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1. 🏖️ Los Cabos 🇲🇽 MexicoWhale season · 15 dec – 15 aprGrays and humpbacks pass the cape between mid-December and April, peaking in February.93
2. 🏝️ Tenerife 🇪🇸 SpanjeWhales and dolphins offshore · 1 jan – 31 decA 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 🇲🇽 MexicoGray whales at Puerto Chale · 1 jan – 30 aprGray 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 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandSperm whales, all year · 1 jan – 31 decThe 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 🇲🇽 MexicoHumpback whale season · 15 dec – 5 apr (meestal)Humpbacks come down the Pacific coast to calve and the boats run out past Isla de Chivos most mornings.90
6. 🏝️ Kauai 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenHumpback whale season · 15 dec – 15 meiThe federal sanctuary season runs mid-December to mid-May, peaking around February.89
7. 🏖️ Sayulita 🇲🇽 MexicoHumpback whale season · 10 dec – 25 mrt (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenHumpback whale season · 15 dec – 15 meiThe North Pacific humpbacks calve in the shallow Auau Channel between Maui, Lanai and Molokai.85
9. 🏖️ Puerto Vallarta 🇲🇽 MexicoHumpback season · 8 dec – 23 mrtThe 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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenHumpback whale season · 15 nov – 15 mei (meestal)The humpbacks arrive from Alaska and are around the islands into spring, with the most of them in February.83
11. 🏖️ San Diego 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenGray whale migration · 15 dec – 15 apr (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenHumpback whale season · 1 dec – 15 apr (meestal)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 (meestal)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 🇲🇽 MexicoHumpbacks offshore · 1 dec – 31 mrt (meestal)Humpbacks pass down the Oaxacan coast through the winter and the small boats out of Puerto Angelito find them most mornings.82
15. 🏖️ Lahaina 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenHumpback whale season · 15 dec – 15 meiThe 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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenGray whale migration · 15 dec – 15 apr (meestal)Grays pass close inshore heading for Baja from about Christmas and come back north with calves in March and April.82
17. 🏙️ Stanley FalklandeilandenSei whale season · 15 jan – 15 mei (meestal)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 mrtHumpbacks 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. 🏖️ Santa Bárbara de Samaná 🇩🇴 Dominicaanse RepubliekHumpback whales in the bay · 15 jan – 30 mrtThousands 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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenGray whale migration · 15 dec – 30 apr (meestal)The whole population passes offshore on its way to Baja and back, southbound around January and northbound with calves in March.80
21. 🏖️ Huatulco 🇲🇽 MexicoHumpback whale season · 1 dec – 31 mrt (meestal)Humpbacks come into the bays to calve from December and are usually gone by April.80
22. 🏙️ St. Augustine 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenRight whale calving season · 1 dec – 15 mrt (meestal)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 🇩🇴 Dominicaanse RepubliekHumpback whales in Samana Bay · 15 jan – 31 mrtThousands 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 🇲🇽 MexicoHumpback season · 15 dec – 20 mrt (meestal)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- en CaicoseilandenHumpbacks in the Columbus Passage · 15 jan – 15 apr (meestal)Humpbacks funnel through the deep passage between the Caicos and Turks banks on their way to and from the Silver Bank.79

