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Whales Watching Safari Tours Sri Lanka

Mrissa Whales Safari

The island of Sri Lanka has long been a hotspot for whales and dolphins, in 1979 a part of Indian Ocean in which the country is situated was declared as a protected zone by the International Whaling Commission.

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Not only we offer whale watches through whale watching safari. We are facilitating round tours as well. Click here to check out the following tabs under Trips for details. We would love to arrange your entire photography tour in Sri Lanka for your convenience.

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Since long before whale watching gained the enormous popularity it boasts today, Captain Dilushan caring for whales defined the character of our whale watching business. We have had an amazing climate so far...

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Whales watching safari tour belongs to an extensive Whale Spotting Network, a coalition of fishermen, Whale Watching Companies, land-based spotters, and whale enthusiasts.

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Stay at Dcanal House Mirissa, during your tour

Dcanal House is a stay, away from noisy crowded concrete building boxes. This place is surrounded by water ways and vegetable gardens and small forest over the water ways. We have bungalows and rooms you can select as you like. […]

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Snorkeling with whales and dolphins in Sri Lanka

Snorkeling with whales and dolphins in Sri Lanka

Our tours clearly revolve around snorkeling on some of the most beautiful reefs on the planet. Each day our snorkeling sessions expose our guests to some of the coolest, most beautiful, and most […]

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Growing traffic in Sri Lanka’s waters threatens Blue Whales – NYT

In early April, whale watchers off Sri Lanka’s southern coast were greeted by a disturbing sight: the lifeless body of a 60-foot-long blue whale floating in the water about 12 miles offshore.
The body was swelling rapidly, and suckerfish swarmed across […]

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Snorkeling with whales Sri Lanka – Video

Under water photography with whales

The act of snorkeling with whales is an art. Every day is different on the water, and every encounter is unique. We swim with whales most days, but on some days this may only be briefly. […]

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Blue whales’ feeding technique captured off the coast of New Zealand

Extraordinary footage released by Oregon State University has revealed how blue whales off the coast of New Zealand pick and choose their meals.
Reasearchers say that the whales are so massive – sometimes growing to the length of three school buses […]

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Second season of blue whale surveys off Sri Lanka coast could help move shipping lanes

Big ships and big whales don’t mix.
We’re south of Sri Lanka, home to one of the world’s highest densities of blue whales, for a second year of field research.
Our goal? To gather data to stop the problem of blue whales […]

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Caught on film for the first time: One of the world’s rarest whales
The first underwater images of True’s beaked whales show a cohesive group of three adult or subadult whales swimming together. The species is considered one of the most elusive in the ocean. (Photo: Dylan Walker/Roland Edler, PeerJ)
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Whale watching Video Mirissa

Mirissa is one of the best places in the world for whale watching, especially for the most famous largest marine mammal “Blue Whales”. Actually it takes only six to nine nautical miles from Mirissa harbor to reach whale habitats. We […]

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Amazing photography tour Sri Lanka

Aerial image of a giant Blue Whale #srilanka #mirissa #blue_whale

Aerial image of a giant Blue Whale in southern coast of Sri Lanka ( Off Mirissa) taken from a Bell412 helicopter . In this image some of the sucking fishes […]

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Security Forces To Prevent Dolphin And Whale Hunting In Mirissa

Security Forces To Prevent Dolphin And Whale Hunting In Mirissa

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The vicinity of Mirissa fishery harbor is hugely inhabited by Dolphins and Whales and it […]

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WDC joins protest against ship-to-ship oil transfers in Scotland12 December 2016 – 11:43am

WDC joins protest against ship-to-ship oil transfers in Scotland12 December 2016 – 11:43am
Hundreds of protesters gathered over the weekend in Nairn to campaign against new plans for ship-to-ship oil transfers in the Moray Firth.
Groups from both sides of the Firth, […]

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Live Whale and Dolphin Sighting Map

Pacific Whale Foundation Eco-Adventure tours are used to gather research data about marine wildlife in the inter-island region between Maui, Lana’i, Kaho’olawe and Molokai. During our eco-tours, our naturalists gather scientific data about marine wildlife that we encounter.
Smartphones allow our […]

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Spotting blue whales in Sri Lanka

