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Hervey Bay Half Day Whale Watching Cruise
Book this half day Hervey Bay whale watching cruise onboard a modern purpose built vessel with 6 viewing decks and complimentary morning or afternoon tea!
What to expect
Book this half day whale watching cruise in Hervey Bay for a memorable cruise you won't forget! Hervey Bay is one of the best places in Australia to spot Humpback Whales on their annual migration during July to October. Travelling onboard the purpose built whale watching vessel- the Spirit of Hervey Bay has 6 viewing decks across 5 levels so everyone is guaranteed the best viewing opportunities possible. In addition, you can listen to the whale song through the hydrophone and spy on whales in the underwater viewing room. The whale watch cruise departs at 8.30am and 1.30pm with a complimentary morning or afternoon tea served on board. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to witness Humpback Whales up close in their natural environment!
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What's included
- Half Day Whale Watch Cruise in Hervey Bay
- Morning or afternoon tea
- Courtesy transfers between Hervey Bay tourist accommodation and marina
- Expert commentary on the whales & features of Fraser Island
- 6 viewing decks spread over 5 levels allowing you to move around at your leisure
- Hydrophone equipped to listen to the whales song
- Largest Underwater Viewing Rooms with windows to spy the whales underwater
- Kids activities, including a whale activity book
- Large Waterline Viewing Platform for that oh so close personal touch
- Bow cameras – for dolphin surfing and whale action between the hull of the boat
- Fast for maximum time spent with whales, also able to dash to whales that are breaching to catch the action before they stop
- Extra comfortable, luxurious and stable catamaran
- 28 Years family owned & operated whale watching business
- FREE WiFi
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Visit date
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Time
- Morning cruises depart Whale Bay Marina, Hervey Bay at 8.30am and return at 1pm, and afternoon cruises depart at 1.30pm and return at 5.30pm
- Operates from July to October
Departure Location
Morning Whale Watch Pickups:
- A - No pickup required. Please be at boat at 8.15am for boarding
- To Be Advised
- Akama (within walking distance)
- Alexander Apartments - 7:50am
- Allegra (reception entrance) - 7:50am
- Ambassador Motor Inn - 7:30am
- Aqua Luxury Penthouses (beachside opposite) - 7:55am
- Aquarius Apartments - 7:55am
- Arlia Sands - 7:50am
- Bay Apartments (beach side of road) - 7:40am
- Bay Hideaway - 7:25am
- Bay View Apartments - 7:55am
- Beachcomber Apartments - 7:40am
- Beach Motel (on beach side opposite motel) - 7:50am
- Beachside Barracks (535 Esplanade) - 7:55am
- Beachside Motor Inn - 7:30am
- Big 4 - Pt Vernon Holiday Park - 7:20am
- Boat Harbour Resort - 8:05am
- Buzers (Freshwater St, out back) - 7:45am
- Calypso - 7:50am
- Charlton Apartments - 7:45am
- Coach Terminal - 7:25am
- Coconut Palms on the Bay - 7:40am
- Colonial Village YHA - 8:05am
- Comfort Inn On Main - 7.30am
- Discovery Park, Fraser Street - 7:45am
- Eden by Bay (at caravan park bus stop across road) - 7:40am
- Emeraldene Eco Lodge - 7:20am
- Five 3 Five - 7:55am
- Flashpackers - 7:40am