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1. 🏝️ Tenerife 🇪🇸 SpanjeWhales and dolphins offshore · 1 jan – 31 decA 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 🇲🇽 MexicoWhale season · 15 dec – 15 aprGrays and humpbacks pass the cape between mid-December and April, peaking in February.92
3. 🏖️ Mazatlán 🇲🇽 MexicoHumpback whale season · 15 dec – 5 apr (meestal)Humpbacks come down the Pacific coast to calve and the boats run out past Isla de Chivos most mornings.91
4. 🏙️ La Paz 🇲🇽 MexicoGray whales at Puerto Chale · 1 jan – 30 aprGray 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 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandSperm whales, all year · 1 jan – 31 decThe canyon comes within a kilometre of the shore, so resident sperm whales are here in every month rather than in a season.90
6. 🏝️ Kauai 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenHumpback whale season · 15 dec – 15 meiThe federal sanctuary season runs mid-December to mid-May, peaking around February.88
7. 🏖️ Sayulita 🇲🇽 MexicoHumpback whale season · 10 dec – 25 mrt (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenRight whale calving season · 1 dec – 15 mrt (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenGray whale migration · 15 dec – 15 apr (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenHumpback whale season · 15 nov – 15 mei (meestal)The humpbacks arrive from Alaska and are around the islands into spring, with the most of them in February.85
11. 🏖️ Kailua 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenHumpback whale season · 1 dec – 15 apr (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenGray whale migration · 15 dec – 15 apr (meestal)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 (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenGray whale migration · 15 dec – 30 apr (meestal)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 🇲🇽 MexicoHumpback season · 8 dec – 23 mrtThe 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. 🏖️ Huatulco 🇲🇽 MexicoHumpback whale season · 1 dec – 31 mrt (meestal)Humpbacks come into the bays to calve from December and are usually gone by April.83
17. 🏖️ Lahaina 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenHumpback whale season · 15 dec – 15 meiThe 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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenWorld Whale Day · 8–22 feb (meestal)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 🇲🇽 MexicoHumpback season · 15 dec – 20 mrt (meestal)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 mrtHumpbacks 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. 🏖️ Santa Bárbara de Samaná 🇩🇴 Dominicaanse RepubliekHumpback whales in the bay · 15 jan – 30 mrtThousands 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 FalklandeilandenSei whale season · 15 jan – 15 mei (meestal)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 🇲🇽 MexicoHumpbacks offshore · 1 dec – 31 mrt (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenGray whale migration · 15 dec – 15 apr (meestal)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 🇩🇴 Dominicaanse RepubliekHumpbacks on the Silver Bank · 15 jan – 31 mrt (meestal)Thousands of North Atlantic humpbacks calve on the banks off this coast in late winter.80

…en nog 18 in februari.

Wat er in februari wereldwijd speelt →

1. 🏝️ Tenerife 🇪🇸 SpanjeWhales and dolphins offshore · 1 jan – 31 decA 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 🇲🇽 MexicoHumpback whale season · 15 dec – 5 apr (meestal)Humpbacks come down the Pacific coast to calve and the boats run out past Isla de Chivos most mornings.93
3. 🏙️ St. Augustine 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenRight whale calving season · 1 dec – 15 mrt (meestal)This is the only known calving ground for North Atlantic right whales, and a few hundred animals remain in the population.92
4. 🏝️ Praia 🇨🇻 KaapverdiëHumpback whale season · 1 mrt – 31 mei (meestal)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 🇲🇽 MexicoWhale season · 15 dec – 15 aprGrays and humpbacks pass the cape between mid-December and April, peaking in February.90
6. 🏖️ San Diego 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenGray whale migration · 15 dec – 15 apr (meestal)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 🇲🇽 MexicoHumpback whale season · 10 dec – 25 mrt (meestal)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 🇲🇽 MexicoHumpback season · 8 dec – 23 mrtThe 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 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandSperm whales, all year · 1 jan – 31 decThe 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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenGray whale migration · 15 dec – 30 apr (meestal)The whole population passes offshore on its way to Baja and back, southbound around January and northbound with calves in March.87
11. 🏝️ Kauai 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenHumpback whale season · 15 dec – 15 meiThe federal sanctuary season runs mid-December to mid-May, peaking around February.87
12. 🏙️ La Paz 🇲🇽 MexicoGray whales at Puerto Chale · 1 jan – 30 aprGray 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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenGray whale migration · 15 dec – 15 apr (meestal)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 (meestal)Humpbacks pass close enough to Saba's coast from January to April that dive boats occasionally hear them before they see them.86
15. 🏖️ Lahaina 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenHumpback whale season · 15 dec – 15 meiThe 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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenHumpback whale season · 15 nov – 15 mei (meestal)The humpbacks arrive from Alaska and are around the islands into spring, with the most of them in February.83
17. 🏖️ Santa Barbara 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenGray whale migration · 15 dec – 15 apr (meestal)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 🇲🇽 MexicoHumpback season · 15 dec – 20 mrt (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenHumpback whale season · 15 dec – 15 meiThe North Pacific humpbacks calve in the shallow Auau Channel between Maui, Lanai and Molokai.82
20. 🏖️ Kailua 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenHumpback whale season · 1 dec – 15 apr (meestal)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. 🏖️ Okinawa 🇯🇵 JapanHumpback whales off Zamami · 1 jan – 31 mrt (meestal)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 mrt – 15 okt (meestal)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- en CaicoseilandenHumpbacks in the Columbus Passage · 15 jan – 15 apr (meestal)Humpbacks funnel through the deep passage between the Caicos and Turks banks on their way to and from the Silver Bank.81
24. 🏖️ Santa Bárbara de Samaná 🇩🇴 Dominicaanse RepubliekHumpback whales in the bay · 15 jan – 30 mrtThousands 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 🇩🇴 Dominicaanse RepubliekHumpback whales in Samana Bay · 15 jan – 31 mrtThousands of North Atlantic humpbacks calve in Samana Bay, and the environment ministry opens and closes the watching season by decree each year.79

…en nog 23 in maart.

