Primarily, the reason whales migrate is to search for a plentiful supply of food. During the warm seasons, whales migrate to colder waters where there is a plentiful food source. When the weather changes and the water becomes colder, whales have to find another location. Once the water has become colder, food becomes more scarce, so whales have to migrate to warmer waters where there is a better supply.
Whales also migrate to reproduce. Whales take advantage of the weather, migrating to colder water to reproduce. Whales have specific locations where they gather for reproducing. San Juan Island and Puget Sound are among the best places on the west coast to watch whales. Find out the best places and which whales you can see here.
Whales migrate between feeding and mating seasons. They tend to migrate towards cooler waters during the warmer summer months to stock up on food and replenish their fat supply before the cold temperatures come around once more. Whales migrate to a familiar place where mating takes place, and once their mating season ends, each whale will then leave that area.
The movement of the whale is also a result of the migration of their prey. Whales will follow the migration patterns of their prey.
Whales will travel wherever their prey migrates so that they can continue their journey without having to worry about finding a fresh source of food. Whales often swim close to the shore. Find out why here. This impacts when, where, and if they migrate to new locations during certain times of the year. Whales will not migrate long distances to mate or give birth to calves as they can mate at any time of the year. The difference in the gestation period among different whale species results in different species migrating at separate times.
Killer whales are the favorite animal of many people. Find out where you can watch them here. Killer whales migrate but do not have a specific breeding ground. Orcas move to different areas to give birth. The gestation period of a killer whale is between months. As the gestation period is so long, this would overlap with their feeding season.
Due to this, orcas will give birth at their feeding grounds. The narwhal and the beluga whale have time to migrate to a new ground to give birth. They have a gestation period that exceeds the months cycle of some other whale species. On the northern Migration we see a lot of breaching whales and active males showing their dominance to impress females for mating.
By mid August most whales have passed Sydney on their way north and we are starting to see the first whales swimming south again. An interesting time of the season with whales going both directions which can make for interesting interactions between them!
Towards the end of August and through September we quite regularly encounter very curious humpback whales that are coming right up to our boats, swimming circles around us for hours.
Whales during this time of the season can be quite far away from land as they follow southerly flowing currents that are further offshore. In October and November we see a lot of mothers and calves coming down the coast. They are the last whales to come past Sydney before our season comes to an end. Mothers and calves are usually very close to the coast and great fun to watch with the mother teaching her calf how to whale breaching for example and the calf repeating what it has learnt for hours non stop!
Humpback Whales we see on almost every trip. They are the main species of whale migrating past the coast of Sydney from May to December. Minke Whales are a little bit smaller than Humpback Whales and very elusive. We get to see Southern Right Whales around times a season. Often seen soaking in the sun on the surface of the water out in the open ocean or at a seal colony at the base of the cliffs close to the harbour entrance. A very rare visitor to the shores of Sydney. Create a personalised ads profile.
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Jervis Bay is also one of the few places in Australia where you can witness the incredible natural phenomena known as bioluminescence. There have been some Technically, Jervis Bay is a body of water with settlements along the northern and southern sides. These include the villages of Huskisson, Vincentia, Callala Seen from May to November in Jervis Bay, the humpback whale is an amazing ocean mammal.
In the southern hemisphere, humpback whales migrate northward during the winter months, leaving the cold seas of the Antarctic behind and heading towards the warmer waters
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