ホエールシーズン — 世界の月ごとのガイド
クジラが湾にやって来る数か月です。
SeasonMapの137か所の旅行先を、各月の中で快適スコア順に並べています — 大事なのは、その季節がどこで見られるかだけでなく、その間の天気が旅に値するかどうかだからです。
見られる時期
1月のホエールシーズン
- ロス・カボス 🇲🇽 メキシコWhale season · 12月15日〜4月15日Grays and humpbacks pass the cape between mid-December and April, peaking in February.93
- テネリフェ島 🇪🇸 スペインWhales and dolphins offshore · 1月1日〜12月31日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
- ラパス 🇲🇽 メキシコGray whales at Puerto Chale · 1月1日〜4月30日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
- カイコウラ 🇳🇿 ニュージーランドSperm whales, all year · 1月1日〜12月31日The canyon comes within a kilometre of the shore, so resident sperm whales are here in every month rather than in a season.92
- マサトラン 🇲🇽 メキシコHumpback whale season · 12月15日〜4月5日（例年）Humpbacks come down the Pacific coast to calve and the boats run out past Isla de Chivos most mornings.90
- カウアイ島 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Humpback whale season · 12月15日〜5月15日The federal sanctuary season runs mid-December to mid-May, peaking around February.89
- サジュリタ 🇲🇽 メキシコHumpback whale season · 12月10日〜3月25日（例年）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
- マウイ島 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Humpback whale season · 12月15日〜5月15日The North Pacific humpbacks calve in the shallow Auau Channel between Maui, Lanai and Molokai.85
- プエルト・バヤルタ 🇲🇽 メキシコHumpback season · 12月8日〜3月23日The 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
- ホノルル 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Humpback whale season · 11月15日〜5月15日（例年）The humpbacks arrive from Alaska and are around the islands into spring, with the most of them in February.83
- サンディエゴ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Gray whale migration · 12月15日〜4月15日（例年）Twenty thousand gray whales pass the coast between Alaska and the Baja lagoons, close enough to watch from the cliffs at Cabrillo.83
- カイルア・コナ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Humpback whale season · 12月1日〜4月15日（例年）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
- ボトム サバ島Humpback whale season · 1月1日〜4月30日（例年）Humpbacks pass close enough to Saba's coast from January to April that dive boats occasionally hear them before they see them.83
- プエルト・エスコンディード 🇲🇽 メキシコHumpbacks offshore · 12月1日〜3月31日（例年）Humpbacks pass down the Oaxacan coast through the winter and the small boats out of Puerto Angelito find them most mornings.82
- ラハイナ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Humpback whale season · 12月15日〜5月15日The 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
- ラグナ・ビーチ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Gray whale migration · 12月15日〜4月15日（例年）Grays pass close inshore heading for Baja from about Christmas and come back north with calves in March and April.82
- スタンリー フォークランド諸島Sei whale season · 1月15日〜5月15日（例年）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
- リンコン 🇵🇷 プエルトリコHumpback whale season · 1月1日〜3月31日Humpbacks 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
- サマナ 🇩🇴 ドミニカ共和国Humpback whales in the bay · 1月15日〜3月30日Thousands of North Atlantic humpbacks calve and court in the bay and the season is fixed by law from 15 January to 30 March.81
- ロサンゼルス 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Gray whale migration · 12月15日〜4月30日（例年）The whole population passes offshore on its way to Baja and back, southbound around January and northbound with calves in March.80
- ワタルコ 🇲🇽 メキシコHumpback whale season · 12月1日〜3月31日（例年）Humpbacks come into the bays to calve from December and are usually gone by April.80
- セントオーガスティン 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Right whale calving season · 12月1日〜3月15日（例年）This is the only known calving ground for North Atlantic right whales, and a few hundred animals remain in the population.80
- プンタ・カナ 🇩🇴 ドミニカ共和国Humpback whales in Samana Bay · 1月15日〜3月31日Thousands of North Atlantic humpbacks calve in Samana Bay, and the environment ministry opens and closes the watching season by decree each year.79
- シワタネホ 🇲🇽 メキシコHumpback season · 12月15日〜3月20日（例年）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
- プロビデンシアレス島 タークス・カイコス諸島Humpbacks in the Columbus Passage · 1月15日〜4月15日（例年）Humpbacks funnel through the deep passage between the Caicos and Turks banks on their way to and from the Silver Bank.79
…1月はほか17か所。
2月のホエールシーズン
- テネリフェ島 🇪🇸 スペインWhales and dolphins offshore · 1月1日〜12月31日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
- ロス・カボス 🇲🇽 メキシコWhale season · 12月15日〜4月15日Grays and humpbacks pass the cape between mid-December and April, peaking in February.92
- マサトラン 🇲🇽 メキシコHumpback whale season · 12月15日〜4月5日（例年）Humpbacks come down the Pacific coast to calve and the boats run out past Isla de Chivos most mornings.91
- ラパス 🇲🇽 メキシコGray whales at Puerto Chale · 1月1日〜4月30日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
- カイコウラ 🇳🇿 ニュージーランドSperm whales, all year · 1月1日〜12月31日The canyon comes within a kilometre of the shore, so resident sperm whales are here in every month rather than in a season.90
- カウアイ島 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Humpback whale season · 12月15日〜5月15日The federal sanctuary season runs mid-December to mid-May, peaking around February.88
- サジュリタ 🇲🇽 メキシコHumpback whale season · 12月10日〜3月25日（例年）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
- セントオーガスティン 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Right whale calving season · 12月1日〜3月15日（例年）This is the only known calving ground for North Atlantic right whales, and a few hundred animals remain in the population.87
- サンディエゴ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Gray whale migration · 12月15日〜4月15日（例年）Twenty thousand gray whales pass the coast between Alaska and the Baja lagoons, close enough to watch from the cliffs at Cabrillo.86
