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Whale Watching Sydney

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Whale Watching, 3hr Discovery Cruise
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3hr Discovery Cruise
on Fantasea Avalon

$95.00$78.40
Circular Quay & Darling Harbour
Sydney’s best whale watching cruise, combining high speed with 2 levels of viewing decks onboard a custom built, large catamaran. Only 15min to the ocean from Circular Quay.
Whale Watching, 2hr Express Cruise

2hr Express Cruise
On Fantasea Crystal

Only$69.00
Circular Quay, Wharf 6
Sydneyโ€™s best value whale watching cruise. Reach the open ocean in only 20min from Circular Quay. Watch whales in comfort from the seated sun deck, covered rear deck or air-conditioned internal saloon.
Whale Watching, 3hr Discovery Cruise

Central Coast
Whale Watching

Only$90.00
Palm Beach & Ettalong Beach (Free Transfer)
No need to travel into Sydney for your whale watching cruise with local departures from the Central Coast at Palm Beach and Ettalong Beach (Free transfer). On weekends during school holidays.

Why come with us?

15-20min to the ocean

Donโ€™t waste hours traveling to the whales and back. Minimal time in the harbour, maximum time with whales.

30 Years Experience

Full commentary from experienced Marine Naturalists or Scientists to guide you through the cruise.

Whale Guarantee

Get a free return trip if you don’t see whales on your first cruise.
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My NRMA Members Save an additional 20% on Whale Watching Cruises

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Recent Whale Sightings

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Posted 2 days ago

Lots of waves from humpback tails today on the Tasman sea. ๐Ÿ‹

We're seeing a lot more mums and energetic juveniles on there at the moment.
We located lots of escort pods out there today - an escort pod is where a mother and a calf humpback whale is accompanied by one or more other adult humpback on their annual migration.

#whalewatching #whale #whalewatchingsydney #humpbackwhale #sydney
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Posted 3 days ago

Eventful morning this morning on our 930 cruise.

We were lucky enough to spot the humpback thats currently swimming in the harbour near Garden island on our way out to the Tasman.

Then when we got onto the Tasman sea we were plodding along with a pod of 2 humpbacks and just as we were ready to leave to head back to Circular Quay we got the best kind of humpback good bye - a big 'ole breach! ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿš€

#humpbackwhale #whale #whalewatching #whalewatchingsydney #sydney
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Breach of the day! ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿงจ๐Ÿ‹

An explosive start to our late afternoon cruise! We pushed out East and found a competition pod pounding their way North. As we approached we had a moment of quiet before one whale went sky high with a one off breach! Mind blowing action!

#humpbackwhale #whalewatchingsydney #whalewatching #breach #sydneyImage attachmentImage attachment
Posted 5 days ago

Breach of the day! ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿงจ๐Ÿ‹

An explosive start to our late afternoon cruise! We pushed out East and found a competition pod pounding their way North. As we approached we had a moment of quiet before one whale went sky high with a one off breach! Mind blowing action!

#humpbackwhale #whalewatchingsydney #whalewatching #breach #sydney
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Top Shots TED - well done. See how the whales perform when I am not on Board

Spectacular ๐Ÿ˜

Posted 6 days ago

A whopping good time on the humpback highway today.

Still seeing the humpbacks on their Northern migration.

On our afternoon cruise we had 2 whales breach one after the other out of nowhere, we only just managed to get a few snaps ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿš€

#whalewatching #humpbackwhale #sydney #whalewatchingsydney #whale
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Paul van Aken

Posted 7 days ago

Wave your fins in the air like you just donโ€™t care!

Itโ€™s been a busy few days for us out on the Tasman Sea, weโ€™ve had lots of fast moving solo whales pushing North, and some of the conditions have made it especially challenging. We were treated today though with some very close passes to the boat, and more than a few inquisitive whales popping up with loud trumpeting and big blows! We even had a couple of big tail throws and one whale waving at us as we left! Perfect.

Letโ€™s hope for a spectacular Sunday tomorrow, and hopefully lots of active whales this week!
Will you be joining us?

#whalewatchingsydney #whalewatching #whales #humpbackwhales #sydney
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See you tomorrow 9.30, bring on whales ๐Ÿณ

Posted 1 week ago

More breaching action happening on our 12pm cruise today! ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿ‹

We found a lone humpback just outside the heads breaching, head lunging, pectoral slapping over and over. We noticed it was doing all of this showing off in circles, almost swimming in circles around us breaching and crashing in the waves.

Still some heavy winds out there riling them up. If you're not coming on a cruise today, at the very least I recommend get to the shore and watch from there! ๐Ÿ‘€

#whale #sydney #whalewatchingsydney #whalewatching #humpbackwhale
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