Walsaison – Monat für Monat rund um die Welt

1. 🏖️ Los Cabos 🇲🇽 MexikoWhale season · 15. Dez. – 15. Apr.Grays and humpbacks pass the cape between mid-December and April, peaking in February.93
2. 🏝️ Teneriffa 🇪🇸 SpanienWhales and dolphins offshore · 1. Jan. – 31. Dez.A resident population of pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins sits in the channel off the south-west coast all year, which is unusual and not seasonal.93
3. 🏙️ La Paz 🇲🇽 MexikoGray whales at Puerto Chale · 1. Jan. – 30. Apr.Gray whales calve in the Pacific lagoons on the other side of the peninsula, under three hours by road, and the season there runs from January to the end of April.93
4. 🏖️ Kaikoura 🇳🇿 NeuseelandSperm whales, all year · 1. Jan. – 31. Dez.The canyon comes within a kilometre of the shore, so resident sperm whales are here in every month rather than in a season.92
5. 🏖️ Mazatlán 🇲🇽 MexikoHumpback whale season · 15. Dez. – 5. Apr. (meist)Humpbacks come down the Pacific coast to calve and the boats run out past Isla de Chivos most mornings.90
6. 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenHumpback whale season · 15. Dez. – 15. MaiThe federal sanctuary season runs mid-December to mid-May, peaking around February.89
7. 🏖️ Sayulita 🇲🇽 MexikoHumpback whale season · 10. Dez. – 25. März (meist)Humpbacks come into Banderas Bay to calve and are visible from the headland at Punta Sayulita on a calm morning, never mind the boats.86
8. 🏝️ Maui 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenHumpback whale season · 15. Dez. – 15. MaiThe North Pacific humpbacks calve in the shallow Auau Channel between Maui, Lanai and Molokai.85
9. 🏖️ Puerto Vallarta 🇲🇽 MexikoHumpback season · 8. Dez. – 23. MärzThe permitted watching season in Banderas Bay runs 8 December to 23 March, a few hundred humpbacks calving in the deepest bay in the country.85
10. 🏖️ Honolulu 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenHumpback whale season · 15. Nov. – 15. Mai (meist)The humpbacks arrive from Alaska and are around the islands into spring, with the most of them in February.83
11. 🏖️ San Diego 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenGray whale migration · 15. Dez. – 15. Apr. (meist)Twenty thousand gray whales pass the coast between Alaska and the Baja lagoons, close enough to watch from the cliffs at Cabrillo.83
12. 🏖️ Kailua-Kona 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenHumpback whale season · 1. Dez. – 15. Apr. (meist)Humpbacks come down from Alaska to breed and calve in the warm water off the leeward coast, with the peak numbers in February and March.83
13. 🏝️ The Bottom SabaHumpback whale season · 1. Jan. – 30. Apr. (meist)Humpbacks pass close enough to Saba's coast from January to April that dive boats occasionally hear them before they see them.83
14. 🏖️ Puerto Escondido 🇲🇽 MexikoHumpbacks offshore · 1. Dez. – 31. März (meist)Humpbacks pass down the Oaxacan coast through the winter and the small boats out of Puerto Angelito find them most mornings.82
15. 🏖️ Lāhainā 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenHumpback whale season · 15. Dez. – 15. MaiThe Auau Channel between Maui, Lanai and Molokai holds the densest breeding population in Hawaii, and the federal sanctuary season runs mid-December to mid-May.82
16. 🏖️ Laguna Beach 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenGray whale migration · 15. Dez. – 15. Apr. (meist)Grays pass close inshore heading for Baja from about Christmas and come back north with calves in March and April.82
17. 🏙️ Stanley FalklandinselnSei whale season · 15. Jan. – 15. Mai (meist)Endangered sei whales feed close inshore in Berkeley Sound and off Cape Pembroke, near Stanley, from late summer into autumn; sightings fall away in May.82
18. 🏖️ Rincón 🇵🇷 Puerto RicoHumpback whale season · 1. Jan. – 31. MärzHumpbacks pass through the Mona Passage from January to March and are watched from land at the Punta Higuera lighthouse park as often as from a boat.81
19. 🏖️ Samaná 🇩🇴 Dominikanische RepublikHumpback whales in the bay · 15. Jan. – 30. MärzThousands of North Atlantic humpbacks calve and court in the bay and the season is fixed by law from 15 January to 30 March.81
20. 🏙️ Los Angeles 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenGray whale migration · 15. Dez. – 30. Apr. (meist)The whole population passes offshore on its way to Baja and back, southbound around January and northbound with calves in March.80
21. 🏖️ Santa María Huatulco 🇲🇽 MexikoHumpback whale season · 1. Dez. – 31. März (meist)Humpbacks come into the bays to calve from December and are usually gone by April.80
22. 🏙️ St. Augustine 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenRight whale calving season · 1. Dez. – 15. März (meist)This is the only known calving ground for North Atlantic right whales, and a few hundred animals remain in the population.80
23. 🏖️ Punta Cana 🇩🇴 Dominikanische RepublikHumpback whales in Samana Bay · 15. Jan. – 31. MärzThousands of North Atlantic humpbacks calve in Samana Bay, and the environment ministry opens and closes the watching season by decree each year.79
24. 🏖️ Zihuatanejo 🇲🇽 MexikoHumpback season · 15. Dez. – 20. März (meist)Humpbacks come into the bay and the water off Playa Larga through the winter, close enough that the pangueros run short trips out of the pier before the fishing boats leave.79
25. 🏝️ Providenciales Turks- und CaicosinselnHumpbacks in the Columbus Passage · 15. Jan. – 15. Apr. (meist)Humpbacks funnel through the deep passage between the Caicos and Turks banks on their way to and from the Silver Bank.79

… und 17 weitere im Januar.

Was ist los weltweit im Januar →

1. 🏝️ Teneriffa 🇪🇸 SpanienWhales and dolphins offshore · 1. Jan. – 31. Dez.A resident population of pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins sits in the channel off the south-west coast all year, which is unusual and not seasonal.94
2. 🏖️ Los Cabos 🇲🇽 MexikoWhale season · 15. Dez. – 15. Apr.Grays and humpbacks pass the cape between mid-December and April, peaking in February.92
3. 🏖️ Mazatlán 🇲🇽 MexikoHumpback whale season · 15. Dez. – 5. Apr. (meist)Humpbacks come down the Pacific coast to calve and the boats run out past Isla de Chivos most mornings.91
4. 🏙️ La Paz 🇲🇽 MexikoGray whales at Puerto Chale · 1. Jan. – 30. Apr.Gray whales calve in the Pacific lagoons on the other side of the peninsula, under three hours by road, and the season there runs from January to the end of April.91
5. 🏖️ Kaikoura 🇳🇿 NeuseelandSperm whales, all year · 1. Jan. – 31. Dez.The canyon comes within a kilometre of the shore, so resident sperm whales are here in every month rather than in a season.90
6. 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenHumpback whale season · 15. Dez. – 15. MaiThe federal sanctuary season runs mid-December to mid-May, peaking around February.88
7. 🏖️ Sayulita 🇲🇽 MexikoHumpback whale season · 10. Dez. – 25. März (meist)Humpbacks come into Banderas Bay to calve and are visible from the headland at Punta Sayulita on a calm morning, never mind the boats.88
8. 🏙️ St. Augustine 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenRight whale calving season · 1. Dez. – 15. März (meist)This is the only known calving ground for North Atlantic right whales, and a few hundred animals remain in the population.87
9. 🏖️ San Diego 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenGray whale migration · 15. Dez. – 15. Apr. (meist)Twenty thousand gray whales pass the coast between Alaska and the Baja lagoons, close enough to watch from the cliffs at Cabrillo.86
10. 🏖️ Honolulu 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenHumpback whale season · 15. Nov. – 15. Mai (meist)The humpbacks arrive from Alaska and are around the islands into spring, with the most of them in February.85
11. 🏖️ Kailua-Kona 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenHumpback whale season · 1. Dez. – 15. Apr. (meist)Humpbacks come down from Alaska to breed and calve in the warm water off the leeward coast, with the peak numbers in February and March.84
12. 🏖️ Laguna Beach 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenGray whale migration · 15. Dez. – 15. Apr. (meist)Grays pass close inshore heading for Baja from about Christmas and come back north with calves in March and April.84
13. 🏝️ The Bottom SabaHumpback whale season · 1. Jan. – 30. Apr. (meist)Humpbacks pass close enough to Saba's coast from January to April that dive boats occasionally hear them before they see them.84
14. 🏙️ Los Angeles 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenGray whale migration · 15. Dez. – 30. Apr. (meist)The whole population passes offshore on its way to Baja and back, southbound around January and northbound with calves in March.83
15. 🏖️ Puerto Vallarta 🇲🇽 MexikoHumpback season · 8. Dez. – 23. MärzThe permitted watching season in Banderas Bay runs 8 December to 23 March, a few hundred humpbacks calving in the deepest bay in the country.83
16. 🏖️ Santa María Huatulco 🇲🇽 MexikoHumpback whale season · 1. Dez. – 31. März (meist)Humpbacks come into the bays to calve from December and are usually gone by April.83
17. 🏖️ Lāhainā 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenHumpback whale season · 15. Dez. – 15. MaiThe Auau Channel between Maui, Lanai and Molokai holds the densest breeding population in Hawaii, and the federal sanctuary season runs mid-December to mid-May.83
18. 🏝️ Maui 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenWorld Whale Day · 8.–22. Feb. (meist)A parade down South Kihei Road and a day of ocean programming in mid-February, at the peak of the whale count.82
19. 🏖️ Zihuatanejo 🇲🇽 MexikoHumpback season · 15. Dez. – 20. März (meist)Humpbacks come into the bay and the water off Playa Larga through the winter, close enough that the pangueros run short trips out of the pier before the fishing boats leave.81
20. 🏖️ Rincón 🇵🇷 Puerto RicoHumpback whale season · 1. Jan. – 31. MärzHumpbacks pass through the Mona Passage from January to March and are watched from land at the Punta Higuera lighthouse park as often as from a boat.81
21. 🏖️ Samaná 🇩🇴 Dominikanische RepublikHumpback whales in the bay · 15. Jan. – 30. MärzThousands of North Atlantic humpbacks calve and court in the bay and the season is fixed by law from 15 January to 30 March.81
22. 🏙️ Stanley FalklandinselnSei whale season · 15. Jan. – 15. Mai (meist)Endangered sei whales feed close inshore in Berkeley Sound and off Cape Pembroke, near Stanley, from late summer into autumn; sightings fall away in May.81
23. 🏖️ Puerto Escondido 🇲🇽 MexikoHumpbacks offshore · 1. Dez. – 31. März (meist)Humpbacks pass down the Oaxacan coast through the winter and the small boats out of Puerto Angelito find them most mornings.80
24. 🏖️ Santa Barbara 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenGray whale migration · 15. Dez. – 15. Apr. (meist)Grays pass down the channel to Baja through the winter and back north with calves from late February, close enough in that the boats out of the harbour are a half-day trip.80
25. 🏖️ Puerto Plata 🇩🇴 Dominikanische RepublikHumpbacks on the Silver Bank · 15. Jan. – 31. März (meist)Thousands of North Atlantic humpbacks calve on the banks off this coast in late winter.80

