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Whale Watching and Montague Island Afternoon Tour
Tour
Price range
$120 per person
About
Where you'll be
Ocean Drive
Narooma NSW 2546
What's Available
5 featuresHalf Day or Less
Nature and wildlife
Sightseeing Tours
Cruises, Sailing and Water Tours
Boating
Other tours by Narooma Charters and Barunguba Montague Island Tours
Whale Watching and Montague Island Morning Tour
Whale watching and Montague Island tour combined! See Whales and seals and land on the island with an NPWS guide. From September to mid-November, warm currents attract migrating whales. See Humpback whales and many other species frolic in Narooma’s spectacular waters. On our tours, pods of up to 10 whales are a common sight, and they often swim to the boat where they seem curious about the people watching them. In the last ten years, Narooma Charters has had a whale-spotting success rate of 100%. Each pod of Whales on their southern migration stops in the area for up to four weeks and feeds on Krill or Jellyfish, and when they have had their fill, they play about around the pristine waters of Montague Island. See the whales breach in full, slap their tails and check out the mother whales with their baby calves – right up close! A wide variety of whales are seen on the whale-watching tours including Humpbacks, Southern Rights, Fin Whales, Bryde’s Whales, Sei Whales, Blue Whales, and Killer Whales, and large pods of Dolphins are an added delight. Whales are often sighted only five minutes from the port.
Montague Island Evening Tour
The number one attraction of the South Coast is undoubtedly an evening tour of Montague Island Nature Reserve. Relax aboard one of Narooma Charter's two licensed charter vessels and enjoy your twenty-minute voyage to Montague's resident seal colony. Along the way you may encounter pods of migrating whales (September to November), vast schools of friendly dolphins, basking sunfish, manta rays, or acres of pelagic fish. In the company of your National Parks and Wildlife Service tour guide, you will land on the Island to observe the resident wildlife and explore the magnificent heritage buildings. At dusk walk back to the jetty and watch the penguins return to their nests.
Scuba Diving
Located just five miles off the coast from Narooma, Montague Island is one of diving's most diverse and best-kept secrets. The island's unique location offers dozens of dive locations. The favourite for new and regular divers is Montague's famous Australian Fur Seal Colony. Every diver who experiences the joy of swimming with these cute, playful, wide-eyed creatures emerges with a feeling of amazement at the friendliness of these fun-seeking seals. It's an easy dive with most of the seals sunbaking on the surface within 20 metres of the anchored boat. Yet when a diver enters the water they just can't help themselves and come charging over to show off their agility to the strange clumsy creatures with bottles on their backs!
Whale Watching
1994 saw the first dedicated whale-watching tours start from Narooma. After seeing large pods of migrating whales from September through to November, Narooma Charters decided to run specialised whale-watching tours. Whale watching has proved to be so popular it is now one of the most popular times of the year. Pods of up to 10 whales are not uncommon and often swim to the boat where they seem curious about the people watching them. Since whale-watching tours began from the port of Narooma there has been a success rate of 98 per cent with many people who have been all over the world specifically to see whales, commenting that Narooma has turned on the best whale watching they have ever seen.
Montague Island Day Tour
The number one attraction of the South Coast is undoubtedly a tour of Montague Island Nature Reserve. Relax aboard one of Narooma Charters' two licensed charter vessels and enjoy your twenty-minute voyage to Montague's resident Seal Colony. Along the way you may encounter pods of migrating whales (September to November), vast schools of friendly dolphins, basking sunfish, manta rays, or acres of pelagic fish. When you land on the island you will be greeted by a National Parks and Wildlife Service tour guide who take you on a walk up to the lighthouse observing the resident wildlife and exploring the magnificent lighthouse and heritage buildings as you go. From September to January, see the penguins go ashore on an evening tour.
Fishing Charters
For the Game fisherman, the waters abound with black, blue and striped marlin, giant yellowfin tuna, delicious albacore and kingfish along with a variety of other species. (December to June). Reef fish are available all year with good stocks of snapper, morwong, trevally, long-fin perch, pigfish, wrasse, large leather jackets and a good variety of other reef species. The vessels are fully surveyed and licensed to carry passengers. The skippers and crew are fully qualified and have more than 20 years each experience fishing the waters around Narooma, Montague Island and the continental shelf. The vessels are equipped with the very latest in marine electronics and state-of-the-art fishing tackle. The boats are purpose-designed to give you maximum fishing space.
Snorkelling
Snorkelling with the seals at Montague Island. Experience the joy of swimming with these cute creatures with a feeling of amazement at the friendliness of these furry fun-seeking seals. It's an easy swim with most of the seals sunbaking on the surface within 20 metres of the anchored boat. The colony consists of up to 1,600 seals during the cooler months (June to mid-December). During the summer months, there are 500 to 800 seals at Montague Island most of these are either rogue or non-competitive seals rejected from the Southern colonies. All are male and this is a non-breeding colony, hence the island has no shark problem because sharks tend to only feed on small pups that haven't yet learnt to swim properly.