- ホノルル 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Humpback whale season · 11月15日〜5月15日（例年）The humpbacks arrive from Alaska and are around the islands into spring, with the most of them in February.85
- カイルア・コナ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Humpback whale season · 12月1日〜4月15日（例年）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
- ラグナ・ビーチ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Gray whale migration · 12月15日〜4月15日（例年）Grays pass close inshore heading for Baja from about Christmas and come back north with calves in March and April.84
- ボトム サバ島Humpback whale season · 1月1日〜4月30日（例年）Humpbacks pass close enough to Saba's coast from January to April that dive boats occasionally hear them before they see them.84
- ロサンゼルス 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Gray whale migration · 12月15日〜4月30日（例年）The whole population passes offshore on its way to Baja and back, southbound around January and northbound with calves in March.83
- プエルト・バヤルタ 🇲🇽 メキシコHumpback season · 12月8日〜3月23日The 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
- ワタルコ 🇲🇽 メキシコHumpback whale season · 12月1日〜3月31日（例年）Humpbacks come into the bays to calve from December and are usually gone by April.83
- ラハイナ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Humpback whale season · 12月15日〜5月15日The 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
- マウイ島 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国World Whale Day · 2月8日〜22日（例年）A parade down South Kihei Road and a day of ocean programming in mid-February, at the peak of the whale count.82
- シワタネホ 🇲🇽 メキシコHumpback season · 12月15日〜3月20日（例年）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
- リンコン 🇵🇷 プエルトリコHumpback whale season · 1月1日〜3月31日Humpbacks 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
- サマナ 🇩🇴 ドミニカ共和国Humpback whales in the bay · 1月15日〜3月30日Thousands of North Atlantic humpbacks calve and court in the bay and the season is fixed by law from 15 January to 30 March.81
- スタンリー フォークランド諸島Sei whale season · 1月15日〜5月15日（例年）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
- プエルト・エスコンディード 🇲🇽 メキシコHumpbacks offshore · 12月1日〜3月31日（例年）Humpbacks pass down the Oaxacan coast through the winter and the small boats out of Puerto Angelito find them most mornings.80
- サンタバーバラ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Gray whale migration · 12月15日〜4月15日（例年）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
- プエルト・プラタ 🇩🇴 ドミニカ共和国Humpbacks on the Silver Bank · 1月15日〜3月31日（例年）Thousands of North Atlantic humpbacks calve on the banks off this coast in late winter.80
…2月はほか18か所。
3月のホエールシーズン
- テネリフェ島 🇪🇸 スペインWhales and dolphins offshore · 1月1日〜12月31日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
- マサトラン 🇲🇽 メキシコHumpback whale season · 12月15日〜4月5日（例年）Humpbacks come down the Pacific coast to calve and the boats run out past Isla de Chivos most mornings.93
- セントオーガスティン 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Right whale calving season · 12月1日〜3月15日（例年）This is the only known calving ground for North Atlantic right whales, and a few hundred animals remain in the population.92
- プライア 🇨🇻 カーボベルデHumpback whale season · 3月1日〜5月31日（例年）Humpbacks use Cabo Verde as a breeding ground in the northern spring, and boats go out from the Santiago coast for them.90
- ロス・カボス 🇲🇽 メキシコWhale season · 12月15日〜4月15日Grays and humpbacks pass the cape between mid-December and April, peaking in February.90
- サンディエゴ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Gray whale migration · 12月15日〜4月15日（例年）Twenty thousand gray whales pass the coast between Alaska and the Baja lagoons, close enough to watch from the cliffs at Cabrillo.89
- サジュリタ 🇲🇽 メキシコHumpback whale season · 12月10日〜3月25日（例年）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
- プエルト・バヤルタ 🇲🇽 メキシコHumpback season · 12月8日〜3月23日The 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
- カイコウラ 🇳🇿 ニュージーランドSperm whales, all year · 1月1日〜12月31日The canyon comes within a kilometre of the shore, so resident sperm whales are here in every month rather than in a season.88
- ロサンゼルス 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Gray whale migration · 12月15日〜4月30日（例年）The whole population passes offshore on its way to Baja and back, southbound around January and northbound with calves in March.87
- カウアイ島 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Humpback whale season · 12月15日〜5月15日The federal sanctuary season runs mid-December to mid-May, peaking around February.87
- ラパス 🇲🇽 メキシコGray whales at Puerto Chale · 1月1日〜4月30日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
- ラグナ・ビーチ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Gray whale migration · 12月15日〜4月15日（例年）Grays pass close inshore heading for Baja from about Christmas and come back north with calves in March and April.86
- ボトム サバ島Humpback whale season · 1月1日〜4月30日（例年）Humpbacks pass close enough to Saba's coast from January to April that dive boats occasionally hear them before they see them.86
- ラハイナ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Humpback whale season · 12月15日〜5月15日The 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
- ホノルル 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Humpback whale season · 11月15日〜5月15日（例年）The humpbacks arrive from Alaska and are around the islands into spring, with the most of them in February.83
- サンタバーバラ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Gray whale migration · 12月15日〜4月15日（例年）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
- シワタネホ 🇲🇽 メキシコHumpback season · 12月15日〜3月20日（例年）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
- マウイ島 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Humpback whale season · 12月15日〜5月15日The North Pacific humpbacks calve in the shallow Auau Channel between Maui, Lanai and Molokai.82
- カイルア・コナ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Humpback whale season · 12月1日〜4月15日（例年）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