… und 18 weitere im Februar.

Was ist los weltweit im Februar →

1. 🏝️ Teneriffa 🇪🇸 SpanienWhales and dolphins offshore · 1. Jan. – 31. Dez.A resident population of pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins sits in the channel off the south-west coast all year, which is unusual and not seasonal.95
2. 🏖️ Mazatlán 🇲🇽 MexikoHumpback whale season · 15. Dez. – 5. Apr. (meist)Humpbacks come down the Pacific coast to calve and the boats run out past Isla de Chivos most mornings.93
3. 🏙️ St. Augustine 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenRight whale calving season · 1. Dez. – 15. März (meist)This is the only known calving ground for North Atlantic right whales, and a few hundred animals remain in the population.92
4. 🏝️ Praia 🇨🇻 Kap VerdeHumpback whale season · 1. März – 31. Mai (meist)Humpbacks use Cabo Verde as a breeding ground in the northern spring, and boats go out from the Santiago coast for them.90
5. 🏖️ Los Cabos 🇲🇽 MexikoWhale season · 15. Dez. – 15. Apr.Grays and humpbacks pass the cape between mid-December and April, peaking in February.90
6. 🏖️ San Diego 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenGray whale migration · 15. Dez. – 15. Apr. (meist)Twenty thousand gray whales pass the coast between Alaska and the Baja lagoons, close enough to watch from the cliffs at Cabrillo.89
7. 🏖️ Sayulita 🇲🇽 MexikoHumpback whale season · 10. Dez. – 25. März (meist)Humpbacks come into Banderas Bay to calve and are visible from the headland at Punta Sayulita on a calm morning, never mind the boats.89
8. 🏖️ Puerto Vallarta 🇲🇽 MexikoHumpback season · 8. Dez. – 23. MärzThe permitted watching season in Banderas Bay runs 8 December to 23 March, a few hundred humpbacks calving in the deepest bay in the country.88
9. 🏖️ Kaikoura 🇳🇿 NeuseelandSperm whales, all year · 1. Jan. – 31. Dez.The canyon comes within a kilometre of the shore, so resident sperm whales are here in every month rather than in a season.88
10. 🏙️ Los Angeles 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenGray whale migration · 15. Dez. – 30. Apr. (meist)The whole population passes offshore on its way to Baja and back, southbound around January and northbound with calves in March.87
11. 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenHumpback whale season · 15. Dez. – 15. MaiThe federal sanctuary season runs mid-December to mid-May, peaking around February.87
12. 🏙️ La Paz 🇲🇽 MexikoGray whales at Puerto Chale · 1. Jan. – 30. Apr.Gray whales calve in the Pacific lagoons on the other side of the peninsula, under three hours by road, and the season there runs from January to the end of April.86
13. 🏖️ Laguna Beach 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenGray whale migration · 15. Dez. – 15. Apr. (meist)Grays pass close inshore heading for Baja from about Christmas and come back north with calves in March and April.86
14. 🏝️ The Bottom SabaHumpback whale season · 1. Jan. – 30. Apr. (meist)Humpbacks pass close enough to Saba's coast from January to April that dive boats occasionally hear them before they see them.86
15. 🏖️ Lāhainā 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenHumpback whale season · 15. Dez. – 15. MaiThe Auau Channel between Maui, Lanai and Molokai holds the densest breeding population in Hawaii, and the federal sanctuary season runs mid-December to mid-May.84
16. 🏖️ Honolulu 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenHumpback whale season · 15. Nov. – 15. Mai (meist)The humpbacks arrive from Alaska and are around the islands into spring, with the most of them in February.83
17. 🏖️ Santa Barbara 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenGray whale migration · 15. Dez. – 15. Apr. (meist)Grays pass down the channel to Baja through the winter and back north with calves from late February, close enough in that the boats out of the harbour are a half-day trip.83
18. 🏖️ Zihuatanejo 🇲🇽 MexikoHumpback season · 15. Dez. – 20. März (meist)Humpbacks come into the bay and the water off Playa Larga through the winter, close enough that the pangueros run short trips out of the pier before the fishing boats leave.83
19. 🏝️ Maui 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenHumpback whale season · 15. Dez. – 15. MaiThe North Pacific humpbacks calve in the shallow Auau Channel between Maui, Lanai and Molokai.82
20. 🏖️ Kailua-Kona 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenHumpback whale season · 1. Dez. – 15. Apr. (meist)Humpbacks come down from Alaska to breed and calve in the warm water off the leeward coast, with the peak numbers in February and March.82
21. 🏖️ Präfektur Okinawa 🇯🇵 JapanHumpback whales off Zamami · 1. Jan. – 31. März (meist)Humpbacks calve in the shallow water round the Kerama islands from the new year, and the boats out of Naha and Zamami run daily through the season.81
22. 🏝️ Ponta Delgada 🇵🇹 PortugalWhale and dolphin season · 15. März – 15. Okt. (meist)Blue and fin whales pass on migration from about April to June, the biggest animals anyone will ever see from a boat.81
23. 🏝️ Providenciales Turks- und CaicosinselnHumpbacks in the Columbus Passage · 15. Jan. – 15. Apr. (meist)Humpbacks funnel through the deep passage between the Caicos and Turks banks on their way to and from the Silver Bank.81
24. 🏖️ Samaná 🇩🇴 Dominikanische RepublikHumpback whales in the bay · 15. Jan. – 30. MärzThousands of North Atlantic humpbacks calve and court in the bay and the season is fixed by law from 15 January to 30 March.80
25. 🏖️ Punta Cana 🇩🇴 Dominikanische RepublikHumpback whales in Samana Bay · 15. Jan. – 31. MärzThousands of North Atlantic humpbacks calve in Samana Bay, and the environment ministry opens and closes the watching season by decree each year.79

… und 23 weitere im März.

