Where To See Whales In South Australia
. In Warnambool Victoria blue whales are occasionally seen in May. Whales can be spotted from the shore of the Southern Fleurieu Peninsula during July August and September.
Whales can actually be found all along the South Australian coast right from the Victorian border across to the Western Australia border. Whale Watching Season in Victor Harbor South Australia is from May to October Only an hours drive from the Adelaide CBD is the majestic southern Fleurieu Peninsula and each winter we are fortunate to see the annual return of Southern Right whales to our coastline. Encounter Marine Park in Victor Harbor and the Far West Coast Marine Park at the Head of the Bight about 4 hours west of Ceduna.
See humpback whales and southern right whales coasting through the clear waters of Great Oyster Bay off the Freycinet Peninsula an area renowned for its pink granite cliffs and secret white beaches.
Use the map below to identify locations on our sightings log as well as known local whale watching hot spots such as Bashams Beach and Petrel Cove. Southern right whales inhabit oceans south of the Equator between the latitudes of 20 and 60 south. The smaller but still very large pygmy blue whale is a subspecies of blue whale that visits SAs waters on their migration route between the Subtropical Convergence oceanic region along the southern and western Australian coasts to Indonesia. In Warnambool Victoria blue whales are occasionally seen in May.
