Best place · Southern Right Whales
Bremer Bay
One of the world's best land-based nursery viewing locations.
The detail
What you'll find
One of the world's best land-based nursery viewing locations. A standout place to experience southern right whales on this trip.
In context
Once hunted to the brink — fewer than 300 remained in the southern hemisphere by the 1920s — Southern Rights are slowly recovering thanks to a global hunting ban. They were named 'right' because they were the 'right' whale to hunt: slow, coastal, and they floated when killed. Today, the same coastal habits make them one of the easiest great whales to see from land.
Good to know
Tips for the visit
- Calm, overcast mornings make blows easier to spot against the water.
- Bring binoculars and warm layers — the South Coast wind cuts even in September.
- Scan slowly. Whales surface for 10–15 seconds at a time — patience pays.
On the map
Roughly here
Also at Southern Right Whales
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Torndirrup cliffs
Albany's wild south coast — whales often loaf in the bays directly below.
Bremer Bay headlands
Calving nursery; mothers and calves sometimes within 50 metres of shore.
Point Ann (Fitzgerald River NP)
A dedicated whale-watching platform overlooking a major nursery bay.
Discovery Bay, Albany
Former whaling station turned museum — confronting and brilliant.