Was ist los weltweit im März →

1. 🏙️ Los Angeles 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenGray whale migration · 15. Dez. – 30. Apr. (meist)The whole population passes offshore on its way to Baja and back, southbound around January and northbound with calves in March.96
2. 🏝️ Teneriffa 🇪🇸 SpanienWhales and dolphins offshore · 1. Jan. – 31. Dez.A resident population of pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins sits in the channel off the south-west coast all year, which is unusual and not seasonal.96
3. 🏖️ San Diego 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenGray whale migration · 15. Dez. – 15. Apr. (meist)Twenty thousand gray whales pass the coast between Alaska and the Baja lagoons, close enough to watch from the cliffs at Cabrillo.94
4. 🏖️ Santa Barbara 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenGray whale migration · 15. Dez. – 15. Apr. (meist)Grays pass down the channel to Baja through the winter and back north with calves from late February, close enough in that the boats out of the harbour are a half-day trip.93
5. 🏝️ Funchal 🇵🇹 PortugalWhales and dolphins offshore · 1. Apr. – 31. Okt. (meist)The water drops off steeply a few kilometres out, so the boats find bottlenose and spotted dolphins most trips and pilot and sperm whales through the warmer half of the year.92
6. 🏖️ Lagos 🇵🇹 PortugalDolphins offshore · 1. Apr. – 31. Okt. (meist)Common and bottlenose dolphins are close in from spring to autumn and the same small boats run the grotto trips at Ponta da Piedade.91
7. 🏖️ Laguna Beach 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenGray whale migration · 15. Dez. – 15. Apr. (meist)Grays pass close inshore heading for Baja from about Christmas and come back north with calves in March and April.91
8. 🏙️ Gibraltar GibraltarDolphins in the bay · 1. Apr. – 30. Sep. (meist)Three species work the bay year-round and the boats out of Marina Bay run several trips a day through the summer.90
9. 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenHumpback whale season · 15. Dez. – 15. MaiThe federal sanctuary season runs mid-December to mid-May, peaking around February.89
10. 🏖️ Tarifa 🇪🇸 SpanienWhale and dolphin season · 1. Apr. – 15. Okt. (meist)Pilot whales and three dolphin species are resident in the strait through the season, with sperm whales passing.89
11. 🏝️ Praia 🇨🇻 Kap VerdeHumpback whale season · 1. März – 31. Mai (meist)Humpbacks use Cabo Verde as a breeding ground in the northern spring, and boats go out from the Santiago coast for them.87
12. 🏖️ Big Sur 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenGray whale migration · 15. Dez. – 1. Mai (meist)The southbound migration passes close inshore from mid-December, and the northbound mothers and calves hug the coast even closer from March.87
13. 🏖️ Monterey 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenGray whale migration · 15. Dez. – 10. Mai (meist)Grays head south past the bay from Christmas and back north with calves from mid-February to May, hugging the shore because the submarine canyon brings deep water close in.86
14. 🏖️ Mazatlán 🇲🇽 MexikoHumpback whale season · 15. Dez. – 5. Apr. (meist)Humpbacks come down the Pacific coast to calve and the boats run out past Isla de Chivos most mornings.86
15. 🏙️ San Francisco 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenGray whale migration · 15. Dez. – 15. Mai (meist)The southbound run passes outside the Golden Gate around the turn of the year and comes back with calves in spring; the headlands work as well as a boat.85
16. 🏖️ Los Cabos 🇲🇽 MexikoWhale season · 15. Dez. – 15. Apr.Grays and humpbacks pass the cape between mid-December and April, peaking in February.85
17. 🏝️ Ponta Delgada 🇵🇹 PortugalWhale and dolphin season · 15. März – 15. Okt. (meist)Blue and fin whales pass on migration from about April to June, the biggest animals anyone will ever see from a boat.84
18. 🏖️ Santa Cruz 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenGray whale migration · 15. Dez. – 15. Apr. (meist)Grays pass the bay heading south in midwinter and back north with calves into April, often within sight of the cliffs.84
19. 🏖️ Honolulu 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenHumpback whale season · 15. Nov. – 15. Mai (meist)The humpbacks arrive from Alaska and are around the islands into spring, with the most of them in February.82
20. 🏝️ Maui 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenHumpback whale season · 15. Dez. – 15. MaiThe North Pacific humpbacks calve in the shallow Auau Channel between Maui, Lanai and Molokai.82
21. 🏙️ La Paz 🇲🇽 MexikoGray whales at Puerto Chale · 1. Jan. – 30. Apr.Gray whales calve in the Pacific lagoons on the other side of the peninsula, under three hours by road, and the season there runs from January to the end of April.82
22. 🏝️ The Bottom SabaHumpback whale season · 1. Jan. – 30. Apr. (meist)Humpbacks pass close enough to Saba's coast from January to April that dive boats occasionally hear them before they see them.82
23. 🏖️ Kaikoura 🇳🇿 NeuseelandSperm whales, all year · 1. Jan. – 31. Dez.The canyon comes within a kilometre of the shore, so resident sperm whales are here in every month rather than in a season.80
24. 🏖️ Lāhainā 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenHumpback whale season · 15. Dez. – 15. MaiThe Auau Channel between Maui, Lanai and Molokai holds the densest breeding population in Hawaii, and the federal sanctuary season runs mid-December to mid-May.80
25. 🏝️ Providenciales Turks- und CaicosinselnHumpbacks in the Columbus Passage · 15. Jan. – 15. Apr. (meist)Humpbacks funnel through the deep passage between the Caicos and Turks banks on their way to and from the Silver Bank.78

… und 17 weitere im April.

Was ist los weltweit im April →

1. 🏖️ Lagos 🇵🇹 PortugalDolphins offshore · 1. Apr. – 31. Okt. (meist)Common and bottlenose dolphins are close in from spring to autumn and the same small boats run the grotto trips at Ponta da Piedade.95
2. 🏖️ Santa Barbara 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenBlue and humpback season · 15. Mai – 15. Sep. (meist)Blues and humpbacks feed in the channel off the Channel Islands through the summer, the largest animal that has ever lived on a day trip from a small harbour.95
3. 🏝️ Funchal 🇵🇹 PortugalWhales and dolphins offshore · 1. Apr. – 31. Okt. (meist)The water drops off steeply a few kilometres out, so the boats find bottlenose and spotted dolphins most trips and pilot and sperm whales through the warmer half of the year.94
4. 🏝️ Teneriffa 🇪🇸 SpanienWhales and dolphins offshore · 1. Jan. – 31. Dez.A resident population of pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins sits in the channel off the south-west coast all year, which is unusual and not seasonal.94
5. 🏖️ Tarifa 🇪🇸 SpanienWhale and dolphin season · 1. Apr. – 15. Okt. (meist)Pilot whales and three dolphin species are resident in the strait through the season, with sperm whales passing.93
6. 🏙️ Gibraltar GibraltarDolphins in the bay · 1. Apr. – 30. Sep. (meist)Three species work the bay year-round and the boats out of Marina Bay run several trips a day through the summer.93
7. 🏖️ Big Sur 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenGray whale migration · 15. Dez. – 1. Mai (meist)The southbound migration passes close inshore from mid-December, and the northbound mothers and calves hug the coast even closer from March.92
8. 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenHumpback whale season · 15. Dez. – 15. MaiThe federal sanctuary season runs mid-December to mid-May, peaking around February.90
9. 🏙️ San Francisco 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenGray whale migration · 15. Dez. – 15. Mai (meist)The southbound run passes outside the Golden Gate around the turn of the year and comes back with calves in spring; the headlands work as well as a boat.88
10. 🏖️ Monterey 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenGray whale migration · 15. Dez. – 10. Mai (meist)Grays head south past the bay from Christmas and back north with calves from mid-February to May, hugging the shore because the submarine canyon brings deep water close in.88
11. 🏙️ Boston 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenWhales on Stellwagen Bank · 15. Apr. – 20. Okt. (meist)Humpbacks and finbacks feed on the bank an hour out of the harbour from mid-April to late October, and the boats stop for the winter.86
12. 🏝️ Maui 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenHumpback whale season · 15. Dez. – 15. MaiThe North Pacific humpbacks calve in the shallow Auau Channel between Maui, Lanai and Molokai.86
13. 🏝️ Ponta Delgada 🇵🇹 PortugalWhale and dolphin season · 15. März – 15. Okt. (meist)Blue and fin whales pass on migration from about April to June, the biggest animals anyone will ever see from a boat.86
14. 🏝️ Praia 🇨🇻 Kap VerdeHumpback whale season · 1. März – 31. Mai (meist)Humpbacks use Cabo Verde as a breeding ground in the northern spring, and boats go out from the Santiago coast for them.85
15. 🏖️ Wollongong 🇦🇺 AustralienHumpbacks past the escarpment · 15. Mai – 15. Nov. (meist)The whole east-coast migration passes close in below the escarpment, and the headlands at Bald Hill and Hill 60 are free grandstands.84
16. 🏙️ Victoria 🇨🇦 KanadaWhale watching season · 1. Mai – 15. Okt. (meist)Resident and transient orcas work the Salish Sea through the summer and humpbacks have come back in numbers, all of it a boat ride from the inner harbour.84
17. 🏖️ Lāhainā 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenHumpback whale season · 15. Dez. – 15. MaiThe Auau Channel between Maui, Lanai and Molokai holds the densest breeding population in Hawaii, and the federal sanctuary season runs mid-December to mid-May.83
18. 🏖️ Honolulu 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenHumpback whale season · 15. Nov. – 15. Mai (meist)The humpbacks arrive from Alaska and are around the islands into spring, with the most of them in February.81
19. 🏙️ Inverness 🇬🇧 Vereinigtes KönigreichDolphins at Chanonry Point · 1. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)The Moray Firth bottlenose pod feeds on the rising tide at the point across the water, half an hour from town.80
20. 🏝️ Känguru-Insel 🇦🇺 AustralienSouthern right whales · 15. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)Southern rights move along the north coast and into the bays through winter, with mothers and calves close in.80
21. 🏖️ Tofino 🇨🇦 KanadaGrey whale migration · 20. Feb. – 15. Mai (meist)Around twenty thousand grey whales pass on the northbound run to the Arctic each spring, and a few dozen stay to feed off the beaches all summer.78
22. 🏙️ Akureyri 🇮🇸 IslandWhales in Eyjafjordur · 1. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)Humpbacks work the length of the fjord through the summer and the boats leave from the town quay rather than a separate harbour.76
23. 🏖️ Kaikoura 🇳🇿 NeuseelandSperm whales, all year · 1. Jan. – 31. Dez.The canyon comes within a kilometre of the shore, so resident sperm whales are here in every month rather than in a season.74
24. 🏙️ Húsavík 🇮🇸 IslandWhale watching season · 1. Apr. – 31. Okt. (meist)Skjalfandi bay is the reason the town exists on the tourist map: humpbacks feeding from April to October, sightings on the great majority of summer sailings, and the odd blue whale in June.74
25. 🏙️ Reykjavík 🇮🇸 IslandWhale watching season · 1. Apr. – 15. Okt. (meist)Minke and humpback come into Faxafloi through the summer and the boats run several times a day from the old harbour.72