- 沖縄県 🇯🇵 日本Humpback whales off Zamami · 1月1日〜3月31日（例年）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
- ポンタ・デルガダ 🇵🇹 ポルトガルWhale and dolphin season · 3月15日〜10月15日（例年）Blue and fin whales pass on migration from about April to June, the biggest animals anyone will ever see from a boat.81
- プロビデンシアレス島 タークス・カイコス諸島Humpbacks in the Columbus Passage · 1月15日〜4月15日（例年）Humpbacks funnel through the deep passage between the Caicos and Turks banks on their way to and from the Silver Bank.81
- サマナ 🇩🇴 ドミニカ共和国Humpback whales in the bay · 1月15日〜3月30日Thousands of North Atlantic humpbacks calve and court in the bay and the season is fixed by law from 15 January to 30 March.80
- プンタ・カナ 🇩🇴 ドミニカ共和国Humpback whales in Samana Bay · 1月15日〜3月31日Thousands of North Atlantic humpbacks calve in Samana Bay, and the environment ministry opens and closes the watching season by decree each year.79
…3月はほか23か所。
4月のホエールシーズン
- ロサンゼルス 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Gray whale migration · 12月15日〜4月30日（例年）The whole population passes offshore on its way to Baja and back, southbound around January and northbound with calves in March.96
- テネリフェ島 🇪🇸 スペインWhales and dolphins offshore · 1月1日〜12月31日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
- サンディエゴ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Gray whale migration · 12月15日〜4月15日（例年）Twenty thousand gray whales pass the coast between Alaska and the Baja lagoons, close enough to watch from the cliffs at Cabrillo.94
- サンタバーバラ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Gray whale migration · 12月15日〜4月15日（例年）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
- フンシャル 🇵🇹 ポルトガルWhales and dolphins offshore · 4月1日〜10月31日（例年）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
- ラゴス 🇵🇹 ポルトガルDolphins offshore · 4月1日〜10月31日（例年）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
- ラグナ・ビーチ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Gray whale migration · 12月15日〜4月15日（例年）Grays pass close inshore heading for Baja from about Christmas and come back north with calves in March and April.91
- ジブラルタル ジブラルタルDolphins in the bay · 4月1日〜9月30日（例年）Three species work the bay year-round and the boats out of Marina Bay run several trips a day through the summer.90
- カウアイ島 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Humpback whale season · 12月15日〜5月15日The federal sanctuary season runs mid-December to mid-May, peaking around February.89
- タリファ 🇪🇸 スペインWhale and dolphin season · 4月1日〜10月15日（例年）Pilot whales and three dolphin species are resident in the strait through the season, with sperm whales passing.89
- プライア 🇨🇻 カーボベルデHumpback whale season · 3月1日〜5月31日（例年）Humpbacks use Cabo Verde as a breeding ground in the northern spring, and boats go out from the Santiago coast for them.87
- ビッグサー 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Gray whale migration · 12月15日〜5月1日（例年）The southbound migration passes close inshore from mid-December, and the northbound mothers and calves hug the coast even closer from March.87
- モントレー 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Gray whale migration · 12月15日〜5月10日（例年）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
- マサトラン 🇲🇽 メキシコHumpback whale season · 12月15日〜4月5日（例年）Humpbacks come down the Pacific coast to calve and the boats run out past Isla de Chivos most mornings.86
- サンフランシスコ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Gray whale migration · 12月15日〜5月15日（例年）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
- ロス・カボス 🇲🇽 メキシコWhale season · 12月15日〜4月15日Grays and humpbacks pass the cape between mid-December and April, peaking in February.85
- ポンタ・デルガダ 🇵🇹 ポルトガルWhale and dolphin season · 3月15日〜10月15日（例年）Blue and fin whales pass on migration from about April to June, the biggest animals anyone will ever see from a boat.84
- サンタクルーズ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Gray whale migration · 12月15日〜4月15日（例年）Grays pass the bay heading south in midwinter and back north with calves into April, often within sight of the cliffs.84
- ホノルル 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Humpback whale season · 11月15日〜5月15日（例年）The humpbacks arrive from Alaska and are around the islands into spring, with the most of them in February.82
- マウイ島 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Humpback whale season · 12月15日〜5月15日The North Pacific humpbacks calve in the shallow Auau Channel between Maui, Lanai and Molokai.82
- ラパス 🇲🇽 メキシコGray whales at Puerto Chale · 1月1日〜4月30日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
- ボトム サバ島Humpback whale season · 1月1日〜4月30日（例年）Humpbacks pass close enough to Saba's coast from January to April that dive boats occasionally hear them before they see them.82
- カイコウラ 🇳🇿 ニュージーランドSperm whales, all year · 1月1日〜12月31日The canyon comes within a kilometre of the shore, so resident sperm whales are here in every month rather than in a season.80
- ラハイナ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Humpback whale season · 12月15日〜5月15日The 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
- プロビデンシアレス島 タークス・カイコス諸島Humpbacks in the Columbus Passage · 1月15日〜4月15日（例年）Humpbacks funnel through the deep passage between the Caicos and Turks banks on their way to and from the Silver Bank.78
…4月はほか17か所。
5月のホエールシーズン
- ラゴス 🇵🇹 ポルトガルDolphins offshore · 4月1日〜10月31日（例年）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
- サンタバーバラ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Blue and humpback season · 5月15日〜9月15日（例年）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
- フンシャル 🇵🇹 ポルトガルWhales and dolphins offshore · 4月1日〜10月31日（例年）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
- テネリフェ島 🇪🇸 スペインWhales and dolphins offshore · 1月1日〜12月31日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
