Busselton Whale Watching: Experience Marine Life with an Onboard Marine Biologist

Experience the thrill of Busselton Whale Watching with an onboard marine biologist. Enjoy 360-degree views, a knowledgeable crew, and the best value for an unforgettable marine life adventure.

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • The Deck Busselton - We will meet in front of the Deck Restaurant at the Port Geographe Marina complex. From there, we will board the vessel Whalesong and cruise through the canals, entering Geographe Bay and heading out to sea in search of playful Humpbacks, Southern Right, or Blue whales (depending on the season). Once whales are spotted, the…
What's Included
  • Goods and Services Tax (GST) included.
What's Not Included
  • If needed Anti Nausea Wristbands available to purchase $10 (rrp $20)
Additional Information

Purpose-built for whale watching, one of only two vessels in WA and the sole one in Busselton.
A marine biologist is onboard every tour, providing commentary about the whales throughout the journey.
Enjoy 360-degree views from our top deck or relax in our heated/cooled cabin alongside our skipper, the longest-serving whale-watching skipper in the region,…

Location
The Deck Busselton
Spinnaker Boulevard
We will Meet out the front of the Deck Restaurant Located inside the Port Geographe Marina Complex , please ensure we have a mobile contact for you
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Soo21
Oct 22, 2024
Great experience - We had an incredible couple of hours whale watching. At first, the whales were far away, but we eventually got quite close to these amazing, graceful mammals. We loved hearing the sonar and listening to the whales communicate with each other. The crew were knowledgeable, though sometimes it was difficult to hear them over the noise of the engine.
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Grantb764
Oct 22, 2024
Perfect day of whale watching - A fantastic mornings whale watching. A large and very stable catamaran vessel that was the perfect viewing platform, despite some quite rough weather at times. Crew were very friendly and engaged with their clientele. We saw literally dozens of humpback whales, from large adults through to new seasons calves. The young ones in particular put on a real show for use, broaching, tail slapping and spy hopping. I was very pleased to see the crew keeping the boat close enough for passengers to get a good view of the whales but at no time were the whales harassed in any way. An exceptional day.
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Katienkah
Sep 20, 2024
Whale of a time - We had a Whale of a time. It was a perfect day with whales coming close for wonderful memories and photos. The staf had good knowledge and was very friendly and helpful. We had an amazing day. Thank you
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Crisann_t
Sep 17, 2024
Awesome time - It was super choppy but still a great morning. We all had a wonderful time. Thanks to the wonderful crew.
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777janei
Sep 9, 2024
Amazing bucket list experience - A fantastic experience , so many humpbacks ! Though our captain and crew said it was a quite exceptional day , so close the beautiful whales just stayed with us as we stopped out in the bay and they chose just to keep coming and having a look at us . Great crew very knowledgable with own marine biologist aboard. Highly recommend though we were lucky to see humpbacks doing everything in the book from mugging to breaching , a trip of a lifetime
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G4999bmfannyb
Aug 21, 2024
Great experience - Experience at the top. We saw 3 whales that stayed next to the boat for at least 1 hour. We also saw dolphins. The crew was great.
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30kasrar
Aug 20, 2024
Take your experience to Next level - It was an awsome experience, more then expectation. It was a next level experience. The team were completely responsible, professional, polite and friendly. I will advise it to all .
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Seaside06438464011
Oct 26, 2023
Awesome adventure and crew - What an amazing experience! Just blown away by the size and gracefulness of these majestic creatures. Plenty of breaching and play amongst the whales and we saw heaps of them too. The skipper and the crew were fantastic and very personable and friendly. Overall just a great day out and well worth it. As a tour guide from Margaret River myself, I highly recommend this tour and wouldn't hesitate for a second recommending this to anyone who wants to watch whales from a fantastic boat with a great crew. Thanks guys for making my day off a memorable one. Just awesome!
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Rondy99
Oct 31, 2023
We saw whales - Well we saw Whales! End of season meant ‘we saw Whales’ but not that close up and only one mother and baby so a bit Whale lite.
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Nualajono
Feb 26, 2024
I wanted to love it - I had booked the 4 hour adventure tour to Carnac Island as a birthday gift for my husband for 24th February.  This was the same day of the Rottnest Channel Swim. We arrived 10mins before our 8am tour to a full boat with other passengers including staff Aidan, Lockie (and I can't remember the name of the other staff member). To be honest we were surprised the tour wasn't cancelled because the weather on this day was terrible from the start. It was cold, windy and rainy at parts.  We would have appreciated being given the option (either prior to the day or on arrival) to book an alternative date, but we werent given any other option but to show up and continue the tour. We set off for Carnac Island as planned and as you can imagine, the boat ride was extremely cold and windy (our mistake for not bringing a jumper), and as it was such a full boat there was nowhere to sit so we had to balance as best we could while standing.  At one stage my husband and I were standing near the front of the boat as there was a table we could lean against for balance. We were told (a bit impatiently) by Aidan to move to the back to sit down (because we were blocking the entry to the front room and had to keep moving out of the way). This was understandable, however with such a full boat of people all the seats were taken and there was nowhere to sit or lean on for support. So we moved to the back and balanced as best we could while standing. On arrival at Carnac Island the waters were extremely choppy and murky. We reluctantly jumped in for a snorkel but the group only went into the water once (my husband and I were in the water for a total of around 20mins) because it was just too murky and choppy to see anything. It was really disappointing and not the enjoyable experience we had been hoping for. The tour ended up coming back to Fremantle a bit earlier than scheduled (likely due to the dangerous water conditions). All in all, it was not the enjoyable experience we had hoped and paid for. We had heard such great feedback from friends who had been to the island previously, I have no doubt it would have been amazing in better weather conditions so we were really disappointed that this tour went ahead and we weren't given the opportunity to reschedule for an alternative day.
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