… und 7 weitere im Mai.

Was ist los weltweit im Mai →

1. 🏖️ Santa Barbara 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenBlue and humpback season · 15. Mai – 15. Sep. (meist)Blues and humpbacks feed in the channel off the Channel Islands through the summer, the largest animal that has ever lived on a day trip from a small harbour.98
2. 🏝️ Funchal 🇵🇹 PortugalWhales and dolphins offshore · 1. Apr. – 31. Okt. (meist)The water drops off steeply a few kilometres out, so the boats find bottlenose and spotted dolphins most trips and pilot and sperm whales through the warmer half of the year.94
3. 🏖️ Swakopmund 🇳🇦 NamibiaWhales off Walvis Bay · 1. Juni – 30. Nov. (meist)Southern rights and humpbacks pass Walvis Bay, half an hour down the coast, through winter and spring.94
4. 🏖️ Lagos 🇵🇹 PortugalDolphins offshore · 1. Apr. – 31. Okt. (meist)Common and bottlenose dolphins are close in from spring to autumn and the same small boats run the grotto trips at Ponta da Piedade.93
5. 🏖️ Durban 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaHumpback migration · 1. Juni – 30. Nov.The continental shelf runs close in here, so the humpbacks heading north to calve pass within sight of the bluff from June, and come back south with the calves from September.93
6. 🏖️ Tarifa 🇪🇸 SpanienWhale and dolphin season · 1. Apr. – 15. Okt. (meist)Pilot whales and three dolphin species are resident in the strait through the season, with sperm whales passing.93
7. 🏝️ Teneriffa 🇪🇸 SpanienWhales and dolphins offshore · 1. Jan. – 31. Dez.A resident population of pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins sits in the channel off the south-west coast all year, which is unusual and not seasonal.91
8. 🏙️ Gibraltar GibraltarDolphins in the bay · 1. Apr. – 30. Sep. (meist)Three species work the bay year-round and the boats out of Marina Bay run several trips a day through the summer.91
9. 🏝️ Ponta Delgada 🇵🇹 PortugalWhale and dolphin season · 15. März – 15. Okt. (meist)Blue and fin whales pass on migration from about April to June, the biggest animals anyone will ever see from a boat.90
10. 🏙️ Boston 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenWhales on Stellwagen Bank · 15. Apr. – 20. Okt. (meist)Humpbacks and finbacks feed on the bank an hour out of the harbour from mid-April to late October, and the boats stop for the winter.89
11. 🏖️ Broome 🇦🇺 AustralienHumpbacks off the Kimberley · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)One of the largest humpback populations anywhere calves in Kimberley water and passes Broome from late June.89
12. 🏙️ Victoria 🇨🇦 KanadaWhale watching season · 1. Mai – 15. Okt. (meist)Resident and transient orcas work the Salish Sea through the summer and humpbacks have come back in numbers, all of it a boat ride from the inner harbour.89
13. 🏖️ Gqeberha 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaWhales in Algoa Bay · 1. Juni – 30. Nov. (meist)Southern rights and humpbacks work through the bay across winter and spring.88
14. 🏖️ Toliara 🇲🇬 MadagaskarHumpback whale season · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)Humpbacks pass close to Anakao and Ifaty on their migration from Antarctic waters, roughly mid-June to September, with boat trips out of both villages finding them most days at the season's peak in July and August.88
15. 🏝️ Jamestown St. HelenaHumpback whales · 15. Juni – 15. Dez. (meist)Humpbacks use the island's waters through the southern winter and spring, with mothers and calves close in along the lee coast.88
16. 🏙️ Brisbane 🇦🇺 AustralienHumpbacks in Moreton Bay · 1. Juni – 5. Nov. (meist)Humpbacks pass Moreton Bay from June to early November, and the day boats out of Redcliffe and Manly work inside the bay rather than in open sea, which keeps the crossing short.87
17. 🏖️ Jeffreys Bay 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaSouthern right and humpback whales · 15. Juni – 15. Nov. (meist)Southern right whales come close inshore along the Kouga coast from midwinter into spring, often with calves, while humpbacks pass on migration; the headlands give a fair chance from land, and boat trips run out of Port St Francis.87
18. 🏖️ Gold Coast 🇦🇺 AustralienHumpback migration · 1. Juni – 15. Nov. (meist)Humpbacks pass close inshore on the way north and back south again with calves, and the boats out of Main Beach run daily.86
19. 🏝️ Saint-Denis 🇷🇪 RéunionHumpbacks off the coast · 15. Juni – 31. Okt. (meist)Humpbacks come up from the Antarctic to calve off Réunion in the austral winter and are watched from the coast road as often as from a boat.86
20. 🏖️ Armação dos Búzios 🇧🇷 BrasilienHumpback whales off Arraial · 15. Juni – 15. Okt. (meist)Humpbacks pass the Cabo Frio coast on their way north to breed.86
21. 🏖️ Knysna 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaSouthern right whales · 15. Juni – 15. Nov. (meist)Southern rights work the coast between the Heads and Buffalo Bay through winter and spring.86
22. 🏖️ Morondava 🇲🇬 MadagaskarHumpback whales at Belo sur Mer · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)Humpbacks pass close to shore at Belo sur Mer, a boat trip down the coast from Morondava, from around mid-June to September.86
23. 🏖️ Cairns 🇦🇺 AustralienDwarf minke whales · 1. Juni – 31. Juli (meist)Dwarf minkes turn up on the Ribbon Reefs north of here for June and July, the only place in the world permitted to snorkel with them.85
24. 🏖️ Noosa Shire 🇦🇺 AustralienHumpbacks off the headland · 15. Juni – 5. Nov. (meist)The national park headland walk looks straight down on the migration line, so the whales cost nothing to watch here.85
25. 🏙️ Inverness 🇬🇧 Vereinigtes KönigreichDolphins at Chanonry Point · 1. Mai – 30. Sep. (meist)The Moray Firth bottlenose pod feeds on the rising tide at the point across the water, half an hour from town.84

… und 28 weitere im Juni.