- タリファ 🇪🇸 スペインWhale and dolphin season · 4月1日〜10月15日（例年）Pilot whales and three dolphin species are resident in the strait through the season, with sperm whales passing.93
- ジブラルタル ジブラルタルDolphins in the bay · 4月1日〜9月30日（例年）Three species work the bay year-round and the boats out of Marina Bay run several trips a day through the summer.93
- ビッグサー 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Gray whale migration · 12月15日〜5月1日（例年）The southbound migration passes close inshore from mid-December, and the northbound mothers and calves hug the coast even closer from March.92
- カウアイ島 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Humpback whale season · 12月15日〜5月15日The federal sanctuary season runs mid-December to mid-May, peaking around February.90
- サンフランシスコ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Gray whale migration · 12月15日〜5月15日（例年）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
- モントレー 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Gray whale migration · 12月15日〜5月10日（例年）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
- ボストン 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Whales on Stellwagen Bank · 4月15日〜10月20日（例年）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
- マウイ島 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Humpback whale season · 12月15日〜5月15日The North Pacific humpbacks calve in the shallow Auau Channel between Maui, Lanai and Molokai.86
- ポンタ・デルガダ 🇵🇹 ポルトガルWhale and dolphin season · 3月15日〜10月15日（例年）Blue and fin whales pass on migration from about April to June, the biggest animals anyone will ever see from a boat.86
- プライア 🇨🇻 カーボベルデHumpback whale season · 3月1日〜5月31日（例年）Humpbacks use Cabo Verde as a breeding ground in the northern spring, and boats go out from the Santiago coast for them.85
- ウロンゴン 🇦🇺 オーストラリアHumpbacks past the escarpment · 5月15日〜11月15日（例年）The whole east-coast migration passes close in below the escarpment, and the headlands at Bald Hill and Hill 60 are free grandstands.84
- ビクトリア 🇨🇦 カナダWhale watching season · 5月1日〜10月15日（例年）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
- ラハイナ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Humpback whale season · 12月15日〜5月15日The 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
- ホノルル 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Humpback whale season · 11月15日〜5月15日（例年）The humpbacks arrive from Alaska and are around the islands into spring, with the most of them in February.81
- インヴァネス 🇬🇧 イギリスDolphins at Chanonry Point · 5月1日〜9月30日（例年）The Moray Firth bottlenose pod feeds on the rising tide at the point across the water, half an hour from town.80
- カンガルー島 🇦🇺 オーストラリアSouthern right whales · 5月15日〜9月30日（例年）Southern rights move along the north coast and into the bays through winter, with mothers and calves close in.80
- トッフィーノ 🇨🇦 カナダGrey whale migration · 2月20日〜5月15日（例年）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
- アークレイリ 🇮🇸 アイスランドWhales in Eyjafjordur · 5月1日〜9月30日（例年）Humpbacks work the length of the fjord through the summer and the boats leave from the town quay rather than a separate harbour.76
- カイコウラ 🇳🇿 ニュージーランドSperm whales, all year · 1月1日〜12月31日The canyon comes within a kilometre of the shore, so resident sperm whales are here in every month rather than in a season.74
- フーサヴィーク 🇮🇸 アイスランドWhale watching season · 4月1日〜10月31日（例年）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
- レイキャヴィーク 🇮🇸 アイスランドWhale watching season · 4月1日〜10月15日（例年）Minke and humpback come into Faxafloi through the summer and the boats run several times a day from the old harbour.72
…5月はほか7か所。
6月のホエールシーズン
- サンタバーバラ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Blue and humpback season · 5月15日〜9月15日（例年）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
- フンシャル 🇵🇹 ポルトガルWhales and dolphins offshore · 4月1日〜10月31日（例年）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
- スワコプムント 🇳🇦 ナミビアWhales off Walvis Bay · 6月1日〜11月30日（例年）Southern rights and humpbacks pass Walvis Bay, half an hour down the coast, through winter and spring.94
- ラゴス 🇵🇹 ポルトガルDolphins offshore · 4月1日〜10月31日（例年）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
- ダーバン 🇿🇦 南アフリカ共和国Humpback migration · 6月1日〜11月30日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
- タリファ 🇪🇸 スペインWhale and dolphin season · 4月1日〜10月15日（例年）Pilot whales and three dolphin species are resident in the strait through the season, with sperm whales passing.93
- テネリフェ島 🇪🇸 スペインWhales and dolphins offshore · 1月1日〜12月31日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
- ジブラルタル ジブラルタルDolphins in the bay · 4月1日〜9月30日（例年）Three species work the bay year-round and the boats out of Marina Bay run several trips a day through the summer.91
- ポンタ・デルガダ 🇵🇹 ポルトガルWhale and dolphin season · 3月15日〜10月15日（例年）Blue and fin whales pass on migration from about April to June, the biggest animals anyone will ever see from a boat.90
- ボストン 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Whales on Stellwagen Bank · 4月15日〜10月20日（例年）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
- ブルーム 🇦🇺 オーストラリアHumpbacks off the Kimberley · 6月15日〜9月15日（例年）One of the largest humpback populations anywhere calves in Kimberley water and passes Broome from late June.89
- ビクトリア 🇨🇦 カナダWhale watching season · 5月1日〜10月15日（例年）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
- ポート・エリザベス 🇿🇦 南アフリカ共和国Whales in Algoa Bay · 6月1日〜11月30日（例年）Southern rights and humpbacks work through the bay across winter and spring.88
- トゥリアラ 🇲🇬 マダガスカルHumpback whale season · 6月15日〜9月15日（例年）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
- ジェームズタウン セントヘレナHumpback whales · 6月15日〜12月15日（例年）Humpbacks use the island's waters through the southern winter and spring, with mothers and calves close in along the lee coast.88
- ブリスベン 🇦🇺 オーストラリアHumpbacks in Moreton Bay · 6月1日〜11月5日（例年）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
- Jeffreys Bay 🇿🇦 南アフリカ共和国Southern right and humpback whales · 6月15日〜11月15日（例年）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
