Boat Based Whale Watching Trips

Whale Watching season is June – December.
Southern Right Charters departs from Hermanus New Harbour, and operates within the local waters of Hermanus, regarded as one of the best whale watching areas in the world.

Daily Departures: 07H00 (September - December)  09H00, 12H00, 15H00
(Weather Permitting)

• Permitted to approach the whales to 50m
• Whale Specialist Guide on board
• Translator for most European languages on Board
• Light refreshments included
• DVDs Available, It contains some of our best footage, photo’s taken, a scenic tour of Hermanus and surrounding areas and YOUR personal whale watching trip.

Boat based whale watching trips, Hermanus, the capital of the ‘cape whale coast’

We meet at our booking office, ‘the Whale Shack’, 30min prior to departure.

Guests are told about the trip and what they can expect plus some interesting whale information. We then embark from our ‘private floating jetty’, built to enable our guests to embark and disembark safely and with ease. Once all seated we depart from Hermanus harbour to visit the whales and other marine creatures along the way.

A qualified whale specialist guide is on board to relate interesting facts and answer any questions en route. We usually encounter seals, penguins, marine birds, southern right whales and often see the bryde’s whale, dolphins and humpback whale at certain times of the year.

Our permit entitles us to approach the whales up to 50m and then we stop and the decision is left entirely to the whales. Being curious they normally approach the boat and often come right up to our boat. It really is an experience to be treasured.