Travel Tips » humpback http://www.shorttraveltips.com Sharing travel experience Tue, 07 Feb 2012 13:08:25 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Whale sightings in Sydney, 2011 midseason updatehttp://www.shorttraveltips.com/destinations/sightseeing/whale-sightings-in-sydney-2011-midseason-update/ http://www.shorttraveltips.com/destinations/sightseeing/whale-sightings-in-sydney-2011-midseason-update/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 04:01:05 +0000 Vi http://www.shorttraveltips.com/?p=1531 Whale sightings in Sydney, 2011 midseason update is a post from: Travel Tips

]]> Most of humpback whales already migrated North for breeding and now will be a little bit quit period till spring (in Southern hemisphere). According to NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service whale numbers are up about 10% and almost 1000 whales were seen passing Sydney. It is highest whale count since Australia banned commercial whaling in the 1960s.  Here is chart of whales seen on whale watching tours in Sydney during last three months:

whale sightings in Sydney 2011

whale sightings in Sydney 2011

During peak migration in June numbers looks much better then it was last year. Except one week, but it is not because was no whales. The sea was a little bit rough and some whale watching tours were canceled because of weather. I think everybody is expecting perfect whale watching season in October/November.

Above whale sightings are taken from this page www.whalewatchingsydney.net/whale-sightings.

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]]> Recently I wrote about “Whale watching in Sydney. The best places“, but most of you also interested to know when is the best time for whale watching.  Whale migration season last from May until December. Almost any day you can see Humpback or Southern Right whales or dolphins, or sometimes even Killer whales (or else known as Orcas) like it happen yesterday.killer whale

The full story and video about that is here.

Very nice, but also it is such rare visit and nobody know when Killer whales will visit again. Humpback whales are more predictable. On www.whalewatchingsydney.net website there is list with Humpback whales sightings, but I decided put numbers into more convenient form.

humbacks sightings

This is statistic for 3 and half year, but it is clear visible two peeks in the season. Especially these peaks were distinct last year. In June/July Humpback whales migrating North for breeding. From end of September until December they  are going back South. At this time of year females with new born calves usually are seen closer to shore. Can’t wait for the Spring then they gonna start coming back.

P.S. As Humpback whales are main attraction in this chart I didn’t include sightings of Pacific and Bottlenose dolphins, False Killer whales, Southern Right whales, Killer Whales (Orcas), Minke Whales

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