- ゴールドコースト 🇦🇺 オーストラリアHumpback migration · 6月1日〜11月15日（例年）Humpbacks pass close inshore on the way north and back south again with calves, and the boats out of Main Beach run daily.86
- サン＝ドニ 🇷🇪 レユニオンHumpbacks off the coast · 6月15日〜10月31日（例年）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
- アルマサン・ドス・ブージオス 🇧🇷 ブラジルHumpback whales off Arraial · 6月15日〜10月15日（例年）Humpbacks pass the Cabo Frio coast on their way north to breed.86
- ナイズナ 🇿🇦 南アフリカ共和国Southern right whales · 6月15日〜11月15日（例年）Southern rights work the coast between the Heads and Buffalo Bay through winter and spring.86
- モロンダバ 🇲🇬 マダガスカルHumpback whales at Belo sur Mer · 6月15日〜9月15日（例年）Humpbacks pass close to shore at Belo sur Mer, a boat trip down the coast from Morondava, from around mid-June to September.86
- ケアンズ 🇦🇺 オーストラリアDwarf minke whales · 6月1日〜7月31日（例年）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
- ヌーサ 🇦🇺 オーストラリアHumpbacks off the headland · 6月15日〜11月5日（例年）The national park headland walk looks straight down on the migration line, so the whales cost nothing to watch here.85
- インヴァネス 🇬🇧 イギリスDolphins at Chanonry Point · 5月1日〜9月30日（例年）The Moray Firth bottlenose pod feeds on the rising tide at the point across the water, half an hour from town.84
…6月はほか28か所。
7月のホエールシーズン
- スワコプムント 🇳🇦 ナミビアWhales off Walvis Bay · 6月1日〜11月30日（例年）Southern rights and humpbacks pass Walvis Bay, half an hour down the coast, through winter and spring.95
- ビクトリア 🇨🇦 カナダWhale watching season · 5月1日〜10月15日（例年）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
- サンタバーバラ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Blue and humpback season · 5月15日〜9月15日（例年）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
- ビッグサー 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Blue and humpback whales offshore · 7月1日〜10月15日（例年）Upwelling packs krill into the submarine canyon and the big rorquals work the shelf all summer.94
- マプト 🇲🇿 モザンビークHumpback whales · 7月1日〜10月15日（例年）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
- ヴィランクーロ 🇲🇿 モザンビークHumpback whale migration · 7月1日〜11月15日（例年）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
- フンシャル 🇵🇹 ポルトガルWhales and dolphins offshore · 4月1日〜10月31日（例年）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
- ブルーム 🇦🇺 オーストラリアHumpbacks off the Kimberley · 6月15日〜9月15日（例年）One of the largest humpback populations anywhere calves in Kimberley water and passes Broome from late June.92
- ポンタ・デルガダ 🇵🇹 ポルトガルWhale and dolphin season · 3月15日〜10月15日（例年）Blue and fin whales pass on migration from about April to June, the biggest animals anyone will ever see from a boat.91
- ダーバン 🇿🇦 南アフリカ共和国Humpback migration · 6月1日〜11月30日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
- トゥリアラ 🇲🇬 マダガスカルHumpback whale season · 6月15日〜9月15日（例年）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
- Tofo 🇲🇿 モザンビークHumpback whale season · 7月1日〜11月15日（例年）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
- セントジョンズ 🇨🇦 カナダHumpbacks and the capelin roll · 6月1日〜8月31日（例年）Humpbacks follow the capelin inshore in June and stay through the summer.90
- サン＝ドニ 🇷🇪 レユニオンHumpbacks off the coast · 6月15日〜10月31日（例年）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
- アルマサン・ドス・ブージオス 🇧🇷 ブラジルHumpback whales off Arraial · 6月15日〜10月15日（例年）Humpbacks pass the Cabo Frio coast on their way north to breed.89
- ハービー・ベイ 🇦🇺 オーストラリアHumpbacks in the bay · 7月5日〜10月25日（例年）Humpbacks break their southern run in the flat water behind K'gari, mothers and calves resting for days at a time.89
- モロンダバ 🇲🇬 マダガスカルHumpback whales at Belo sur Mer · 6月15日〜9月15日（例年）Humpbacks pass close to shore at Belo sur Mer, a boat trip down the coast from Morondava, from around mid-June to September.89
- フロリアノーポリス 🇧🇷 ブラジルSouthern right whales · 7月1日〜11月15日（例年）Right whales calve along the coast just south of the island, with the best odds in September and October off Garopaba and Imbituba.88
- ブリスベン 🇦🇺 オーストラリアHumpbacks in Moreton Bay · 6月1日〜11月5日（例年）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
- ゴールドコースト 🇦🇺 オーストラリアHumpback migration · 6月1日〜11月15日（例年）Humpbacks pass close inshore on the way north and back south again with calves, and the boats out of Main Beach run daily.88
- ラゴス 🇵🇹 ポルトガルDolphins offshore · 4月1日〜10月31日（例年）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
- ヴィトーリア 🇧🇷 ブラジルHumpback whales offshore · 7月1日〜11月15日（例年）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
- ポート・エリザベス 🇿🇦 南アフリカ共和国Whales in Algoa Bay · 6月1日〜11月30日（例年）Southern rights and humpbacks work through the bay across winter and spring.88
- ジェームズタウン セントヘレナHumpback whales · 6月15日〜12月15日（例年）Humpbacks use the island's waters through the southern winter and spring, with mothers and calves close in along the lee coast.88
- ヌメア 🇳🇨 ニューカレドニアHumpbacks in the southern lagoon · 7月1日〜9月30日（例年）Humpbacks calve inside the reef in the sheltered water south of Nouméa, an hour or two out by boat from Prony.87
…7月はほか66か所。
8月のホエールシーズン
- スワコプムント 🇳🇦 ナミビアWhales off Walvis Bay · 6月1日〜11月30日（例年）Southern rights and humpbacks pass Walvis Bay, half an hour down the coast, through winter and spring.95
- ハービー・ベイ 🇦🇺 オーストラリアHumpbacks in the bay · 7月5日〜10月25日（例年）Humpbacks break their southern run in the flat water behind K'gari, mothers and calves resting for days at a time.94
- エクスマウス 🇦🇺 オーストラリアSwim season with humpbacks · 8月1日〜10月31日（例年）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
- ビクトリア 🇨🇦 カナダWhale watching season · 5月1日〜10月15日（例年）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
- ブリスベン 🇦🇺 オーストラリアHumpbacks in Moreton Bay · 6月1日〜11月5日（例年）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
- エアリービーチ 🇦🇺 オーストラリアHumpbacks in the Whitsundays · 7月1日〜9月15日（例年）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
- ゴールドコースト 🇦🇺 オーストラリアHumpback migration · 6月1日〜11月15日（例年）Humpbacks pass close inshore on the way north and back south again with calves, and the boats out of Main Beach run daily.92
