Pacific Whale Foundation Eco Adventures Australia
Hervey Bay, Fraser Coast Area
TOUR
Pacific Whale Foundation Eco-Adventures Australia (PWFEAA) are advocates for healthy oceans! Join them on one of their eco tours to become an ocean advocate too!
PWFEAA's Hervey Bay's Ultimate Whale Watch tour is a Tourism Australia Signature Experience and a Best of Queensland experience. Led by Marine Scientists, guests receive expert commentary and a free Junior Naturalist Whale Watch Guide activity booklet for children.
The recent addition of the Hervey Bay Nature Cruise offers guests the chance to experience Hervey Bay's wildlife up-close during Summer and early Autumn.
Ocean Defender, their 12m RIB vessel, was purpose-built for wildlife and whale watching, offering water-level views and small group tours with a maximum of 38 passengers for an intimate experience.
An Australian-owned social enterprise company, PWFEAA runs eco tours and a retail shop to raise funds for education, conservation and research projects. These projects include school visits, virtual classrooms, science conferences, and Clean Up Events.
The only operator in Hervey Bay to have been researching Humpbacks Whales for four decades, Pacific Whale Foundation Australia's scientists are responsible for the South Pacific’s longest running photo-identification project and the largest curated database of Humpback Whales in Eastern Australia, having detailed the life histories of over 8,000 individual Humpback Whales.
Join the citizen science movement and donate your fluke and dorsal fin photos to their Whale and Dolphin Tracker project!
Hervey Bay's Ultimate Whale Watch
We advocate for healthy oceans - join us on Hervey Bay's Ultimate Whale Watch and become an ocean advocate too!
Cruise in comfort on our 12m rigid inflatable boat, the Ocean Defender, purpose-built for small-group tours and whale watching.
Enjoy a stunning scenic ride offering panoramic views of K'gari (formerly Fraser Island) as you head into the protected waters of Platypus Bay, the world's first Whale Heritage Site - a unique resting area and playground for the East Australian Humpbacks on their migration - part of the Great Sandy Biosphere and Great Sandy Marine Park.
The tour is guided by marine scientists, providing expert interpretation of whale behaviours, as well as facts and findings from ongoing, world-leading PWFA research.
Listen to whale songs through underwater hydrophones.
Take lots of photos from water-level views, and become an advocate for healthy oceans by supporting research, marine education and ocean conservation in Australia.
Location
- Start location: Shop 1 Great Sandy Straits Marina,17 Buccaneer Drive,Urangan,4655
- End location: Same as start location
Price
- From $119, To $119
- Comments: $119 per adult $89 per child (6-14 years inclusive)
More information
- Accessibility: Disabled access available, contact operator for details.
- Online booking: Click here
Hervey Bay Nature Cruise
Need a dose of nature-therapy? Hervey Bay and the Great Sandy Strait will delight the nature-lover!
A water wonderland of wildlife, the Great Sandy Strait is a special place, nestled between the largest sand island in the world – K’gari – and the Fraser Coast on the Australian mainland.
Join us on a leisurely two-hour morning cruise to discover why this area of the world is considered a marine playground for an array of wildlife, including endangered and threatened species.
Learn about sea and land animals, birds, the marine and coastal habitats, conservation approaches and Pacific Whale Foundation Australia research programs.
This lovely, two-hour cruise on the clear waters of the Great Sandy Strait offers a safe, relaxed experience – and a great opportunity for some fantastic wildlife photos!
WILDLIFE
From December to May an abundance of shore birds, sea birds, dolphins, turtles, sea snakes, rays and other marine life call this area home.
From sting rays to tiger sharks, turtles to sea snakes, dolphins to dugongs, a wide variety of fish to birds of prey – Hervey Bay and the Great Sandy Strait has it all!
Location
- Start location: Shop 1, Great Sandy Straits Marina,Ocean Store,Urangan,4655
- End location: Same as start location
Price
- From $75, To $75
- Comments: Adult price
More information
- Accessibility: Disabled access available, contact operator for details.
- Online booking: Click here
Pacific Whale Foundation Eco Adventures Australia
Tourist Terminal - Ocean Store,
Shop 1, Great Sandy Straits Marina,
Hervey Bay,
Fraser Coast Area
Queensland
4655
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