The NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is encouraging anyone who can get there to visit the North Coast national parks for a chance to see one or more of the 30,000 whales predicted to be migrating along the NSW coastline over the next few weeks.
Spokesperson for NPWS, Ann Walton said now was the perfect time to head to one of the region’s national park lookouts, headlands or foreshores to spot a whale.
“The waters off our coastline are very busy as whales head north to the warmer waters off Queensland to breed,” Ms Walton said.
“Around 6,000 whale sightings on our Wild About Whales app have been logged, so it’s shaping up to be a great whale watching season,”
She said National Parks made up almost 50 per cent of the NSW coastline and provided some of the best vantage points to spot whales on their annual migration.
“Humpbacks and southern right whales are the most commonly sighted, however minke, false killer whales and orcas may also be spotted.”
Ms Walton said NPWS had recommended some top whale watching spots, including: Cape Byron Lighthouse, Cape Byron State Conservation Area; North Head walking track, Brunswick Heads Nature Reserve; Broken Head Nature Reserve; and Iluka Bluff lookout inBundjalung National Park.
Further information, including real-time notifications can be accessed on NPWS’s Wild About Whales app which can be downloaded from this PS News link.