- ダーバン 🇿🇦 南アフリカ共和国Humpback migration · 6月1日〜11月30日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
- ヌーサ 🇦🇺 オーストラリアHumpbacks off the headland · 6月15日〜11月5日（例年）The national park headland walk looks straight down on the migration line, so the whales cost nothing to watch here.92
- サンタバーバラ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Blue and humpback season · 5月15日〜9月15日（例年）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
- ビッグサー 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Blue and humpback whales offshore · 7月1日〜10月15日（例年）Upwelling packs krill into the submarine canyon and the big rorquals work the shelf all summer.92
- サン＝ドニ 🇷🇪 レユニオンHumpbacks off the coast · 6月15日〜10月31日（例年）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
- マプト 🇲🇿 モザンビークHumpback whales · 7月1日〜10月15日（例年）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
- Tofo 🇲🇿 モザンビークHumpback whale season · 7月1日〜11月15日（例年）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
- ヴィランクーロ 🇲🇿 モザンビークHumpback whale migration · 7月1日〜11月15日（例年）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
- Grand Baie 🇲🇺 モーリシャスHumpbacks off the west coast · 7月1日〜10月31日（例年）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
- ル・モーン・ブラバン 🇲🇺 モーリシャスWhales and dolphins offshore · 7月1日〜10月31日（例年）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
- フンシャル 🇵🇹 ポルトガルWhales and dolphins offshore · 4月1日〜10月31日（例年）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
- バイロンベイ 🇦🇺 オーストラリアHumpback migration past the cape · 6月1日〜11月15日（例年）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
- ポート・エリザベス 🇿🇦 南アフリカ共和国Whales in Algoa Bay · 6月1日〜11月30日（例年）Southern rights and humpbacks work through the bay across winter and spring.89
- トゥリアラ 🇲🇬 マダガスカルHumpback whale season · 6月15日〜9月15日（例年）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
- Jeffreys Bay 🇿🇦 南アフリカ共和国Southern right and humpback whales · 6月15日〜11月15日（例年）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
- セントジョンズ 🇨🇦 カナダHumpbacks and the capelin roll · 6月1日〜8月31日（例年）Humpbacks follow the capelin inshore in June and stay through the summer.88
- ジェームズタウン セントヘレナHumpback whales · 6月15日〜12月15日（例年）Humpbacks use the island's waters through the southern winter and spring, with mothers and calves close in along the lee coast.88
- ラゴス 🇵🇹 ポルトガルDolphins offshore · 4月1日〜10月31日（例年）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
…8月はほか65か所。
9月のホエールシーズン
- スワコプムント 🇳🇦 ナミビアWhales off Walvis Bay · 6月1日〜11月30日（例年）Southern rights and humpbacks pass Walvis Bay, half an hour down the coast, through winter and spring.96
- ブリスベン 🇦🇺 オーストラリアHumpbacks in Moreton Bay · 6月1日〜11月5日（例年）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
- ハービー・ベイ 🇦🇺 オーストラリアHumpbacks in the bay · 7月5日〜10月25日（例年）Humpbacks break their southern run in the flat water behind K'gari, mothers and calves resting for days at a time.95
- ゴールドコースト 🇦🇺 オーストラリアHumpback migration · 6月1日〜11月15日（例年）Humpbacks pass close inshore on the way north and back south again with calves, and the boats out of Main Beach run daily.94
- ヌーサ 🇦🇺 オーストラリアHumpbacks off the headland · 6月15日〜11月5日（例年）The national park headland walk looks straight down on the migration line, so the whales cost nothing to watch here.93
- サンタバーバラ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Blue and humpback season · 5月15日〜9月15日（例年）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
- ヌメア 🇳🇨 ニューカレドニアHumpbacks in the southern lagoon · 7月1日〜9月30日（例年）Humpbacks calve inside the reef in the sheltered water south of Nouméa, an hour or two out by boat from Prony.91
- ビッグサー 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Blue and humpback whales offshore · 7月1日〜10月15日（例年）Upwelling packs krill into the submarine canyon and the big rorquals work the shelf all summer.91
- ポート・エリザベス 🇿🇦 南アフリカ共和国Whales in Algoa Bay · 6月1日〜11月30日（例年）Southern rights and humpbacks work through the bay across winter and spring.91
- エクスマウス 🇦🇺 オーストラリアSwim season with humpbacks · 8月1日〜10月31日（例年）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
- フンシャル 🇵🇹 ポルトガルWhales and dolphins offshore · 4月1日〜10月31日（例年）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
- ボストン 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Whales on Stellwagen Bank · 4月15日〜10月20日（例年）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
- サン＝ドニ 🇷🇪 レユニオンHumpbacks off the coast · 6月15日〜10月31日（例年）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
- ラゴス 🇵🇹 ポルトガルDolphins offshore · 4月1日〜10月31日（例年）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
- バイロンベイ 🇦🇺 オーストラリアHumpback migration past the cape · 6月1日〜11月15日（例年）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
- Jeffreys Bay 🇿🇦 南アフリカ共和国Southern right and humpback whales · 6月15日〜11月15日（例年）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
- エアリービーチ 🇦🇺 オーストラリアHumpbacks in the Whitsundays · 7月1日〜9月15日（例年）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
- Grand Baie 🇲🇺 モーリシャスHumpbacks off the west coast · 7月1日〜10月31日（例年）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
- ル・モーン・ブラバン 🇲🇺 モーリシャスWhales and dolphins offshore · 7月1日〜10月31日（例年）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
- ケープタウン 🇿🇦 南アフリカ共和国Southern right whales · 6月1日〜11月30日（例年）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
- パース 🇦🇺 オーストラリアHumpbacks off the coast · 9月1日〜12月5日（例年）Humpbacks pass Rottnest and the metropolitan coast on the way south, calves in tow, from September to early December.88
- ウロンゴン 🇦🇺 オーストラリアHumpbacks past the escarpment · 5月15日〜11月15日（例年）The whole east-coast migration passes close in below the escarpment, and the headlands at Bald Hill and Hill 60 are free grandstands.88
- タリファ 🇪🇸 スペインWhale and dolphin season · 4月1日〜10月15日（例年）Pilot whales and three dolphin species are resident in the strait through the season, with sperm whales passing.88
