Highlight · Southern Right Whales
Discovery Bay, Albany
Former whaling station turned museum — confronting and brilliant.
The detail
What you'll find
Former whaling station turned museum — confronting and brilliant. It's one of the moments that defines the migration story across Western Australia in September.
In context
Every winter, Southern Right Whales travel up from Antarctic feeding grounds to calve in the sheltered bays of Australia's South Coast. By September, mothers and newborns are resting close to shore — sometimes just metres from the cliffs at Albany and Bremer Bay.
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
Nearby on the page
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.
Bremer Bay
One of the world's best land-based nursery viewing locations.