Discover Humpback Whale Migration

Sydney and the Humpback Highway

Every year over 40,000 humpback whales migrate along the east coast of Australia. During May-August the whales are travelling north from their feeding grounds in Antarctica to the calm tropic waters of the north to have their calves. Around August the whales begin to head south again with their calves, to return to their southern feeding grounds.

Humpback whales can use their powerful fluke (or tail fin) to launch themselves out of the water. And while many other whale species breach, humpback whales seem to breach more frequently. Scientists suspect humpback whales are breaching and slapping their fins and flukes on the surface as a way of communicating.

Being a truly wild adventure it is also possible to see a huge variety of marine animals, dolphins, minke whales, orcas and seals have all been spotted!

Here’s what our customers say about our team!

EXCELLENT

Based on 199 reviews

Michelle Grasek

What a fun trip! We saw so many whales and a mom and her calf came over and spent a lot of time near our boat. It was wonderful. And the scenery on our way out to the ocean was spectacular. Our tour guides, Sophia, Isaac, and Alex, were the best. Sophia shared so much fun info about whales. I would do this trip again! Highly recommended.

Ria Santl

Wir hatten gestern eine fantastische Walbeobachtungsfahrt. Wie in der Homepage beschrieben handelte es sich um ein kleineres Boot mit Platz für ca. 25 Personen. Merte hat uns sehr viel über die Wale und ihr Verhalten erzählt. Man merkt ihr die Liebe zu den Tieren an. Durch die Erfahrung des Team fuhren sie uns zu Stellen, an denen wir dir Tiere sehr nah sehen konnten. Ein magischer Moment und ein gelungenes Ereignis als Abschluss unseres Urlaubes. Wir können dieses Unternehmen wärmstens empfehlen und würden beim nächsten Mal wieder buchen.

Rodney Jones

We had a great experience, very accommodating. Sent an early notice that the weather and water conditions were not good for original booking and quickly changed date. Very good communication. Onboard , the crew was very informative , Sophi was great with her knowledge of the whales. We saw 5 whales in total and hung out with a mother and her calf. Got to see several breaches!!!!

yingh11579

An absolutely amazing experience. We saw a pod of 5-7 young whales playing, also a mother with her cob.

Loredana

Best experience. Whale watching is an emotional activity, in total respect of animals.

Caroline Plummer

What a wonderful experience we had yesterday. The boat and group size was great, definitely not too big. Rob and Alex were an incredible team to be out there with, sharing knowledge and tips about the humpbacks and possible sightings. We were incredibly lucky with the numbers we saw. I would go again and again if I could. Thank you both for giving us this memory.

ollie kell

Had an excellent time, friendly staff who shared photos they took, lots of interesting facts and let us stay out on the water longer when the whales were hanging around us. 100% recommend

Keedy Waterreus

We had amazing morning on the whale watching tour! The staff was lovely and we learned so many new facts about whales. They were super friendly and so enthusiastic about their job!! The boat size and the amount of people on it was perfect! It felt intimate and safe 🐋 Thank you again for this amazing experience. Will 100% recommend and maybe even go again!!!!!

Roxanne Lek

Fantastic educational tour to watch the whales. The guide is very knowledageble and attentive to elderly and small children as well. We went on a 9am tour and was very lucky to spot 3 whales putting on quite a show for us. I am glad we picked whale tales to show us this fantastic whale migration oppourtunity. There is a professional cameraman on board as well to take these magestic photos.

Sydney is located on ‘the Humpack Highway’ we see an amzing variety of whale behavoiur, breaching, mugging, tail slapping, our amazing guide will emerse you in the complex and breathtaking life of a humpback whale.