- ヘルマナス 🇿🇦 南アフリカ共和国Southern right whales · 6月1日〜11月30日（例年）Southern rights come into Walker Bay to calve and stay close enough to the cliff path to watch without a boat.88
- ナイズナ 🇿🇦 南アフリカ共和国Southern right whales · 6月15日〜11月15日（例年）Southern rights work the coast between the Heads and Buffalo Bay through winter and spring.88
…9月はほか64か所。
10月のホエールシーズン
- スワコプムント 🇳🇦 ナミビアWhales off Walvis Bay · 6月1日〜11月30日（例年）Southern rights and humpbacks pass Walvis Bay, half an hour down the coast, through winter and spring.97
- ケープタウン 🇿🇦 南アフリカ共和国Southern right whales · 6月1日〜11月30日（例年）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
- パース 🇦🇺 オーストラリアHumpbacks off the coast · 9月1日〜12月5日（例年）Humpbacks pass Rottnest and the metropolitan coast on the way south, calves in tow, from September to early December.94
- ヘルマナス 🇿🇦 南アフリカ共和国Southern right whales · 6月1日〜11月30日（例年）Southern rights come into Walker Bay to calve and stay close enough to the cliff path to watch without a boat.94
- アデレード 🇦🇺 オーストラリアSouthern right whales · 6月1日〜10月15日（例年）Southern rights calve in Encounter Bay off Victor Harbor, an hour south.93
- プエルト・マドリン 🇦🇷 アルゼンチンSouthern right whales · 6月1日〜12月15日（例年）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
- ポート・エリザベス 🇿🇦 南アフリカ共和国Whales in Algoa Bay · 6月1日〜11月30日（例年）Southern rights and humpbacks work through the bay across winter and spring.92
- ナイズナ 🇿🇦 南アフリカ共和国Southern right whales · 6月15日〜11月15日（例年）Southern rights work the coast between the Heads and Buffalo Bay through winter and spring.92
- Jeffreys Bay 🇿🇦 南アフリカ共和国Southern right and humpback whales · 6月15日〜11月15日（例年）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
- プレッテンバーグ・ベイ 🇿🇦 南アフリカ共和国Whale season · 7月1日〜12月15日（例年）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
- ラゴス 🇵🇹 ポルトガルDolphins offshore · 4月1日〜10月31日（例年）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
- ビッグサー 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Blue and humpback whales offshore · 7月1日〜10月15日（例年）Upwelling packs krill into the submarine canyon and the big rorquals work the shelf all summer.90
- ウロンゴン 🇦🇺 オーストラリアHumpbacks past the escarpment · 5月15日〜11月15日（例年）The whole east-coast migration passes close in below the escarpment, and the headlands at Bald Hill and Hill 60 are free grandstands.90
- フンシャル 🇵🇹 ポルトガルWhales and dolphins offshore · 4月1日〜10月31日（例年）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
- ジェームズタウン セントヘレナHumpback whales · 6月15日〜12月15日（例年）Humpbacks use the island's waters through the southern winter and spring, with mothers and calves close in along the lee coast.89
- ノーフォーク島 ノーフォーク島Humpbacks pass the island · 6月15日〜10月15日（例年）The island sits alone in the middle of the migration route, so humpbacks are watched from the clifftops rather than from a boat.89
- エクスマウス 🇦🇺 オーストラリアSwim season with humpbacks · 8月1日〜10月31日（例年）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
- テネリフェ島 🇪🇸 スペインWhales and dolphins offshore · 1月1日〜12月31日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
- バイロンベイ 🇦🇺 オーストラリアHumpback migration past the cape · 6月1日〜11月15日（例年）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
- タリファ 🇪🇸 スペインWhale and dolphin season · 4月1日〜10月15日（例年）Pilot whales and three dolphin species are resident in the strait through the season, with sperm whales passing.86
- プンタ・デル・エステ 🇺🇾 ウルグアイRight whales off the coast · 7月15日〜10月31日（例年）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
- Máncora 🇵🇪 ペルーHumpback whales · 7月1日〜10月15日（例年）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
- Grand Baie 🇲🇺 モーリシャスHumpbacks off the west coast · 7月1日〜10月31日（例年）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
- Punta del Diablo 🇺🇾 ウルグアイSouthern right whales · 7月1日〜10月31日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
- ル・モーン・ブラバン 🇲🇺 モーリシャスWhales and dolphins offshore · 7月1日〜10月31日（例年）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
…10月はほか45か所。
11月のホエールシーズン
- スワコプムント 🇳🇦 ナミビアWhales off Walvis Bay · 6月1日〜11月30日（例年）Southern rights and humpbacks pass Walvis Bay, half an hour down the coast, through winter and spring.97
- ヘルマナス 🇿🇦 南アフリカ共和国Southern right whales · 6月1日〜11月30日（例年）Southern rights come into Walker Bay to calve and stay close enough to the cliff path to watch without a boat.96
- ケープタウン 🇿🇦 南アフリカ共和国Southern right whales · 6月1日〜11月30日（例年）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
- プエルト・マドリン 🇦🇷 アルゼンチンSouthern right whales · 6月1日〜12月15日（例年）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
- ポート・エリザベス 🇿🇦 南アフリカ共和国Whales in Algoa Bay · 6月1日〜11月30日（例年）Southern rights and humpbacks work through the bay across winter and spring.94
- Jeffreys Bay 🇿🇦 南アフリカ共和国Southern right and humpback whales · 6月15日〜11月15日（例年）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
- パース 🇦🇺 オーストラリアHumpbacks off the coast · 9月1日〜12月5日（例年）Humpbacks pass Rottnest and the metropolitan coast on the way south, calves in tow, from September to early December.92
- ナイズナ 🇿🇦 南アフリカ共和国Southern right whales · 6月15日〜11月15日（例年）Southern rights work the coast between the Heads and Buffalo Bay through winter and spring.92
- プレッテンバーグ・ベイ 🇿🇦 南アフリカ共和国Whale season · 7月1日〜12月15日（例年）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
- テネリフェ島 🇪🇸 スペインWhales and dolphins offshore · 1月1日〜12月31日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
- マーガレット・リヴァー 🇦🇺 オーストラリアWhale season, coast to coast · 6月1日〜12月10日（例年）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
- ジェームズタウン セントヘレナHumpback whales · 6月15日〜12月15日（例年）Humpbacks use the island's waters through the southern winter and spring, with mothers and calves close in along the lee coast.89
- ウロンゴン 🇦🇺 オーストラリアHumpbacks past the escarpment · 5月15日〜11月15日（例年）The whole east-coast migration passes close in below the escarpment, and the headlands at Bald Hill and Hill 60 are free grandstands.88
