Whale Watching at St. Lucia
May to November at R400 per person for approximately 2 hours. Whale sightings are guaranteed.
If no sightings occur, then the amount of R280 will be reimbursed! During the 2001 season, out of 301 boat-based whale watching trips, only one of these trips was unsuccessful in observing whales.
The whales pass KwaZulu-Natal on a migration route between the Antarctic and Northern Mozambique and Madagascar, where they breed.
Boat based sightings recorded in St. Lucia for 2006:
| 4 418 Humpback Whales | 18 Southern Right; |
| 25 Sperm Whales | 65 Pigmy Whales |
| 200 Short fin pilot whales | 18 Minki whales |
| 6 000 Inshore Bottlenose dolphins | 200 offshore Bottlenose |
| 3 200 common dolphins | 800 Rizzo dolphins |
| 520 Spotted dolphins | 430 Spinner dolphins |
The majority of sightings in KwaZulu-Natal are of Humpbacks, which tend to be more spectacular and lively than the Southern Rights. According to world authority Eric Hoyt, the country is the fifth largest whale watching country in the world behind Taiwan, Iceland, Italy and Spain.
SA has had an average annual increase of 112,5% between 94 and 98." Boat-based sightings recorded in St. Lucia for 2000 was 796.
The local permit holder is ADVANTAGE CHARTER - DANIE BENNETT.