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Anaheim Whale-Watching: Orange County Beaches Tour
4.8
62 Ratings
Laguna Beach
Embark on a thrilling whale-watching expedition from Anaheim to Orange County’s stunning beaches. Explore Laguna Beach, Newport Beach, and Huntington Beach on this unforgettable tour.
Embark on a thrilling whale-watching expedition from Anaheim to Orange County’s stunning beaches. Explore Laguna Beach, Newport Beach, and Huntington Beach on this unforgettable tour.
Duration:
9 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Laguna Beach - After pick-up from select Anaheim hotels, head to Laguna Beach, about 35 minutes south of Anaheim. Here, you will have amazing views of the Pacific Ocean from the cliff-top at Heisler Park.
- Newport Beach - Next, head to Newport Beach where you’ll feel the ocean breeze as you head out on a cruise and search for whales in the…
- Laguna Beach - After pick-up from select Anaheim hotels, head to Laguna Beach, about 35 minutes south of Anaheim. Here, you will have amazing views of the Pacific Ocean from the cliff-top at Heisler Park.
- Newport Beach - Next, head to Newport Beach where you’ll feel the ocean breeze as you head out on a cruise and search for whales in the Pacific Ocean.
- Huntington State Beach - Last stop is Huntington Beach, home to the Surfing Walk of Fame and the Surf Museum! Here, you can shop, dine or enjoy the beautiful white sand beach! Don’t forget to walk the iconic Huntington Beach Pier!
What's Included
- Round-trip transportation
- Photo stop in Laguna Beach
- Whale-watching excursion
- Extended stops in Newport and Huntington Beaches
- Fully narrated bus tour
- Round-trip transportation
- Photo stop in Laguna Beach
- Whale-watching excursion
- Extended stops in Newport and Huntington Beaches
- Fully narrated bus tour
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Embark from Anaheim during the morning hours to discover the scenic beaches of Orange County.
Take a break in Laguna Beach for an exquisite cliffside photo-op!
Next, we pause at Newport Beach for a 2.5-hour venture to witness whales (whale sightings are not ensured).
Afterward, we set off to discover Huntington Beach / Surf City USA.
Return transport…
Embark from Anaheim during the morning hours to discover the scenic beaches of Orange County.
Take a break in Laguna Beach for an exquisite cliffside photo-op!
Next, we pause at Newport Beach for a 2.5-hour venture to witness whales (whale sightings are not ensured).
Afterward, we set off to discover Huntington Beach / Surf City USA.
Return transport from hotels in the Anaheim Resort Area, Fullerton, Buena Park (as well as numerous hotels in Orange) is incorporated.
Location
Laguna Beach
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.8
(62 Ratings)
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Jennylang1129
May 4, 2025
Once in a lifetime experience! - This tour was truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience! We were able to see more than 1000 dolphins and some grey whales, even when they were at the end of their season and hadn't been seen in weeks. They did everything in their power to give us the best experience possible and I cannot recommend them more
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Delaneyw99
May 4, 2025
Perfect non-Disney Anaheim excursion - We had a wonderful day with Anaheim Tour Company’s Dolphin & Whale Watching Tour. Our driver, Alden, picked us up from our hotel in Anaheim & drove us to the OC beaches. Alden was excellent, engaging everyone in the van in conversation & providing us all with interesting information & great recommendations. The highlight of our day was the dolphin & whale watching tour where our small zodiac boat spent a good amount of time in a pod of 1000+ dolphins. During our trip to Disneyland, this was an exciting extra excursion & I would recommend to anyone!
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337dillonf
Apr 30, 2025
Had a great rime - I love using this company when Visiting Disneyland. It’s a great way to get out and do other things and I like that’s it’s smaller geoups. Today I did the Orange County Beaches. I had a really great time and our tour guide Alden gave us a lot of great info and history along the way, making the drive a lot more fun. 😀
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Sarah_m
Feb 20, 2025
Great - Cody was very informative and was chatty with our son, lots about Lego! We didn’t see any whales but it was still a lovely trip.
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A
Jan 23, 2025
No animals but nice tour - No show animals but beautiful! They gave me a voucher for another try so that is nice! I will try again. Going again tomorrow to take the zodiac cruise. Fingers crossed!!
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Deborah
Sep 15, 2024
Awesome tour - Had an amazing day from start to finish. Tom our driver was very good and looked after us every step of the way. Great beaches and boat trip was outstanding. Saw a minky whale, sealions and a nursery pod of dolphins. Surf comp at huntington beach also. Tom gave us all the good pointers on our trip, and even dropped you off where you wanted to go back in Anaheim. Thankyou
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Barbara_e
Aug 17, 2024
A Great Beach Trip - Tom was an excellent tour guide. He was informative and took our group to Laguna Beach, Newport Beach and whale watching, and Huntington Beach. He left us off in places that we could find our way back to easily and kept us informed. He texted me before pickup from my hotel and dropped me off at my hotel. The only unfortunate part of the trip was we saw no whales!! That was the main reason why I booked this tour. We saw lots of dolphins but no whales.
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Marcie_e
Aug 16, 2024
Wow! Loved this tour! - I would do this tour again and again. Tom was a great guide. He shared so many great suggestions for additional things to do on my trip. I traveled solo for this tour and it was amazing. Laguna beach is stunning. I opted for the whale watch boat ride at Newport Beach. No whales but saw plenty of dolphins and sea lions. The boat ride was wonderful. The others in my tour group opted to stay at the beach and had two hours there. Finally we visited Huntington Beach where I had three whole hours! Plenty of time for me to sit on the beach and watch the waves, grab a bite to eat and shop. I highly recommend this tour.
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M1245edbilla
Jul 8, 2024
Whale-Watching TOur - Driver was informative, friendly, and a great river overall. Made the experience memorable. The stops were great and gave enough time the only recommendation would to be a disclaimer that seeing whales is not guaranteed as we didn't see anything but the boat captain did work hard to find them. We did see dolphins, a sunfish, and sea lions though. I am sure many people came mostly to see the whales as that's the first description on the title.
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Jessie_m
Jul 5, 2024
Great day trip. - Wonderful! We did not see any whales but did see a massive pod of dolphins. Caption hung out around the dolphins for several minutes. Not just a “look now or miss the chance to see them”. Was absolutely an amazing experience. Beautiful day the water.
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