the bay and operators end whale watching on the 31st of october. The humpback whales of eastern australia department of.
Hervey bay is an incredible place to enjoy whale watching. Beautiful white fleshy eating fish, which can be frozen for extended periods without losing its flavour. Explore hervey bays sunrise and sunset, moonrise and moonset. Many humpback whales arrive in hervey bay from late july and remain until november when they begin their return to the southern ocean. So confident are the whale watching operators that youll see the whales, most even offer a moneyback guarantee over the winter period. Hervey bay seeks worldfirst whale heritage site status.
Depending on the time of year, whale populations fluctuate within the. Whale watching tours and dolphin watching tours across hervey bay and fraser island. Whale watching in hervey bay the boat, the spirit of hervey bay for those who would like to know, set off at around 1. Accredited in 2019 as the worlds first whale heritage site, hervey bay is recognised as one of the best places on the planet to see humpback whales up close, with a fleet of specially designed vessels offering ecocertified, intimate encounters during the annual season between july and november each year, thousands of east coast humpbacks break their migration journey from the antarctic. With our whale tours and packages based around the activities of one of the larger species, the humpback whale, we treat passengers to an experience unlike any other. Hervey bay whale watching grew rapidly in the first seven years peaking in 1996 figure1. There are several hervey bay whale watching tours to choose from but no matter which boat you choose, if you visit hervey bay at the right time of year youre pretty much guaranteed of having a. Hervey bay whale watch brian and jill perry began commercial whale watching in australia back in 1987 in the calm, pristine waters of hervey bay. The humpback whales of eastern australia fact sheet pdf 248.
The whale watching season in hervey bay runs from july november. During a good season it is estimated that approximately 400,000 people visit the region. The exact timing of the migration period can vary from year to year depending on. Blue dolphin marine tours whale watching hervey bay. Whale watching in hervey bay has become an important attraction for tourists and naturalists. Thirty years with the humpback whales of hervey bay. Queenslands coastal city of hervey bay puts its hand up to become one of the first places in the world to be given a new globally recognised status as a whale heritage site. Get hervey bays weather and area codes, time zone and dst. Current local time in hervey bay, queensland, australia. To celebrate the whales arrival, hervey bay hosts a celebration worthy of a whale welcome paddle out for whales just one of the many events under the annual hervey bay whale festival umbrella. Depending on the season, you can watch the whales on their way north or. To enter, entrants must visit the hervey bay whale festival website and complete the online form and subscribe to fraser coast tourism and events edm newsletters.
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