Wat er in maart wereldwijd speelt →

1. 🏙️ Los Angeles 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenGray whale migration · 15 dec – 30 apr (meestal)The whole population passes offshore on its way to Baja and back, southbound around January and northbound with calves in March.96
2. 🏝️ Tenerife 🇪🇸 SpanjeWhales and dolphins offshore · 1 jan – 31 decA 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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenGray whale migration · 15 dec – 15 apr (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenGray whale migration · 15 dec – 15 apr (meestal)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 (meestal)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 (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenGray whale migration · 15 dec – 15 apr (meestal)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 (meestal)Three species work the bay year-round and the boats out of Marina Bay run several trips a day through the summer.90
9. 🏝️ Kauai 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenHumpback whale season · 15 dec – 15 meiThe federal sanctuary season runs mid-December to mid-May, peaking around February.89
10. 🏖️ Tarifa 🇪🇸 SpanjeWhale and dolphin season · 1 apr – 15 okt (meestal)Pilot whales and three dolphin species are resident in the strait through the season, with sperm whales passing.89
11. 🏝️ Praia 🇨🇻 KaapverdiëHumpback whale season · 1 mrt – 31 mei (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenGray whale migration · 15 dec – 1 mei (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenGray whale migration · 15 dec – 10 mei (meestal)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 🇲🇽 MexicoHumpback whale season · 15 dec – 5 apr (meestal)Humpbacks come down the Pacific coast to calve and the boats run out past Isla de Chivos most mornings.86
15. 🏙️ San Francisco 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenGray whale migration · 15 dec – 15 mei (meestal)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 🇲🇽 MexicoWhale season · 15 dec – 15 aprGrays and humpbacks pass the cape between mid-December and April, peaking in February.85
17. 🏝️ Ponta Delgada 🇵🇹 PortugalWhale and dolphin season · 15 mrt – 15 okt (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenGray whale migration · 15 dec – 15 apr (meestal)Grays pass the bay heading south in midwinter and back north with calves into April, often within sight of the cliffs.84
19. 🏖️ Honolulu 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenHumpback whale season · 15 nov – 15 mei (meestal)The humpbacks arrive from Alaska and are around the islands into spring, with the most of them in February.82
20. 🏝️ Maui 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenHumpback whale season · 15 dec – 15 meiThe North Pacific humpbacks calve in the shallow Auau Channel between Maui, Lanai and Molokai.82
21. 🏙️ La Paz 🇲🇽 MexicoGray whales at Puerto Chale · 1 jan – 30 aprGray 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 (meestal)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 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandSperm whales, all year · 1 jan – 31 decThe canyon comes within a kilometre of the shore, so resident sperm whales are here in every month rather than in a season.80
24. 🏖️ Lahaina 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenHumpback whale season · 15 dec – 15 meiThe 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- en CaicoseilandenHumpbacks in the Columbus Passage · 15 jan – 15 apr (meestal)Humpbacks funnel through the deep passage between the Caicos and Turks banks on their way to and from the Silver Bank.78

…en nog 17 in april.