Was ist los weltweit im Juni →

1. 🏖️ Swakopmund 🇳🇦 NamibiaWhales off Walvis Bay · 1. Juni – 30. Nov. (meist)Southern rights and humpbacks pass Walvis Bay, half an hour down the coast, through winter and spring.95
2. 🏙️ Victoria 🇨🇦 KanadaWhale watching season · 1. Mai – 15. Okt. (meist)Resident and transient orcas work the Salish Sea through the summer and humpbacks have come back in numbers, all of it a boat ride from the inner harbour.95
3. 🏖️ Santa Barbara 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenBlue and humpback season · 15. Mai – 15. Sep. (meist)Blues and humpbacks feed in the channel off the Channel Islands through the summer, the largest animal that has ever lived on a day trip from a small harbour.94
4. 🏖️ Big Sur 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenBlue and humpback whales offshore · 1. Juli – 15. Okt. (meist)Upwelling packs krill into the submarine canyon and the big rorquals work the shelf all summer.94
5. 🏙️ Maputo 🇲🇿 MosambikHumpback whales · 1. Juli – 15. Okt. (meist)Humpbacks move up the southern Mozambican coast through the winter and are watched from the boats and the dunes at Ponta do Ouro, a few hours south of the city.93
6. 🏖️ Vilankulo 🇲🇿 MosambikHumpback whale migration · 1. Juli – 15. Nov. (meist)Migrating humpback whales pass the Bazaruto Archipelago Marine National Park between July and November, and boats out of Vilankulo find them most days through the middle of that window.93
7. 🏝️ Funchal 🇵🇹 PortugalWhales and dolphins offshore · 1. Apr. – 31. Okt. (meist)The water drops off steeply a few kilometres out, so the boats find bottlenose and spotted dolphins most trips and pilot and sperm whales through the warmer half of the year.92
8. 🏖️ Broome 🇦🇺 AustralienHumpbacks off the Kimberley · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)One of the largest humpback populations anywhere calves in Kimberley water and passes Broome from late June.92
9. 🏝️ Ponta Delgada 🇵🇹 PortugalWhale and dolphin season · 15. März – 15. Okt. (meist)Blue and fin whales pass on migration from about April to June, the biggest animals anyone will ever see from a boat.91
10. 🏖️ Durban 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaHumpback migration · 1. Juni – 30. Nov.The continental shelf runs close in here, so the humpbacks heading north to calve pass within sight of the bluff from June, and come back south with the calves from September.91
11. 🏖️ Toliara 🇲🇬 MadagaskarHumpback whale season · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)Humpbacks pass close to Anakao and Ifaty on their migration from Antarctic waters, roughly mid-June to September, with boat trips out of both villages finding them most days at the season's peak in July and August.91
12. 🏖️ Tofo 🇲🇿 MosambikHumpback whale season · 1. Juli – 15. Nov. (meist)Humpback whales pass this stretch of the Inhambane coast on their winter migration, and boats out of Tofo add whale watching to the manta and reef trips from July through to November.90
13. 🏙️ St. John’s 🇨🇦 KanadaHumpbacks and the capelin roll · 1. Juni – 31. Aug. (meist)Humpbacks follow the capelin inshore in June and stay through the summer.90
14. 🏝️ Saint-Denis 🇷🇪 RéunionHumpbacks off the coast · 15. Juni – 31. Okt. (meist)Humpbacks come up from the Antarctic to calve off Réunion in the austral winter and are watched from the coast road as often as from a boat.89
15. 🏖️ Armação dos Búzios 🇧🇷 BrasilienHumpback whales off Arraial · 15. Juni – 15. Okt. (meist)Humpbacks pass the Cabo Frio coast on their way north to breed.89
16. 🏖️ Hervey Bay 🇦🇺 AustralienHumpbacks in the bay · 5. Juli – 25. Okt. (meist)Humpbacks break their southern run in the flat water behind K'gari, mothers and calves resting for days at a time.89
17. 🏖️ Morondava 🇲🇬 MadagaskarHumpback whales at Belo sur Mer · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)Humpbacks pass close to shore at Belo sur Mer, a boat trip down the coast from Morondava, from around mid-June to September.89
18. 🏝️ Florianópolis 🇧🇷 BrasilienSouthern right whales · 1. Juli – 15. Nov. (meist)Right whales calve along the coast just south of the island, with the best odds in September and October off Garopaba and Imbituba.88
19. 🏙️ Brisbane 🇦🇺 AustralienHumpbacks in Moreton Bay · 1. Juni – 5. Nov. (meist)Humpbacks pass Moreton Bay from June to early November, and the day boats out of Redcliffe and Manly work inside the bay rather than in open sea, which keeps the crossing short.88
20. 🏖️ Gold Coast 🇦🇺 AustralienHumpback migration · 1. Juni – 15. Nov. (meist)Humpbacks pass close inshore on the way north and back south again with calves, and the boats out of Main Beach run daily.88
21. 🏖️ Lagos 🇵🇹 PortugalDolphins offshore · 1. Apr. – 31. Okt. (meist)Common and bottlenose dolphins are close in from spring to autumn and the same small boats run the grotto trips at Ponta da Piedade.88
22. 🏙️ Vitória 🇧🇷 BrasilienHumpback whales offshore · 1. Juli – 15. Nov. (meist)Humpbacks pass the Espírito Santo coast on the way to and from the Abrolhos calving banks through the southern winter, and the boats out of the bay go looking for them in those months.88
23. 🏖️ Gqeberha 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaWhales in Algoa Bay · 1. Juni – 30. Nov. (meist)Southern rights and humpbacks work through the bay across winter and spring.88
24. 🏝️ Jamestown St. HelenaHumpback whales · 15. Juni – 15. Dez. (meist)Humpbacks use the island's waters through the southern winter and spring, with mothers and calves close in along the lee coast.88
25. 🏝️ Nouméa 🇳🇨 NeukaledonienHumpbacks in the southern lagoon · 1. Juli – 30. Sep. (meist)Humpbacks calve inside the reef in the sheltered water south of Nouméa, an hour or two out by boat from Prony.87

… und 66 weitere im Juli.

Was ist los weltweit im Juli →

1. 🏖️ Swakopmund 🇳🇦 NamibiaWhales off Walvis Bay · 1. Juni – 30. Nov. (meist)Southern rights and humpbacks pass Walvis Bay, half an hour down the coast, through winter and spring.95
2. 🏖️ Hervey Bay 🇦🇺 AustralienHumpbacks in the bay · 5. Juli – 25. Okt. (meist)Humpbacks break their southern run in the flat water behind K'gari, mothers and calves resting for days at a time.94
3. 🏖️ Exmouth 🇦🇺 AustralienSwim season with humpbacks · 1. Aug. – 31. Okt. (meist)Ningaloo is one of the few coasts licensed for in-water humpback encounters, run from August to October by the same operators as the whale sharks and on the whales' terms, not yours.94
4. 🏙️ Victoria 🇨🇦 KanadaWhale watching season · 1. Mai – 15. Okt. (meist)Resident and transient orcas work the Salish Sea through the summer and humpbacks have come back in numbers, all of it a boat ride from the inner harbour.94
5. 🏙️ Brisbane 🇦🇺 AustralienHumpbacks in Moreton Bay · 1. Juni – 5. Nov. (meist)Humpbacks pass Moreton Bay from June to early November, and the day boats out of Redcliffe and Manly work inside the bay rather than in open sea, which keeps the crossing short.93
6. 🏖️ Airlie Beach 🇦🇺 AustralienHumpbacks in the Whitsundays · 1. Juli – 15. Sep. (meist)Humpbacks come into the sheltered water between the islands to calve through the winter, and the sailing day trips tend to find them without going looking.93
7. 🏖️ Gold Coast 🇦🇺 AustralienHumpback migration · 1. Juni – 15. Nov. (meist)Humpbacks pass close inshore on the way north and back south again with calves, and the boats out of Main Beach run daily.92
8. 🏖️ Durban 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaHumpback migration · 1. Juni – 30. Nov.The continental shelf runs close in here, so the humpbacks heading north to calve pass within sight of the bluff from June, and come back south with the calves from September.92
9. 🏖️ Noosa Shire 🇦🇺 AustralienHumpbacks off the headland · 15. Juni – 5. Nov. (meist)The national park headland walk looks straight down on the migration line, so the whales cost nothing to watch here.92
10. 🏖️ Santa Barbara 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenBlue and humpback season · 15. Mai – 15. Sep. (meist)Blues and humpbacks feed in the channel off the Channel Islands through the summer, the largest animal that has ever lived on a day trip from a small harbour.92
11. 🏖️ Big Sur 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenBlue and humpback whales offshore · 1. Juli – 15. Okt. (meist)Upwelling packs krill into the submarine canyon and the big rorquals work the shelf all summer.92
12. 🏝️ Saint-Denis 🇷🇪 RéunionHumpbacks off the coast · 15. Juni – 31. Okt. (meist)Humpbacks come up from the Antarctic to calve off Réunion in the austral winter and are watched from the coast road as often as from a boat.91
13. 🏙️ Maputo 🇲🇿 MosambikHumpback whales · 1. Juli – 15. Okt. (meist)Humpbacks move up the southern Mozambican coast through the winter and are watched from the boats and the dunes at Ponta do Ouro, a few hours south of the city.90
14. 🏖️ Tofo 🇲🇿 MosambikHumpback whale season · 1. Juli – 15. Nov. (meist)Humpback whales pass this stretch of the Inhambane coast on their winter migration, and boats out of Tofo add whale watching to the manta and reef trips from July through to November.90
15. 🏖️ Vilankulo 🇲🇿 MosambikHumpback whale migration · 1. Juli – 15. Nov. (meist)Migrating humpback whales pass the Bazaruto Archipelago Marine National Park between July and November, and boats out of Vilankulo find them most days through the middle of that window.90
16. 🏖️ Grand Baie 🇲🇺 MauritiusHumpbacks off the west coast · 1. Juli – 31. Okt. (meist)Humpbacks pass along the west coast through the winter, and the boats that go out to them leave from Black River, an hour and a half down the coast rather than from Grand Baie itself.90
17. 🏖️ Le Morne Brabant 🇲🇺 MauritiusWhales and dolphins offshore · 1. Juli – 31. Okt. (meist)Boats out of Le Morne and nearby Black River find humpback whales moving through from July to October, alongside pods of resident sperm whales and spinner dolphins that work this coast year-round.90
18. 🏝️ Funchal 🇵🇹 PortugalWhales and dolphins offshore · 1. Apr. – 31. Okt. (meist)The water drops off steeply a few kilometres out, so the boats find bottlenose and spotted dolphins most trips and pilot and sperm whales through the warmer half of the year.89
19. 🏖️ Byron Bay 🇦🇺 AustralienHumpback migration past the cape · 1. Juni – 15. Nov. (meist)Cape Byron sticks out into the migration route, so the lighthouse walk is one of the more reliable land-based watches in the country.89
20. 🏖️ Gqeberha 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaWhales in Algoa Bay · 1. Juni – 30. Nov. (meist)Southern rights and humpbacks work through the bay across winter and spring.89
21. 🏖️ Toliara 🇲🇬 MadagaskarHumpback whale season · 15. Juni – 15. Sep. (meist)Humpbacks pass close to Anakao and Ifaty on their migration from Antarctic waters, roughly mid-June to September, with boat trips out of both villages finding them most days at the season's peak in July and August.89
22. 🏖️ Jeffreys Bay 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaSouthern right and humpback whales · 15. Juni – 15. Nov. (meist)Southern right whales come close inshore along the Kouga coast from midwinter into spring, often with calves, while humpbacks pass on migration; the headlands give a fair chance from land, and boat trips run out of Port St Francis.88
23. 🏙️ St. John’s 🇨🇦 KanadaHumpbacks and the capelin roll · 1. Juni – 31. Aug. (meist)Humpbacks follow the capelin inshore in June and stay through the summer.88
24. 🏝️ Jamestown St. HelenaHumpback whales · 15. Juni – 15. Dez. (meist)Humpbacks use the island's waters through the southern winter and spring, with mothers and calves close in along the lee coast.88
25. 🏖️ Lagos 🇵🇹 PortugalDolphins offshore · 1. Apr. – 31. Okt. (meist)Common and bottlenose dolphins are close in from spring to autumn and the same small boats run the grotto trips at Ponta da Piedade.87

