Whale Activities
There
are lots of great whale activities.
Whale watching is a very popular activity in countries where whales can be seen.
Watching Wild Dolphins and Whales
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In
some
places, it is possible to see the whales from the shore. In other
places, it is better to go out to the sea to see them. It is popular to
join guided whale watching tours that take you out to the sea on their
boats.
Dolphin watching is usually less seasonal because they don't migrate as much as do the large baleen whales. So during the season when whales don't migrate, whale watching companies often put on dolphin watching tours.
Dolphin watching is usually less seasonal because they don't migrate as much as do the large baleen whales. So during the season when whales don't migrate, whale watching companies often put on dolphin watching tours.
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Whales and dolphins are found in
all oceans. There are, however, some places in the world that are
particularly popular with whale watching tours. Such places in eastern
North America are Canada's
Quebec, Nova Scotia, Halifax and Newfoundland:
also
the US's East
Coast or New
England Region (particularly Maine:
Cape
Cod,
Massachusetts,
Bar
Harbor, Boston,
Provincetown, Newport
and Cape
Ann).
In western North America there are popular whale watching places in Alaska (Juneau), British Columbia (Vancouver, Vancouver Island), Washington (Seattle, Bellingham, Anacortes, San Juan Islands, Puget Sound), Oregon and California (San Francisco, Dana Point, Santa Barbara, Monterey, and San Diego in southern California).
In western North America there are popular whale watching places in Alaska (Juneau), British Columbia (Vancouver, Vancouver Island), Washington (Seattle, Bellingham, Anacortes, San Juan Islands, Puget Sound), Oregon and California (San Francisco, Dana Point, Santa Barbara, Monterey, and San Diego in southern California).
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In Hawaii,
there
is good
whale watching on Kauai
and Maui
Islands. In the Caribbean, there's Dominica;
and Puerto
Vallarta and Baja
California are
popular in Mexico.
In Europe, there is good whale watching in Iceland,
Norway, Scotland,
Ireland
and Azores.
In South
Africa, some
of the better places are around Plettenberg Bay on the Garden
Route, as well as
lookout points in some coastal towns like Hermanus.
In
New
Zealand, Kaikoura is the most popular place, and in Australia,
popular
places include Hervey
Bay, Gold
Coast, Great
Barrier Reef Trips, Byron Bay, Sydney,
Victoria
(Warrnambool),
and many places along the Southern and Western coasts.
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Dolphin
shows are also very popular. Dolphins are smaller than whales but
equally intelligent and can
put on interesting shows. And because they don't migrate, they can
survive better in
captivity.
Bottlenose dolphins are particularly popular
show performers, but there are others. Many
aquariums in the world put on dolphin shows, but the most popular is
probably the Sea World
in Orlando, Florida. There are also places
to see
wild dolphin feedings. Some Australian examples are Monkey Mia in
Western Australia (Shark
Bay), and Tangalooma and Moreton
Bay outside Brisbane in Queensland).
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In some
places, tour
operators will take you out to the sea where you can swim with wild
dolphins.
It is so much fun because they are friendly and curious animals and will come very close and interact with humans. There are many places in the world where you can do this, including (www.destin-fla-wanderer.com) Destin in Florida and others (my personal experience comes from Kaikoura in New Zealand).
It is so much fun because they are friendly and curious animals and will come very close and interact with humans. There are many places in the world where you can do this, including (www.destin-fla-wanderer.com) Destin in Florida and others (my personal experience comes from Kaikoura in New Zealand).
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