Wat er in april wereldwijd speelt →

1. 🏖️ Lagos 🇵🇹 PortugalDolphins offshore · 1 apr – 31 okt (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenBlue and humpback season · 15 mei – 15 sep (meestal)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 (meestal)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. 🏝️ Tenerife 🇪🇸 SpanjeWhales and dolphins offshore · 1 jan – 31 decA 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 🇪🇸 SpanjeWhale and dolphin season · 1 apr – 15 okt (meestal)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 (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenGray whale migration · 15 dec – 1 mei (meestal)The southbound migration passes close inshore from mid-December, and the northbound mothers and calves hug the coast even closer from March.92
8. 🏝️ Kauai 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenHumpback whale season · 15 dec – 15 meiThe federal sanctuary season runs mid-December to mid-May, peaking around February.90
9. 🏙️ San Francisco 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenGray whale migration · 15 dec – 15 mei (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenGray whale migration · 15 dec – 10 mei (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenWhales on Stellwagen Bank · 15 apr – 20 okt (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenHumpback whale season · 15 dec – 15 meiThe North Pacific humpbacks calve in the shallow Auau Channel between Maui, Lanai and Molokai.86
13. 🏝️ Ponta Delgada 🇵🇹 PortugalWhale and dolphin season · 15 mrt – 15 okt (meestal)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 🇨🇻 KaapverdiëHumpback whale season · 1 mrt – 31 mei (meestal)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 🇦🇺 AustraliëHumpbacks past the escarpment · 15 mei – 15 nov (meestal)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 🇨🇦 CanadaWhale watching season · 1 mei – 15 okt (meestal)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. 🏖️ Lahaina 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenHumpback whale season · 15 dec – 15 meiThe 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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenHumpback whale season · 15 nov – 15 mei (meestal)The humpbacks arrive from Alaska and are around the islands into spring, with the most of them in February.81
19. 🏙️ Inverness 🇬🇧 Verenigd KoninkrijkDolphins at Chanonry Point · 1 mei – 30 sep (meestal)The Moray Firth bottlenose pod feeds on the rising tide at the point across the water, half an hour from town.80
20. 🏝️ Kangaroo Island 🇦🇺 AustraliëSouthern right whales · 15 mei – 30 sep (meestal)Southern rights move along the north coast and into the bays through winter, with mothers and calves close in.80
21. 🏖️ Tofino 🇨🇦 CanadaGrey whale migration · 20 feb – 15 mei (meestal)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 🇮🇸 IJslandWhales in Eyjafjordur · 1 mei – 30 sep (meestal)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 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandSperm whales, all year · 1 jan – 31 decThe 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 🇮🇸 IJslandWhale watching season · 1 apr – 31 okt (meestal)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. 🏙️ Reykjavik 🇮🇸 IJslandWhale watching season · 1 apr – 15 okt (meestal)Minke and humpback come into Faxafloi through the summer and the boats run several times a day from the old harbour.72

…en nog 7 in mei.

Wat er in mei wereldwijd speelt →

1. 🏖️ Santa Barbara 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenBlue and humpback season · 15 mei – 15 sep (meestal)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 (meestal)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 🇳🇦 NamibiëWhales off Walvis Bay · 1 jun – 30 nov (meestal)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 (meestal)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 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaHumpback migration · 1 jun – 30 novThe 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 🇪🇸 SpanjeWhale and dolphin season · 1 apr – 15 okt (meestal)Pilot whales and three dolphin species are resident in the strait through the season, with sperm whales passing.93
7. 🏝️ Tenerife 🇪🇸 SpanjeWhales and dolphins offshore · 1 jan – 31 decA 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 (meestal)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 mrt – 15 okt (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenWhales on Stellwagen Bank · 15 apr – 20 okt (meestal)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 🇦🇺 AustraliëHumpbacks off the Kimberley · 15 jun – 15 sep (meestal)One of the largest humpback populations anywhere calves in Kimberley water and passes Broome from late June.89
12. 🏙️ Victoria 🇨🇦 CanadaWhale watching season · 1 mei – 15 okt (meestal)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. 🏖️ Port Elizabeth 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaWhales in Algoa Bay · 1 jun – 30 nov (meestal)Southern rights and humpbacks work through the bay across winter and spring.88
14. 🏖️ Toliara 🇲🇬 MadagaskarHumpback whale season · 15 jun – 15 sep (meestal)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 Sint-HelenaHumpback whales · 15 jun – 15 dec (meestal)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 🇦🇺 AustraliëHumpbacks in Moreton Bay · 1 jun – 5 nov (meestal)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. 🏖️ Jeffreysbaai 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaSouthern right and humpback whales · 15 jun – 15 nov (meestal)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 🇦🇺 AustraliëHumpback migration · 1 jun – 15 nov (meestal)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 jun – 31 okt (meestal)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. 🏖️ Búzios 🇧🇷 BraziliëHumpback whales off Arraial · 15 jun – 15 okt (meestal)Humpbacks pass the Cabo Frio coast on their way north to breed.86
21. 🏖️ Knysna 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaSouthern right whales · 15 jun – 15 nov (meestal)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 jun – 15 sep (meestal)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 🇦🇺 AustraliëDwarf minke whales · 1 jun – 31 jul (meestal)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 🇦🇺 AustraliëHumpbacks off the headland · 15 jun – 5 nov (meestal)The national park headland walk looks straight down on the migration line, so the whales cost nothing to watch here.85
25. 🏙️ Inverness 🇬🇧 Verenigd KoninkrijkDolphins at Chanonry Point · 1 mei – 30 sep (meestal)The Moray Firth bottlenose pod feeds on the rising tide at the point across the water, half an hour from town.84

…en nog 28 in juni.