… und 65 weitere im August.

Was ist los weltweit im August →

1. 🏖️ Swakopmund 🇳🇦 NamibiaWhales off Walvis Bay · 1. Juni – 30. Nov. (meist)Southern rights and humpbacks pass Walvis Bay, half an hour down the coast, through winter and spring.96
2. 🏙️ Brisbane 🇦🇺 AustralienHumpbacks in Moreton Bay · 1. Juni – 5. Nov. (meist)Humpbacks pass Moreton Bay from June to early November, and the day boats out of Redcliffe and Manly work inside the bay rather than in open sea, which keeps the crossing short.95
3. 🏖️ Hervey Bay 🇦🇺 AustralienHumpbacks in the bay · 5. Juli – 25. Okt. (meist)Humpbacks break their southern run in the flat water behind K'gari, mothers and calves resting for days at a time.95
4. 🏖️ Gold Coast 🇦🇺 AustralienHumpback migration · 1. Juni – 15. Nov. (meist)Humpbacks pass close inshore on the way north and back south again with calves, and the boats out of Main Beach run daily.94
5. 🏖️ Noosa Shire 🇦🇺 AustralienHumpbacks off the headland · 15. Juni – 5. Nov. (meist)The national park headland walk looks straight down on the migration line, so the whales cost nothing to watch here.93
6. 🏖️ Santa Barbara 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenBlue and humpback season · 15. Mai – 15. Sep. (meist)Blues and humpbacks feed in the channel off the Channel Islands through the summer, the largest animal that has ever lived on a day trip from a small harbour.93
7. 🏝️ Nouméa 🇳🇨 NeukaledonienHumpbacks in the southern lagoon · 1. Juli – 30. Sep. (meist)Humpbacks calve inside the reef in the sheltered water south of Nouméa, an hour or two out by boat from Prony.91
8. 🏖️ Big Sur 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenBlue and humpback whales offshore · 1. Juli – 15. Okt. (meist)Upwelling packs krill into the submarine canyon and the big rorquals work the shelf all summer.91
9. 🏖️ Gqeberha 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaWhales in Algoa Bay · 1. Juni – 30. Nov. (meist)Southern rights and humpbacks work through the bay across winter and spring.91
10. 🏖️ Exmouth 🇦🇺 AustralienSwim season with humpbacks · 1. Aug. – 31. Okt. (meist)Ningaloo is one of the few coasts licensed for in-water humpback encounters, run from August to October by the same operators as the whale sharks and on the whales' terms, not yours.91
11. 🏝️ Funchal 🇵🇹 PortugalWhales and dolphins offshore · 1. Apr. – 31. Okt. (meist)The water drops off steeply a few kilometres out, so the boats find bottlenose and spotted dolphins most trips and pilot and sperm whales through the warmer half of the year.90
12. 🏙️ Boston 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenWhales on Stellwagen Bank · 15. Apr. – 20. Okt. (meist)Humpbacks and finbacks feed on the bank an hour out of the harbour from mid-April to late October, and the boats stop for the winter.90
13. 🏝️ Saint-Denis 🇷🇪 RéunionHumpbacks off the coast · 15. Juni – 31. Okt. (meist)Humpbacks come up from the Antarctic to calve off Réunion in the austral winter and are watched from the coast road as often as from a boat.90
14. 🏖️ Lagos 🇵🇹 PortugalDolphins offshore · 1. Apr. – 31. Okt. (meist)Common and bottlenose dolphins are close in from spring to autumn and the same small boats run the grotto trips at Ponta da Piedade.90
15. 🏖️ Byron Bay 🇦🇺 AustralienHumpback migration past the cape · 1. Juni – 15. Nov. (meist)Cape Byron sticks out into the migration route, so the lighthouse walk is one of the more reliable land-based watches in the country.90
16. 🏖️ Jeffreys Bay 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaSouthern right and humpback whales · 15. Juni – 15. Nov. (meist)Southern right whales come close inshore along the Kouga coast from midwinter into spring, often with calves, while humpbacks pass on migration; the headlands give a fair chance from land, and boat trips run out of Port St Francis.90
17. 🏖️ Airlie Beach 🇦🇺 AustralienHumpbacks in the Whitsundays · 1. Juli – 15. Sep. (meist)Humpbacks come into the sheltered water between the islands to calve through the winter, and the sailing day trips tend to find them without going looking.89
18. 🏖️ Grand Baie 🇲🇺 MauritiusHumpbacks off the west coast · 1. Juli – 31. Okt. (meist)Humpbacks pass along the west coast through the winter, and the boats that go out to them leave from Black River, an hour and a half down the coast rather than from Grand Baie itself.89
19. 🏖️ Le Morne Brabant 🇲🇺 MauritiusWhales and dolphins offshore · 1. Juli – 31. Okt. (meist)Boats out of Le Morne and nearby Black River find humpback whales moving through from July to October, alongside pods of resident sperm whales and spinner dolphins that work this coast year-round.89
20. 🏙️ Kapstadt 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaSouthern right whales · 1. Juni – 30. Nov. (meist)The whales come inshore along False Bay and Walker Bay to calve, roughly June to November, and September and October are when you can watch them from a cliff path without a boat.88
21. 🏙️ Perth 🇦🇺 AustralienHumpbacks off the coast · 1. Sep. – 5. Dez. (meist)Humpbacks pass Rottnest and the metropolitan coast on the way south, calves in tow, from September to early December.88
22. 🏖️ Wollongong 🇦🇺 AustralienHumpbacks past the escarpment · 15. Mai – 15. Nov. (meist)The whole east-coast migration passes close in below the escarpment, and the headlands at Bald Hill and Hill 60 are free grandstands.88
23. 🏖️ Tarifa 🇪🇸 SpanienWhale and dolphin season · 1. Apr. – 15. Okt. (meist)Pilot whales and three dolphin species are resident in the strait through the season, with sperm whales passing.88
24. 🏖️ Hermanus 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaSouthern right whales · 1. Juni – 30. Nov. (meist)Southern rights come into Walker Bay to calve and stay close enough to the cliff path to watch without a boat.88
25. 🏖️ Knysna 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaSouthern right whales · 15. Juni – 15. Nov. (meist)Southern rights work the coast between the Heads and Buffalo Bay through winter and spring.88