- カイコウラ 🇳🇿 ニュージーランドSperm whales, all year · 1月1日〜12月31日The canyon comes within a kilometre of the shore, so resident sperm whales are here in every month rather than in a season.85
- ダーバン 🇿🇦 南アフリカ共和国Humpback migration · 6月1日〜11月30日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
- ホノルル 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Humpback whale season · 11月15日〜5月15日（例年）The humpbacks arrive from Alaska and are around the islands into spring, with the most of them in February.80
- バイロンベイ 🇦🇺 オーストラリアHumpback migration past the cape · 6月1日〜11月15日（例年）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
- ブリスベン 🇦🇺 オーストラリアHumpbacks in Moreton Bay · 6月1日〜11月5日（例年）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
- ゴールドコースト 🇦🇺 オーストラリアHumpback migration · 6月1日〜11月15日（例年）Humpbacks pass close inshore on the way north and back south again with calves, and the boats out of Main Beach run daily.78
- ヌーサ 🇦🇺 オーストラリアHumpbacks off the headland · 6月15日〜11月5日（例年）The national park headland walk looks straight down on the migration line, so the whales cost nothing to watch here.78
- フロリアノーポリス 🇧🇷 ブラジルSouthern right whales · 7月1日〜11月15日（例年）Right whales calve along the coast just south of the island, with the best odds in September and October off Garopaba and Imbituba.76
- ヴィランクーロ 🇲🇿 モザンビークHumpback whale migration · 7月1日〜11月15日（例年）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
- Tofo 🇲🇿 モザンビークHumpback whale season · 7月1日〜11月15日（例年）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
- ボラボラ島 🇵🇫 フランス領ポリネシアHumpback season · 7月20日〜11月20日（例年）Humpbacks come up from Antarctica to calve in the lee of the islands and stay outside the reef until November.71
- Morro de São Paulo 🇧🇷 ブラジルHumpback whale season · 7月15日〜11月5日（例年）Humpbacks come up the Bahia coast to calve, and boats from the island go out looking for them a few mornings a week.71
…11月はほか14か所。
12月のホエールシーズン
- マーガレット・リヴァー 🇦🇺 オーストラリアWhale season, coast to coast · 6月1日〜12月10日（例年）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
- テネリフェ島 🇪🇸 スペインWhales and dolphins offshore · 1月1日〜12月31日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
- プレッテンバーグ・ベイ 🇿🇦 南アフリカ共和国Whale season · 7月1日〜12月15日（例年）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
- プエルト・マドリン 🇦🇷 アルゼンチンSouthern right whales · 6月1日〜12月15日（例年）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
- ジェームズタウン セントヘレナHumpback whales · 6月15日〜12月15日（例年）Humpbacks use the island's waters through the southern winter and spring, with mothers and calves close in along the lee coast.89
- パース 🇦🇺 オーストラリアHumpbacks off the coast · 9月1日〜12月5日（例年）Humpbacks pass Rottnest and the metropolitan coast on the way south, calves in tow, from September to early December.87
- ロス・カボス 🇲🇽 メキシコWhale season · 12月15日〜4月15日Grays and humpbacks pass the cape between mid-December and April, peaking in February.87
- カイコウラ 🇳🇿 ニュージーランドSperm whales, all year · 1月1日〜12月31日The canyon comes within a kilometre of the shore, so resident sperm whales are here in every month rather than in a season.86
- カウアイ島 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Humpback whale season · 12月15日〜5月15日The federal sanctuary season runs mid-December to mid-May, peaking around February.85
- マサトラン 🇲🇽 メキシコHumpback whale season · 12月15日〜4月5日（例年）Humpbacks come down the Pacific coast to calve and the boats run out past Isla de Chivos most mornings.84
- サンディエゴ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Gray whale migration · 12月15日〜4月15日（例年）Twenty thousand gray whales pass the coast between Alaska and the Baja lagoons, close enough to watch from the cliffs at Cabrillo.83
- セントオーガスティン 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Right whale calving season · 12月1日〜3月15日（例年）This is the only known calving ground for North Atlantic right whales, and a few hundred animals remain in the population.83
- ラグナ・ビーチ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Gray whale migration · 12月15日〜4月15日（例年）Grays pass close inshore heading for Baja from about Christmas and come back north with calves in March and April.83
- ロサンゼルス 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Gray whale migration · 12月15日〜4月30日（例年）The whole population passes offshore on its way to Baja and back, southbound around January and northbound with calves in March.81
- マウイ島 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Humpback whale season · 12月15日〜5月15日The North Pacific humpbacks calve in the shallow Auau Channel between Maui, Lanai and Molokai.81
- プエルト・エスコンディード 🇲🇽 メキシコHumpbacks offshore · 12月1日〜3月31日（例年）Humpbacks pass down the Oaxacan coast through the winter and the small boats out of Puerto Angelito find them most mornings.81
- ワタルコ 🇲🇽 メキシコHumpback whale season · 12月1日〜3月31日（例年）Humpbacks come into the bays to calve from December and are usually gone by April.81
- サジュリタ 🇲🇽 メキシコHumpback whale season · 12月10日〜3月25日（例年）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
- ラハイナ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Humpback whale season · 12月15日〜5月15日The 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
- ホノルル 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Humpback whale season · 11月15日〜5月15日（例年）The humpbacks arrive from Alaska and are around the islands into spring, with the most of them in February.78
- カイルア・コナ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Humpback whale season · 12月1日〜4月15日（例年）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
- プエルト・バヤルタ 🇲🇽 メキシコHumpback season · 12月8日〜3月23日The 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
- サンタバーバラ 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Gray whale migration · 12月15日〜4月15日（例年）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
- シワタネホ 🇲🇽 メキシコHumpback season · 12月15日〜3月20日（例年）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
- モントレー 🇺🇸 アメリカ合衆国Gray whale migration · 12月15日〜5月10日（例年）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
…12月はほか13か所。