Wat er in juni wereldwijd speelt →

1. 🏖️ Swakopmund 🇳🇦 NamibiëWhales off Walvis Bay · 1 jun – 30 nov (meestal)Southern rights and humpbacks pass Walvis Bay, half an hour down the coast, through winter and spring.95
2. 🏙️ Victoria 🇨🇦 CanadaWhale watching season · 1 mei – 15 okt (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenBlue and humpback season · 15 mei – 15 sep (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenBlue and humpback whales offshore · 1 jul – 15 okt (meestal)Upwelling packs krill into the submarine canyon and the big rorquals work the shelf all summer.94
5. 🏙️ Maputo 🇲🇿 MozambiqueHumpback whales · 1 jul – 15 okt (meestal)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 🇲🇿 MozambiqueHumpback whale migration · 1 jul – 15 nov (meestal)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 (meestal)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 🇦🇺 AustraliëHumpbacks off the Kimberley · 15 jun – 15 sep (meestal)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 mrt – 15 okt (meestal)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 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaHumpback migration · 1 jun – 30 novThe 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 jun – 15 sep (meestal)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 🇲🇿 MozambiqueHumpback whale season · 1 jul – 15 nov (meestal)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 🇨🇦 CanadaHumpbacks and the capelin roll · 1 jun – 31 aug (meestal)Humpbacks follow the capelin inshore in June and stay through the summer.90
14. 🏝️ Saint-Denis 🇷🇪 RéunionHumpbacks off the coast · 15 jun – 31 okt (meestal)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. 🏖️ Búzios 🇧🇷 BraziliëHumpback whales off Arraial · 15 jun – 15 okt (meestal)Humpbacks pass the Cabo Frio coast on their way north to breed.89
16. 🏖️ Hervey Bay 🇦🇺 AustraliëHumpbacks in the bay · 5 jul – 25 okt (meestal)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 jun – 15 sep (meestal)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 🇧🇷 BraziliëSouthern right whales · 1 jul – 15 nov (meestal)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 🇦🇺 AustraliëHumpbacks in Moreton Bay · 1 jun – 5 nov (meestal)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 🇦🇺 AustraliëHumpback migration · 1 jun – 15 nov (meestal)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 (meestal)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 🇧🇷 BraziliëHumpback whales offshore · 1 jul – 15 nov (meestal)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. 🏖️ Port Elizabeth 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaWhales in Algoa Bay · 1 jun – 30 nov (meestal)Southern rights and humpbacks work through the bay across winter and spring.88
24. 🏝️ Jamestown Sint-HelenaHumpback whales · 15 jun – 15 dec (meestal)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 🇳🇨 Nieuw-CaledoniëHumpbacks in the southern lagoon · 1 jul – 30 sep (meestal)Humpbacks calve inside the reef in the sheltered water south of Nouméa, an hour or two out by boat from Prony.87

…en nog 66 in juli.

Wat er in juli wereldwijd speelt →

1. 🏖️ Swakopmund 🇳🇦 NamibiëWhales off Walvis Bay · 1 jun – 30 nov (meestal)Southern rights and humpbacks pass Walvis Bay, half an hour down the coast, through winter and spring.95
2. 🏖️ Hervey Bay 🇦🇺 AustraliëHumpbacks in the bay · 5 jul – 25 okt (meestal)Humpbacks break their southern run in the flat water behind K'gari, mothers and calves resting for days at a time.94
3. 🏖️ Exmouth, Western Australia 🇦🇺 AustraliëSwim season with humpbacks · 1 aug – 31 okt (meestal)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 🇨🇦 CanadaWhale watching season · 1 mei – 15 okt (meestal)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 🇦🇺 AustraliëHumpbacks in Moreton Bay · 1 jun – 5 nov (meestal)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 🇦🇺 AustraliëHumpbacks in the Whitsundays · 1 jul – 15 sep (meestal)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 🇦🇺 AustraliëHumpback migration · 1 jun – 15 nov (meestal)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 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaHumpback migration · 1 jun – 30 novThe 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 🇦🇺 AustraliëHumpbacks off the headland · 15 jun – 5 nov (meestal)The national park headland walk looks straight down on the migration line, so the whales cost nothing to watch here.92
10. 🏖️ Santa Barbara 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenBlue and humpback season · 15 mei – 15 sep (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenBlue and humpback whales offshore · 1 jul – 15 okt (meestal)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 jun – 31 okt (meestal)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 🇲🇿 MozambiqueHumpback whales · 1 jul – 15 okt (meestal)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 🇲🇿 MozambiqueHumpback whale season · 1 jul – 15 nov (meestal)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 🇲🇿 MozambiqueHumpback whale migration · 1 jul – 15 nov (meestal)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 jul – 31 okt (meestal)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 jul – 31 okt (meestal)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 (meestal)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 🇦🇺 AustraliëHumpback migration past the cape · 1 jun – 15 nov (meestal)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. 🏖️ Port Elizabeth 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaWhales in Algoa Bay · 1 jun – 30 nov (meestal)Southern rights and humpbacks work through the bay across winter and spring.89
21. 🏖️ Toliara 🇲🇬 MadagaskarHumpback whale season · 15 jun – 15 sep (meestal)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. 🏖️ Jeffreysbaai 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaSouthern right and humpback whales · 15 jun – 15 nov (meestal)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 🇨🇦 CanadaHumpbacks and the capelin roll · 1 jun – 31 aug (meestal)Humpbacks follow the capelin inshore in June and stay through the summer.88
24. 🏝️ Jamestown Sint-HelenaHumpback whales · 15 jun – 15 dec (meestal)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 (meestal)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