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1. 🏖️ Swakopmund 🇳🇦 NamibiaWhales off Walvis Bay · 1. Juni – 30. Nov. (meist)Southern rights and humpbacks pass Walvis Bay, half an hour down the coast, through winter and spring.97
2. 🏙️ Kapstadt 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaSouthern right whales · 1. Juni – 30. Nov. (meist)The whales come inshore along False Bay and Walker Bay to calve, roughly June to November, and September and October are when you can watch them from a cliff path without a boat.94
3. 🏙️ Perth 🇦🇺 AustralienHumpbacks off the coast · 1. Sep. – 5. Dez. (meist)Humpbacks pass Rottnest and the metropolitan coast on the way south, calves in tow, from September to early December.94
4. 🏖️ Hermanus 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaSouthern right whales · 1. Juni – 30. Nov. (meist)Southern rights come into Walker Bay to calve and stay close enough to the cliff path to watch without a boat.94
5. 🏙️ Adelaide 🇦🇺 AustralienSouthern right whales · 1. Juni – 15. Okt. (meist)Southern rights calve in Encounter Bay off Victor Harbor, an hour south.93
6. 🏖️ Puerto Madryn 🇦🇷 ArgentinienSouthern right whales · 1. Juni – 15. Dez. (meist)The right whales come into Golfo Nuevo to calve and stay half the year; boats go from Puerto Piramides an hour up the road, and in a good spring you can watch them from the town beach.92
7. 🏖️ Gqeberha 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaWhales in Algoa Bay · 1. Juni – 30. Nov. (meist)Southern rights and humpbacks work through the bay across winter and spring.92
8. 🏖️ Knysna 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaSouthern right whales · 15. Juni – 15. Nov. (meist)Southern rights work the coast between the Heads and Buffalo Bay through winter and spring.92
9. 🏖️ Jeffreys Bay 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaSouthern right and humpback whales · 15. Juni – 15. Nov. (meist)Southern right whales come close inshore along the Kouga coast from midwinter into spring, often with calves, while humpbacks pass on migration; the headlands give a fair chance from land, and boat trips run out of Port St Francis.92
10. 🏖️ Plettenberg Bay 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaWhale season · 1. Juli – 15. Dez. (meist)The official whale season runs July to December, with southern right whales through the middle of it and migrating humpbacks arriving with their calves from early November.91
11. 🏖️ Lagos 🇵🇹 PortugalDolphins offshore · 1. Apr. – 31. Okt. (meist)Common and bottlenose dolphins are close in from spring to autumn and the same small boats run the grotto trips at Ponta da Piedade.90
12. 🏖️ Big Sur 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenBlue and humpback whales offshore · 1. Juli – 15. Okt. (meist)Upwelling packs krill into the submarine canyon and the big rorquals work the shelf all summer.90
13. 🏖️ Wollongong 🇦🇺 AustralienHumpbacks past the escarpment · 15. Mai – 15. Nov. (meist)The whole east-coast migration passes close in below the escarpment, and the headlands at Bald Hill and Hill 60 are free grandstands.90
14. 🏝️ Funchal 🇵🇹 PortugalWhales and dolphins offshore · 1. Apr. – 31. Okt. (meist)The water drops off steeply a few kilometres out, so the boats find bottlenose and spotted dolphins most trips and pilot and sperm whales through the warmer half of the year.89
15. 🏝️ Jamestown St. HelenaHumpback whales · 15. Juni – 15. Dez. (meist)Humpbacks use the island's waters through the southern winter and spring, with mothers and calves close in along the lee coast.89
16. 🏝️ Norfolkinsel NorfolkinselHumpbacks pass the island · 15. Juni – 15. Okt. (meist)The island sits alone in the middle of the migration route, so humpbacks are watched from the clifftops rather than from a boat.89
17. 🏖️ Exmouth 🇦🇺 AustralienSwim season with humpbacks · 1. Aug. – 31. Okt. (meist)Ningaloo is one of the few coasts licensed for in-water humpback encounters, run from August to October by the same operators as the whale sharks and on the whales' terms, not yours.87
18. 🏝️ Teneriffa 🇪🇸 SpanienWhales and dolphins offshore · 1. Jan. – 31. Dez.A resident population of pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins sits in the channel off the south-west coast all year, which is unusual and not seasonal.86
19. 🏖️ Byron Bay 🇦🇺 AustralienHumpback migration past the cape · 1. Juni – 15. Nov. (meist)Cape Byron sticks out into the migration route, so the lighthouse walk is one of the more reliable land-based watches in the country.86
20. 🏖️ Tarifa 🇪🇸 SpanienWhale and dolphin season · 1. Apr. – 15. Okt. (meist)Pilot whales and three dolphin species are resident in the strait through the season, with sperm whales passing.86
21. 🏖️ Punta del Este 🇺🇾 UruguayRight whales off the coast · 15. Juli – 31. Okt. (meist)Southern right whales pass this coast on their way along the River Plate through late winter and spring, and they can be watched from the headlands between here and Jose Ignacio without a boat.85
22. 🏖️ Máncora 🇵🇪 PeruHumpback whales · 1. Juli – 15. Okt. (meist)Humpbacks come up from the south to calve in the warm water off this corner of Peru, and boats out of Los Órganos twenty minutes down the coast run daily through the season.85
23. 🏖️ Grand Baie 🇲🇺 MauritiusHumpbacks off the west coast · 1. Juli – 31. Okt. (meist)Humpbacks pass along the west coast through the winter, and the boats that go out to them leave from Black River, an hour and a half down the coast rather than from Grand Baie itself.84
24. 🏖️ Punta del Diablo 🇺🇾 UruguaySouthern right whales · 1. Juli – 31. Okt.The Rocha coast sits on the right whales' route from July to October, and the rocky points here are one of the places you can pick them up from the shore without a boat.84
25. 🏖️ Le Morne Brabant 🇲🇺 MauritiusWhales and dolphins offshore · 1. Juli – 31. Okt. (meist)Boats out of Le Morne and nearby Black River find humpback whales moving through from July to October, alongside pods of resident sperm whales and spinner dolphins that work this coast year-round.84

