The Humpack 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!

The 2025 Migration Begins!

LETS GO!!!! SATURDAY MAY 17th is Whale Tales first day of the 2025 season and we are super excited!!! The whole team is bouncing off the walls in anticipation of an epic season!

Our 2 Noosacat boats are going through their annual reshape into the world’s best whale watching boats. Cheeky Monkey has a new set of seats and Monkey Business is having an engine tune up.

The first of the Humpback whales migrating north have been spotted off the east coast of Tasmania with the first pods of adolescent males charging north in anticipation of fun and games in the warm waters of the breeding grounds.

Also of great interest is a mother and calf spotted in the Gold Coast in Queensland, this is possibly a calf born out of season.

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Proud Partners of Sea Shepard

We are proud to announce that he have partnered with Sea Shepard to support their global crusade to protect the worlds oceans.

Sea Shepard have been defending the rights of the whales and marine animals since 1977. We are perticularly impressed by their current campaign to stop krill fishing in the Southern Ocean:

Sea Shepard Operation Antartica Defense

Krill, which are a small shrimp like crustaceans are the primary food source for the Humpback whales. The whales eat vast amounts of krill during the summer months in order to undertake their annual migration without eating. The mother whales need this energy to birth and feed their calves during the migration, one of natures hardest and most impressive feats.

Giant fishing boats are fishing the krill for human consumption, this can only end badly for the whales. We urge you to avoid buying any supplements or foods that contain krill and to support Sea Shepard in their quest.

Here’s what our customers say about our team!

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.