- Fraser Coast Top Tourist Park - 7:40am
- Freshwater BnB - 7:40am
- Garden Drive, Urangan (No 39) - 7:45am
- Great Sandy Straits Resort (in walking distance)
- Harbour View Caravan Park (in walking distance)
- Hervey Bay Caravan Park - 7:50am
- Hervey Bay Motel - 7:50am
- Hervey Bay Hotel Resort - 7:30am
- Hervey Bay Visitor Information Centre - 7:20am
- Ingenia Holiday Park - 7:45am
- Kelly's Bed & Breakfast - 8.00am
- Kondari Hotel Resort - 7:55am
- Lisianna Apartments - 7:35am
- Main Street Motel - 7:30am
- Mantra (in walking distance)
- Oaks Resort & Spa (Reception entrance outside on footpath) - 7:50am
- Palm Court Holiday Apartments - 7:45am
- Palms Caravan Park - 7:45am
- Pialba Beachfront Caravan Park (side of park opposite hotel on hill) - 7:30am
- Pialba Motor Inn - 7:25am
- Pier Caravan Park (Pilot St exit to park) - 8.00am
- Pine Lodge Apartments - 7:40am
- Points North - 7:35am
- Point Vernon Holiday Park - 7:20am
- Quarterdecks Retreat - 8:00am
- Ramada (in walking distance)
- Riviera Resort - 7:40am
- Sanctuary Lakes Retreat - 7:55am
- Santalina Apartments - 7:55am
- Scarness Beachfront Caravan Park - 7:40am
- Seachange, Elizabeth St - 7:55am
- Shelly Bay Resort - 7:50am
- Shelly Beach Caravan Park - 7:50am
- Shelly Beach Motel - 7:50am
- Silver Sands - 7:50am
- St Tropez Apts - 7:40am
- Sunnynook Units - 7:50am
- Sunrise Flats - 7:55am
- Sunseeker Motel (bus stop at caravan park opposite) - 7:40am
- Tasman Holiday Park - Boat Harbour Dr - 7:35am
- Tasman Holiday Park - Exeter St - 7:45am
- The Bay Caravan Park - 7:30am
- The Beach Motel (on beach side opposite motel) - 7:50am
- The Grange - 7:55am
- Tingeera Apartments - 7:30am
- Torquay Beachfront Caravan Park - 7:45am
- Tower Court Motel - 7:50am
- Urangan Motor Inn - 7:55am
- Vila Paus (504 Esplanade) - 7:55am
- Villa Cavour B & B - 7:25am
- Watermark Apartments - 7:35am
- Waterfront Apts (Pier One) - 7.55am
- Whale Cove Resort - 8:05am
- Whitecrest Apartments - 7:40am
- Windmill Caravan Park - 7:55am
- Woolshed Eco Lodge - 7:40am
- YHA Colonial Log Cabins - 8:00am
- A - No pickup required. Please be at boat at 1:15pm for boarding.
- To Be Advised
- Akama (within walking distance)
- Alexander Apartments - 12:50pm
- Allegra (reception entrance) - 12:50pm
- Ambassador Motor Inn - 12:30pm
- Aqua Luxury Penthouses (beachside opposite) - 12:55pm
- Aquarius Apartments - 12:55pm
- Arlia Sands - 12:50pm
- Bay Apartments (beach side of road) - 12:40pm
- Bay Hideaway - 12:25pm
- Bay View Apartments - 12:55pm
- Beachcomber Apartments -12:40pm
- Beach Motel (on beach side opposite motel) - 12:50pm
- Beachside Barracks (535 Esplanade) - 12:55pm
- Beachside Motor Inn - 12:30pm
- Big 4 - Pt Vernon Holiday Park - 12:20pm
- Boat Harbour Resort - 1:05pm
- Buzers (Freshwater St, out back) - 12:45pm
- Calypso - 12:50pm
- Charlton Apartments - 12:45pm
- Coach Terminal - 12:25pm
- Coconut Palms on the Bay - 12:40pm
- Colonial Village YHA - 1:00pm
- Comfort Inn On Main - 12.30pm
- Discovery Park, Fraser Street - 12:45pm
- Eden by Bay (at caravan park bus stop across road) - 12:40pm
- Emeraldene Eco Lodge - 12:20pm
- Five 3 Five - 12:55pm
- Flashpackers - 12:40pm
- Fraser Coast Top Tourist Park - 12:40pm
- Freshwater BnB - 12:40pm
- Garden Drive, Urangan (No 39) - 12.45pm
- Great Sandy Straits Resort (in walking distance)
- Harbour View Caravan Park (in walking distance)