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1. 🏖️ Swakopmund 🇳🇦 NamibiaWhales off Walvis Bay · 1. Juni – 30. Nov. (meist)Southern rights and humpbacks pass Walvis Bay, half an hour down the coast, through winter and spring.97
2. 🏖️ Hermanus 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaSouthern right whales · 1. Juni – 30. Nov. (meist)Southern rights come into Walker Bay to calve and stay close enough to the cliff path to watch without a boat.96
3. 🏙️ Kapstadt 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaSouthern right whales · 1. Juni – 30. Nov. (meist)The whales come inshore along False Bay and Walker Bay to calve, roughly June to November, and September and October are when you can watch them from a cliff path without a boat.95
4. 🏖️ Puerto Madryn 🇦🇷 ArgentinienSouthern right whales · 1. Juni – 15. Dez. (meist)The right whales come into Golfo Nuevo to calve and stay half the year; boats go from Puerto Piramides an hour up the road, and in a good spring you can watch them from the town beach.94
5. 🏖️ Gqeberha 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaWhales in Algoa Bay · 1. Juni – 30. Nov. (meist)Southern rights and humpbacks work through the bay across winter and spring.94
6. 🏖️ Jeffreys Bay 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaSouthern right and humpback whales · 15. Juni – 15. Nov. (meist)Southern right whales come close inshore along the Kouga coast from midwinter into spring, often with calves, while humpbacks pass on migration; the headlands give a fair chance from land, and boat trips run out of Port St Francis.94
7. 🏙️ Perth 🇦🇺 AustralienHumpbacks off the coast · 1. Sep. – 5. Dez. (meist)Humpbacks pass Rottnest and the metropolitan coast on the way south, calves in tow, from September to early December.92
8. 🏖️ Knysna 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaSouthern right whales · 15. Juni – 15. Nov. (meist)Southern rights work the coast between the Heads and Buffalo Bay through winter and spring.92
9. 🏖️ Plettenberg Bay 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaWhale season · 1. Juli – 15. Dez. (meist)The official whale season runs July to December, with southern right whales through the middle of it and migrating humpbacks arriving with their calves from early November.92
10. 🏝️ Teneriffa 🇪🇸 SpanienWhales and dolphins offshore · 1. Jan. – 31. Dez.A resident population of pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins sits in the channel off the south-west coast all year, which is unusual and not seasonal.90
11. 🏖️ Margaret River 🇦🇺 AustralienWhale season, coast to coast · 1. Juni – 10. Dez. (meist)Humpbacks and southern rights shelter off Augusta in the middle of winter, then work north to Geographe Bay through spring, so the boat leaves from a different town depending on the month.90
12. 🏝️ Jamestown St. HelenaHumpback whales · 15. Juni – 15. Dez. (meist)Humpbacks use the island's waters through the southern winter and spring, with mothers and calves close in along the lee coast.89
13. 🏖️ Wollongong 🇦🇺 AustralienHumpbacks past the escarpment · 15. Mai – 15. Nov. (meist)The whole east-coast migration passes close in below the escarpment, and the headlands at Bald Hill and Hill 60 are free grandstands.88
14. 🏖️ Kaikoura 🇳🇿 NeuseelandSperm whales, all year · 1. Jan. – 31. Dez.The canyon comes within a kilometre of the shore, so resident sperm whales are here in every month rather than in a season.85
15. 🏖️ Durban 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaHumpback migration · 1. Juni – 30. Nov.The continental shelf runs close in here, so the humpbacks heading north to calve pass within sight of the bluff from June, and come back south with the calves from September.81
16. 🏖️ Honolulu 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenHumpback whale season · 15. Nov. – 15. Mai (meist)The humpbacks arrive from Alaska and are around the islands into spring, with the most of them in February.80
17. 🏖️ Byron Bay 🇦🇺 AustralienHumpback migration past the cape · 1. Juni – 15. Nov. (meist)Cape Byron sticks out into the migration route, so the lighthouse walk is one of the more reliable land-based watches in the country.80
18. 🏙️ Brisbane 🇦🇺 AustralienHumpbacks in Moreton Bay · 1. Juni – 5. Nov. (meist)Humpbacks pass Moreton Bay from June to early November, and the day boats out of Redcliffe and Manly work inside the bay rather than in open sea, which keeps the crossing short.78
19. 🏖️ Gold Coast 🇦🇺 AustralienHumpback migration · 1. Juni – 15. Nov. (meist)Humpbacks pass close inshore on the way north and back south again with calves, and the boats out of Main Beach run daily.78
20. 🏖️ Noosa Shire 🇦🇺 AustralienHumpbacks off the headland · 15. Juni – 5. Nov. (meist)The national park headland walk looks straight down on the migration line, so the whales cost nothing to watch here.78
21. 🏝️ Florianópolis 🇧🇷 BrasilienSouthern right whales · 1. Juli – 15. Nov. (meist)Right whales calve along the coast just south of the island, with the best odds in September and October off Garopaba and Imbituba.76
22. 🏖️ Vilankulo 🇲🇿 MosambikHumpback whale migration · 1. Juli – 15. Nov. (meist)Migrating humpback whales pass the Bazaruto Archipelago Marine National Park between July and November, and boats out of Vilankulo find them most days through the middle of that window.75
23. 🏖️ Tofo 🇲🇿 MosambikHumpback whale season · 1. Juli – 15. Nov. (meist)Humpback whales pass this stretch of the Inhambane coast on their winter migration, and boats out of Tofo add whale watching to the manta and reef trips from July through to November.74
24. 🏝️ Bora Bora 🇵🇫 Französisch-PolynesienHumpback season · 20. Juli – 20. Nov. (meist)Humpbacks come up from Antarctica to calve in the lee of the islands and stay outside the reef until November.71
25. 🏝️ Morro de São Paulo 🇧🇷 BrasilienHumpback whale season · 15. Juli – 5. Nov. (meist)Humpbacks come up the Bahia coast to calve, and boats from the island go out looking for them a few mornings a week.71

… und 14 weitere im November.

Was ist los weltweit im November →

1. 🏖️ Margaret River 🇦🇺 AustralienWhale season, coast to coast · 1. Juni – 10. Dez. (meist)Humpbacks and southern rights shelter off Augusta in the middle of winter, then work north to Geographe Bay through spring, so the boat leaves from a different town depending on the month.96
2. 🏝️ Teneriffa 🇪🇸 SpanienWhales and dolphins offshore · 1. Jan. – 31. Dez.A resident population of pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins sits in the channel off the south-west coast all year, which is unusual and not seasonal.92
3. 🏖️ Plettenberg Bay 🇿🇦 SüdafrikaWhale season · 1. Juli – 15. Dez. (meist)The official whale season runs July to December, with southern right whales through the middle of it and migrating humpbacks arriving with their calves from early November.92
4. 🏖️ Puerto Madryn 🇦🇷 ArgentinienSouthern right whales · 1. Juni – 15. Dez. (meist)The right whales come into Golfo Nuevo to calve and stay half the year; boats go from Puerto Piramides an hour up the road, and in a good spring you can watch them from the town beach.90
5. 🏝️ Jamestown St. HelenaHumpback whales · 15. Juni – 15. Dez. (meist)Humpbacks use the island's waters through the southern winter and spring, with mothers and calves close in along the lee coast.89
6. 🏙️ Perth 🇦🇺 AustralienHumpbacks off the coast · 1. Sep. – 5. Dez. (meist)Humpbacks pass Rottnest and the metropolitan coast on the way south, calves in tow, from September to early December.87
7. 🏖️ Los Cabos 🇲🇽 MexikoWhale season · 15. Dez. – 15. Apr.Grays and humpbacks pass the cape between mid-December and April, peaking in February.87
8. 🏖️ Kaikoura 🇳🇿 NeuseelandSperm whales, all year · 1. Jan. – 31. Dez.The canyon comes within a kilometre of the shore, so resident sperm whales are here in every month rather than in a season.86
9. 🏝️ Kauaʻi 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenHumpback whale season · 15. Dez. – 15. MaiThe federal sanctuary season runs mid-December to mid-May, peaking around February.85
10. 🏖️ Mazatlán 🇲🇽 MexikoHumpback whale season · 15. Dez. – 5. Apr. (meist)Humpbacks come down the Pacific coast to calve and the boats run out past Isla de Chivos most mornings.84
11. 🏖️ San Diego 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenGray whale migration · 15. Dez. – 15. Apr. (meist)Twenty thousand gray whales pass the coast between Alaska and the Baja lagoons, close enough to watch from the cliffs at Cabrillo.83
12. 🏙️ St. Augustine 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenRight whale calving season · 1. Dez. – 15. März (meist)This is the only known calving ground for North Atlantic right whales, and a few hundred animals remain in the population.83
13. 🏖️ Laguna Beach 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenGray whale migration · 15. Dez. – 15. Apr. (meist)Grays pass close inshore heading for Baja from about Christmas and come back north with calves in March and April.83
14. 🏙️ Los Angeles 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenGray whale migration · 15. Dez. – 30. Apr. (meist)The whole population passes offshore on its way to Baja and back, southbound around January and northbound with calves in March.81
15. 🏝️ Maui 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenHumpback whale season · 15. Dez. – 15. MaiThe North Pacific humpbacks calve in the shallow Auau Channel between Maui, Lanai and Molokai.81
16. 🏖️ Puerto Escondido 🇲🇽 MexikoHumpbacks offshore · 1. Dez. – 31. März (meist)Humpbacks pass down the Oaxacan coast through the winter and the small boats out of Puerto Angelito find them most mornings.81
17. 🏖️ Santa María Huatulco 🇲🇽 MexikoHumpback whale season · 1. Dez. – 31. März (meist)Humpbacks come into the bays to calve from December and are usually gone by April.81
18. 🏖️ Sayulita 🇲🇽 MexikoHumpback whale season · 10. Dez. – 25. März (meist)Humpbacks come into Banderas Bay to calve and are visible from the headland at Punta Sayulita on a calm morning, never mind the boats.80
19. 🏖️ Lāhainā 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenHumpback whale season · 15. Dez. – 15. MaiThe Auau Channel between Maui, Lanai and Molokai holds the densest breeding population in Hawaii, and the federal sanctuary season runs mid-December to mid-May.79
20. 🏖️ Honolulu 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenHumpback whale season · 15. Nov. – 15. Mai (meist)The humpbacks arrive from Alaska and are around the islands into spring, with the most of them in February.78
21. 🏖️ Kailua-Kona 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenHumpback whale season · 1. Dez. – 15. Apr. (meist)Humpbacks come down from Alaska to breed and calve in the warm water off the leeward coast, with the peak numbers in February and March.78
22. 🏖️ Puerto Vallarta 🇲🇽 MexikoHumpback season · 8. Dez. – 23. MärzThe permitted watching season in Banderas Bay runs 8 December to 23 March, a few hundred humpbacks calving in the deepest bay in the country.77
23. 🏖️ Santa Barbara 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenGray whale migration · 15. Dez. – 15. Apr. (meist)Grays pass down the channel to Baja through the winter and back north with calves from late February, close enough in that the boats out of the harbour are a half-day trip.77
24. 🏖️ Zihuatanejo 🇲🇽 MexikoHumpback season · 15. Dez. – 20. März (meist)Humpbacks come into the bay and the water off Playa Larga through the winter, close enough that the pangueros run short trips out of the pier before the fishing boats leave.74
25. 🏖️ Monterey 🇺🇸 Vereinigte StaatenGray whale migration · 15. Dez. – 10. Mai (meist)Grays head south past the bay from Christmas and back north with calves from mid-February to May, hugging the shore because the submarine canyon brings deep water close in.73

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