…en nog 65 in augustus.

Wat er in augustus wereldwijd speelt →

1. 🏖️ Swakopmund 🇳🇦 NamibiëWhales off Walvis Bay · 1 jun – 30 nov (meestal)Southern rights and humpbacks pass Walvis Bay, half an hour down the coast, through winter and spring.96
2. 🏙️ Brisbane 🇦🇺 AustraliëHumpbacks in Moreton Bay · 1 jun – 5 nov (meestal)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 🇦🇺 AustraliëHumpbacks in the bay · 5 jul – 25 okt (meestal)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 🇦🇺 AustraliëHumpback migration · 1 jun – 15 nov (meestal)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 🇦🇺 AustraliëHumpbacks off the headland · 15 jun – 5 nov (meestal)The national park headland walk looks straight down on the migration line, so the whales cost nothing to watch here.93
6. 🏖️ Santa Barbara 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenBlue and humpback season · 15 mei – 15 sep (meestal)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 🇳🇨 Nieuw-CaledoniëHumpbacks in the southern lagoon · 1 jul – 30 sep (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenBlue and humpback whales offshore · 1 jul – 15 okt (meestal)Upwelling packs krill into the submarine canyon and the big rorquals work the shelf all summer.91
9. 🏖️ Port Elizabeth 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaWhales in Algoa Bay · 1 jun – 30 nov (meestal)Southern rights and humpbacks work through the bay across winter and spring.91
10. 🏖️ Exmouth, Western Australia 🇦🇺 AustraliëSwim season with humpbacks · 1 aug – 31 okt (meestal)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 (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenWhales on Stellwagen Bank · 15 apr – 20 okt (meestal)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 jun – 31 okt (meestal)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 (meestal)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 🇦🇺 AustraliëHumpback migration past the cape · 1 jun – 15 nov (meestal)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. 🏖️ Jeffreysbaai 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaSouthern right and humpback whales · 15 jun – 15 nov (meestal)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 🇦🇺 AustraliëHumpbacks in the Whitsundays · 1 jul – 15 sep (meestal)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 jul – 31 okt (meestal)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 jul – 31 okt (meestal)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. 🏙️ Kaapstad 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaSouthern right whales · 1 jun – 30 nov (meestal)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 🇦🇺 AustraliëHumpbacks off the coast · 1 sep – 5 dec (meestal)Humpbacks pass Rottnest and the metropolitan coast on the way south, calves in tow, from September to early December.88
22. 🏖️ Wollongong 🇦🇺 AustraliëHumpbacks past the escarpment · 15 mei – 15 nov (meestal)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 🇪🇸 SpanjeWhale and dolphin season · 1 apr – 15 okt (meestal)Pilot whales and three dolphin species are resident in the strait through the season, with sperm whales passing.88
24. 🏖️ Hermanus 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaSouthern right whales · 1 jun – 30 nov (meestal)Southern rights come into Walker Bay to calve and stay close enough to the cliff path to watch without a boat.88
25. 🏖️ Knysna 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaSouthern right whales · 15 jun – 15 nov (meestal)Southern rights work the coast between the Heads and Buffalo Bay through winter and spring.88

…en nog 64 in september.

