Heron Island Whale Watching
Heron Island whale watching is a wonderful day activity. You may see the whales breaching or even hear their great tail slaps and pectoral fin slaps across the water. At Heron Island, you may be lucky enough to experience one of the fantastic wonders of nature, the Humpback Whale, one of the largest sea living mammals.
Good whale watching tour operators obey strict guidelines about how close they can approach the whales so our annual ocean visitors trust us and don’t fear the boats, meaning they often come right alongside to say hello (as whales do) and give onlookers the thrill of a lifetime.
View these giant creatures as they travel from there home in the Antarctic through the Australian Whale Sanctuary on their way to the warmer waters of Queensland where they mate and give birth before returning homewards again.
Heron Island is in the Great Barrier Reef marine park and migrating whales are often seen here during the winter months when the come to this region to give birth, mate again and raise their newborn calves.
