Whale Watching Tour

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Whale Watching Tour

The humpback, minke, and finback are the most common types of whales you will spot when touring Notre Dame Bay.

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The humpback's average length is 45-50 ft, and they weigh between 35 and 45 tonnes. It is distinguished by its log flippers, black and white throat grooves, and the distinguishing black and white patterns on the underside of their flukes. They are real showmen, very agile, and often engage in 'breaching', or will lie on their sides and roll with their large white flippers in the air and slap the water. Humpbacks can be seen in early spring and come inshore to feed on capelin in the early summer.

The Minke have a small pointed dorsal fin well back on the body & are gray/bluish in color with a white belly & pointed 'beak'. They are relatively small weighing 6-10 tonnes and 15-30 ft. long. They are seen from April until October & love to feed on herring, capelin, mackerel & even squid.

The finback range in size from 15-20 meters and weigh 40-50 tons. They are extremely fast swimmers, and are distinguished by their odd color, the left side of the head and baleen are dark and the right side is white. They frequent the Newfoundland area from early spring until late fall and can be seen near shore or offshore during this period