Whale Watching in Kaikoura, Canterbury, New Zealand | Whale Watching

Welcome to Whale Watching in Kaikoura, New Zealand. Whale Watch is the only marine-based Whale Watching company offering visitors an exciting up-close encounter with the Giant Sperm Whale at all times of the year. Whale Watching scheduled tours operate daily. The 95% success rate means we guarantee an 80% refund if your tour does not see a whale. Whale Watching tours are extremely popular so we advise to book early.
The Whale Watch Company is located in the town of Kaikoura - a scenic two and a half-hour drive north from Christchurch in New Zealand's South Island. Kaikoura is a special place of lush pastures and towering, snow covered peaks that fall to the sea. This rare magic continues just offshore where a deep undersea canyon combines with unusual sea currents to attract an extraordinary abundance of marine life, the most famous being the Sperm Whale.
Every Whale Watching tour is a unique experience and the sightings vary. Giant Sperm Whales are the stars of the show and year-round residents. A typical Whale Watch tour may encounter New Zealand Fur Seals, pods of Dusky dolphins and the endangered Wandering Albatross. Depending on the season you may also see migrating Humpback Whales, Pilot Whales, Blue Whales and Southern Right Whales. Kaikoura often hosts the world's largest dolphin - the Orca - and is home to the world's smallest and rarest - the Hector's. Kaikoura also attracts the largest concentration and variety of seabirds on mainland New Zealand including 13 species of Albatross, 14 varieties of Petrels and 7 types of Shearwater. If your Whale Watching Kaikoura tour does not see a whale we will refund 80% of your fare.