Wat er in september wereldwijd speelt →

1. 🏖️ Swakopmund 🇳🇦 NamibiëWhales off Walvis Bay · 1 jun – 30 nov (meestal)Southern rights and humpbacks pass Walvis Bay, half an hour down the coast, through winter and spring.97
2. 🏙️ Kaapstad 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaSouthern right whales · 1 jun – 30 nov (meestal)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 🇦🇺 AustraliëHumpbacks off the coast · 1 sep – 5 dec (meestal)Humpbacks pass Rottnest and the metropolitan coast on the way south, calves in tow, from September to early December.94
4. 🏖️ Hermanus 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaSouthern right whales · 1 jun – 30 nov (meestal)Southern rights come into Walker Bay to calve and stay close enough to the cliff path to watch without a boat.94
5. 🏙️ Adelaide 🇦🇺 AustraliëSouthern right whales · 1 jun – 15 okt (meestal)Southern rights calve in Encounter Bay off Victor Harbor, an hour south.93
6. 🏖️ Puerto Madryn 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëSouthern right whales · 1 jun – 15 dec (meestal)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. 🏖️ Port Elizabeth 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaWhales in Algoa Bay · 1 jun – 30 nov (meestal)Southern rights and humpbacks work through the bay across winter and spring.92
8. 🏖️ Knysna 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaSouthern right whales · 15 jun – 15 nov (meestal)Southern rights work the coast between the Heads and Buffalo Bay through winter and spring.92
9. 🏖️ Jeffreysbaai 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaSouthern right and humpback whales · 15 jun – 15 nov (meestal)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. 🏖️ Plettenbergbaai 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaWhale season · 1 jul – 15 dec (meestal)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 (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenBlue and humpback whales offshore · 1 jul – 15 okt (meestal)Upwelling packs krill into the submarine canyon and the big rorquals work the shelf all summer.90
13. 🏖️ Wollongong 🇦🇺 AustraliëHumpbacks past the escarpment · 15 mei – 15 nov (meestal)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 (meestal)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 Sint-HelenaHumpback whales · 15 jun – 15 dec (meestal)Humpbacks use the island's waters through the southern winter and spring, with mothers and calves close in along the lee coast.89
16. 🏝️ Norfolk NorfolkHumpbacks pass the island · 15 jun – 15 okt (meestal)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, Western Australia 🇦🇺 AustraliëSwim season with humpbacks · 1 aug – 31 okt (meestal)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. 🏝️ Tenerife 🇪🇸 SpanjeWhales and dolphins offshore · 1 jan – 31 decA 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 🇦🇺 AustraliëHumpback migration past the cape · 1 jun – 15 nov (meestal)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 🇪🇸 SpanjeWhale and dolphin season · 1 apr – 15 okt (meestal)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 jul – 31 okt (meestal)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 jul – 15 okt (meestal)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 jul – 31 okt (meestal)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 jul – 31 oktThe 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 jul – 31 okt (meestal)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 🇳🇦 NamibiëWhales off Walvis Bay · 1 jun – 30 nov (meestal)Southern rights and humpbacks pass Walvis Bay, half an hour down the coast, through winter and spring.97
2. 🏖️ Hermanus 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaSouthern right whales · 1 jun – 30 nov (meestal)Southern rights come into Walker Bay to calve and stay close enough to the cliff path to watch without a boat.96
3. 🏙️ Kaapstad 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaSouthern right whales · 1 jun – 30 nov (meestal)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 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëSouthern right whales · 1 jun – 15 dec (meestal)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. 🏖️ Port Elizabeth 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaWhales in Algoa Bay · 1 jun – 30 nov (meestal)Southern rights and humpbacks work through the bay across winter and spring.94
6. 🏖️ Jeffreysbaai 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaSouthern right and humpback whales · 15 jun – 15 nov (meestal)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 🇦🇺 AustraliëHumpbacks off the coast · 1 sep – 5 dec (meestal)Humpbacks pass Rottnest and the metropolitan coast on the way south, calves in tow, from September to early December.92
8. 🏖️ Knysna 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaSouthern right whales · 15 jun – 15 nov (meestal)Southern rights work the coast between the Heads and Buffalo Bay through winter and spring.92
9. 🏖️ Plettenbergbaai 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaWhale season · 1 jul – 15 dec (meestal)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. 🏝️ Tenerife 🇪🇸 SpanjeWhales and dolphins offshore · 1 jan – 31 decA 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 🇦🇺 AustraliëWhale season, coast to coast · 1 jun – 10 dec (meestal)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 Sint-HelenaHumpback whales · 15 jun – 15 dec (meestal)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 🇦🇺 AustraliëHumpbacks past the escarpment · 15 mei – 15 nov (meestal)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 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandSperm whales, all year · 1 jan – 31 decThe 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 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaHumpback migration · 1 jun – 30 novThe 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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenHumpback whale season · 15 nov – 15 mei (meestal)The humpbacks arrive from Alaska and are around the islands into spring, with the most of them in February.80
17. 🏖️ Byron Bay 🇦🇺 AustraliëHumpback migration past the cape · 1 jun – 15 nov (meestal)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 🇦🇺 AustraliëHumpbacks in Moreton Bay · 1 jun – 5 nov (meestal)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 🇦🇺 AustraliëHumpback migration · 1 jun – 15 nov (meestal)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 🇦🇺 AustraliëHumpbacks off the headland · 15 jun – 5 nov (meestal)The national park headland walk looks straight down on the migration line, so the whales cost nothing to watch here.78
21. 🏝️ Florianópolis 🇧🇷 BraziliëSouthern right whales · 1 jul – 15 nov (meestal)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 🇲🇿 MozambiqueHumpback whale migration · 1 jul – 15 nov (meestal)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 🇲🇿 MozambiqueHumpback whale season · 1 jul – 15 nov (meestal)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 🇵🇫 Frans-PolynesiëHumpback season · 20 jul – 20 nov (meestal)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 🇧🇷 BraziliëHumpback whale season · 15 jul – 5 nov (meestal)Humpbacks come up the Bahia coast to calve, and boats from the island go out looking for them a few mornings a week.71