- Hervey Bay Caravan Park - 12:50pm
- Hervey Bay Motel - 12:50pm
- Hervey Bay Hotel Resort - 12:30pm
- Hervey Bay Visitor Information Centre - 12.20pm
- Ingenia Holiday Park - 12:45pm
- Kelly's Bed & Breakfast - 1.00pm
- Kondari Hotel Resort - 12:55pm
- Lisianna Apartments - 12:35pm
- Main Street Motel - 12:30pm
- Mantra (in walking distance)
- Oaks Resort & Spa (Reception entrance outside on footpath) - 12:50pm
- Palm Court Holiday Apartments - 12:45pm
- Palms Caravan Park - 12:45pm
- Pialba Beachfront Tourist Park (side of park opposite hotel on hill) - 12:30pm
- Pialba Motor Inn - 12:25pm
- Pier Caravan Park (Pilot St exit to park) - 12:55pm
- Pine Lodge Apartments - 12:40pm
- Point Vernon Holiday Park (Big 4) - 12:20pm
- Points North - 12:35pm
- Quarterdecks Retreat - 1:00pm
- Ramada (in walking distance)
- Riviera Resort - 12:40pm
- Sanctuary Lakes Retreat - 12:55pm
- Santalina Apartments - 12:55pm
- Scarness Beachfront Tourist Park - 12:40pm
- Seachange, Elizabeth St - 12:55pm
- Shelly Bay Resort - 12:50pm
- Shelly Beach Caravan Park - 12:50pm
- Shelly Beach Motel - 12:50pm
- Silver Sands - 12:50pm
- Sunnynook Apartments - 12:50pm
- Sunrise Flats - 12:55pm
- Sunseeker Motel (bus stop at caravan park opposite) - 12:40pm
- Tasman Holiday Park, Boat Harbour Dr - 12:35pm
- Tasman Holiday Park, Exeter St - 12:45pm
- The Bay Caravan Park - 12:30pm
- The Beach Motel (on beach side opposite motel) - 12:50pm
- The Grange - 12:55pm
- Tingeera Apartments (Watson St ) - 12:30pm
- Torquay Beachfront Tourist Park - 12:45pm
- Tower Court Motel - 12:50pm
- Urangan Motor Inn - 12:55pm
- Vila Paus (504 Esplanade) - 12:55pm
- Villa Cavour Bed & Breakfast - 12:25pm
- Waterfront Apts (Pier One) - 12.55pm
- Watermark Apartments - 12:35pm
- Whale Cove Resort - 1:00pm
- Whitecrest Apartments - 12:40pm
- Windmill Caravan Park - 12:55pm
- Woolshed Eco Lodge - 12:40pm
- YHA Colonial Log Cabins - 1:00pm
Hotel Pickup
If you have booked a hotel
- Prior to completing your purchase, enter your hotel name in the 'Add Booking Notes' section of the shopping cart. Once your booking is confirmed, you will receive a confirmation tour voucher with complete tour operator details. You will be required to contact the tour operator a minimum of 48hrs prior to your day of travel to reconfirm your hotel pick up time
- If you have not yet booked a hotel, enter the words 'hotel not known' in the 'Add Booking Notes' section of the shopping cart. Once your booking is confirmed, you will receive a confirmation tour voucher with complete tour operator details. You will be required to contact the tour operator a minimum of 48hrs prior to your day of travel to reconfirm your hotel pick up time
- If you do not require a hotel pick up and will be meeting the tour at the tour departure point, enter the words 'not required' in the 'Add Booking Notes' section of the shopping cart. Once your booking is confirmed, you will receive a confirmation tour voucher with complete tour operator details. You will be required to contact the tour operator a minimum of 48hrs prior to your day of travel to reconfirm your tour. Tour departure point is listed above and on your confirmation tour voucher
What To Bring
- Comfortable clothing
- Jacket
- Hat
- Sunscreen
- Camera
Product Sessions
8.30am Whale Watch Cruise
1.30pm Whale Watch Cruise
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