10th - 16th August 2018 Whale Watching

Thu, 16 Aug 2018

By Eco Ranger James

10th - 16th August 2018 Whale Watching

It’s been a sensational week for a whale watching as we had close encounters with 66 whales! We are starting to see more whales travelling south, some even travelling with calves! We haven’t had to travel long distances with our first whales often spotted only 20-30 minutes into the trip. We had a couple of mothers nursing and resting with their young calves only 100 meters off the beach out the front of Cowan Cowan!

Don’t let a little wind stop you from booking on this week as we do have the largest whale watching vessel in Australia, and we are able to use the lee of the land to always find a bit of protection. Now we are past the tipping point, things start to really heat up with more curious and inquisitive juveniles and some caring mothers nursing their calves.


It was such an action packed week with mothers spotted with newborn calves every day! We even had one calve less than 5 meters breach 30 times in a row before the mother erupted and showed her young calf how it was done! On Sunday we had a pod of dolphins riding our bow wave and trying to turn the attention back to them.

With reports on Wednesday of a whale adjacent to the resort we know they are going further down the bay so although our whale sightings might not be as high as last month when they were all mating, we are now spending more time with mothers nursing their calves and having a bit of rest and recovery before continuing a further 8000 kilometres!

Every day out on the whale watch is just so different and  we never really know what to expect, but don’t take my word for it, find out how incredible these creatures can are and come join us for a whale watching cruise here at Tangalooma!

About the author

Eco Ranger James

Once part of the Tangatours team, James is now one of the Eco Rangers at Tangalooma Island Resort's Eco Centre. James often joins in on the Whale Watching Cruise as the on board Eco Ranger.

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