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1. 🏖️ Margaret River 🇦🇺 AustraliëWhale season, coast to coast · 1 jun – 10 dec (meestal)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. 🏝️ Tenerife 🇪🇸 SpanjeWhales and dolphins offshore · 1 jan – 31 decA 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. 🏖️ Plettenbergbaai 🇿🇦 Zuid-AfrikaWhale season · 1 jul – 15 dec (meestal)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 🇦🇷 ArgentiniëSouthern right whales · 1 jun – 15 dec (meestal)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 Sint-HelenaHumpback whales · 15 jun – 15 dec (meestal)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 🇦🇺 AustraliëHumpbacks off the coast · 1 sep – 5 dec (meestal)Humpbacks pass Rottnest and the metropolitan coast on the way south, calves in tow, from September to early December.87
7. 🏖️ Los Cabos 🇲🇽 MexicoWhale season · 15 dec – 15 aprGrays and humpbacks pass the cape between mid-December and April, peaking in February.87
8. 🏖️ Kaikoura 🇳🇿 Nieuw-ZeelandSperm whales, all year · 1 jan – 31 decThe canyon comes within a kilometre of the shore, so resident sperm whales are here in every month rather than in a season.86
9. 🏝️ Kauai 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenHumpback whale season · 15 dec – 15 meiThe federal sanctuary season runs mid-December to mid-May, peaking around February.85
10. 🏖️ Mazatlán 🇲🇽 MexicoHumpback whale season · 15 dec – 5 apr (meestal)Humpbacks come down the Pacific coast to calve and the boats run out past Isla de Chivos most mornings.84
11. 🏖️ San Diego 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenGray whale migration · 15 dec – 15 apr (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenRight whale calving season · 1 dec – 15 mrt (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenGray whale migration · 15 dec – 15 apr (meestal)Grays pass close inshore heading for Baja from about Christmas and come back north with calves in March and April.83
14. 🏙️ Los Angeles 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenGray whale migration · 15 dec – 30 apr (meestal)The whole population passes offshore on its way to Baja and back, southbound around January and northbound with calves in March.81
15. 🏝️ Maui 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenHumpback whale season · 15 dec – 15 meiThe North Pacific humpbacks calve in the shallow Auau Channel between Maui, Lanai and Molokai.81
16. 🏖️ Puerto Escondido 🇲🇽 MexicoHumpbacks offshore · 1 dec – 31 mrt (meestal)Humpbacks pass down the Oaxacan coast through the winter and the small boats out of Puerto Angelito find them most mornings.81
17. 🏖️ Huatulco 🇲🇽 MexicoHumpback whale season · 1 dec – 31 mrt (meestal)Humpbacks come into the bays to calve from December and are usually gone by April.81
18. 🏖️ Sayulita 🇲🇽 MexicoHumpback whale season · 10 dec – 25 mrt (meestal)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. 🏖️ Lahaina 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenHumpback whale season · 15 dec – 15 meiThe 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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenHumpback whale season · 15 nov – 15 mei (meestal)The humpbacks arrive from Alaska and are around the islands into spring, with the most of them in February.78
21. 🏖️ Kailua 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenHumpback whale season · 1 dec – 15 apr (meestal)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 🇲🇽 MexicoHumpback season · 8 dec – 23 mrtThe 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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenGray whale migration · 15 dec – 15 apr (meestal)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 🇲🇽 MexicoHumpback season · 15 dec – 20 mrt (meestal)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 🇺🇸 Verenigde StatenGray whale migration · 15 dec – 10 mei (meestal)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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