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For some years now, I’d heard stories of whales seen off Sri Lanka’s coast, not least from my brother-in-law, Sam Goonetillake, founder of the Helplanka charity, which was set up to assist the orphans of the […]

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Sur-fin the waves! Giant Southern Right whale plays in the swell with surfers as they practice for a competition in South Africa

The unknown surfer was in the water off the coast of Hermanus, Cape Town when a Southern Right whale appeared
Huge animal then joined in with the fun and played around in the surf just inches away from people in the […]

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Whale-watching in Mirissa

Over the past five years, Sri Lanka has emerged as one of the world’s major whale-watching destinations, thanks largely to the work of pioneering British marine biologist Charles Anderson, who in 1999 first proposed the theory that there was an […]

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Whale Watching Regulating by Sri Lankan Coast Guard

Among many tourist attractions in our country, Whale watching industry has gathered pace during a short time of span. Now ranked as the best destination to see Blue Whales in the World, Mirissa Whale watching industry has grown into a […]

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Yala National Park Safari

Yala National Park

Yala National Park is the most visited and second largest national park in Sri Lanka. The park consists of five blocks, two of which are now open to the public, and also adjoining parks. The blocks have individual […]

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An Armada of Whales: WDC in Sri Lanka

An Armada of Whales: WDC in Sri Lanka

1 April 2015 – 10:19am

Date: March 24th 2015
Country: Sri Lanka.
Location: 8°35’12.10”N 79° 32’ 11.84” E
Last week I was in Sri Lanka to help coordinate WDC’s Project BLUEprint training workshop for the local […]

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Blue Whale

The blue whale is the largest animal ever known to have existed. During the 20th century, the species was almost exterminated due to commercial whaling. The species has slowly recovered following the global whaling ban but it remains endangered and […]

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whales can use their huge heads as battering rams against ships and each other

‘Moby Dick’ May Be More Than Just A Whale Of A Tale
New research suggests sperm whales can use their huge heads as battering rams against ships and each other.

04/09/2016 11:07 am ET | Updated 3 days ago

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The Blue Whale

The Blue Whale

The blue whale is the largest animal ever known to have lived. It is even bigger than the largest dinosaur that lived – the Argentinosaurus.
It is estimated that there are about 8,000-14,000 blue whales worldwide.
The IUCN Red List […]

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Do ship strikes threaten the recovery of blue whales

Do ship strikes threaten the recovery of California blue whales?

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Do ship strikes threaten the recovery of California blue whales?
This question motivated my thesis, and in this post we’ll discuss the question, and then answer it. The […]

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HISTORY OF WILD ORCA CAPTURES

TILIKUM AND THE HISTORY OF WILD ORCA CAPTURES

9 APRIL 2016 – 11:16AM

Although Tilikum has been a captive whale for most of his life – the past 33 years – he started life as wild orca in the cold waters of […]

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Whale entanglements

Whale entanglements: Crab fishermen help prevent injuries, deaths of majestic animals

A NOAA whale disentanglement team attempts to free a humpback whale off the Northern California coast.California Whale Rescue — Pieter Folkens – MMHSRP Permit 18786

By Erin E.A. Ross, Correspondent

POSTED: 04/05/16, […]

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Crocodile watching Matara

Matara is the easiest place in Sri Lanka , where you get to observe both species of crocodiles existing in the country. A vast concentration of estuarine crocodiles live in the lagoon areas and in the estuary of the Nilwala river […]

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Amazing photography tour Sri Lanka

Please note: Terms and conditions of Underwater photography with Whales

You must be a strong swimmer to join this trip and have a real passion for marine-life and blue whales.
Time calculate with travel time + swimming time. (additional hours will be […]

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Whale and Dolphin Watching Tours in Sri Lanka

Whale and Dolphin Watching

Departure 6.30 am from harbor with Speed Liner Boat
Free Drop off and pick up around Hotels in mirissa area
Duration of Sail will be 3 to 5 Hours
Continental Breakfast pack and mineral water provided on board
Medication for Seasick […]

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Sri Lankan Whale Protection Area Proposed

Friend of the Sea has urged the World Shipping Council to prevent whales ship strikes in Sri Lanka and worldwide. During a series of conferences in Southern Sri Lanka, Friend of the Sea’s director Dr Paolo Bray exposed the problem […]

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