Whale and dolphin watching in Mirissa is one of the most exciting water activities you can do during your holiday in Sri Lanka. Often spotted blue whales are the biggest animals in the world and Mirissa is the best place to start your whale and dolphin watching tour in Sri Lanka.
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Mirissa Whale watching remains a year around leisure activity in Sri Lanka. These charming giants in the deep blue waters come under the category of marine mammals. Whales live merely in salty waters where it is believed to help the whales to recover rapidly from injuries and be resistant towards sicknesses. Mirissa, specially the Dondra point is a remarkable location to spot several species of Whales such as the Blue Whale, Bryde’s Whale, Fin Whale and the Sperm Whale. In addition to these marvelous Whales, you would also spot the adorable and intelligent Dolphins. The Bottle nosed Dolphin, Spinner Dolphin, Risso’s Dolphin & even the Stripped Dolphin could be seen in Mirissa.The best season to watch whales in Mirissa is from November to April. During this time period the ocean remains calm and warm, providing the most perfect environment to watch Whales and Dolphins in a closer proximity.
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Whale watching season is last around six months of time from november to april .during this time southern sea of sri lanka is calm and convenient for traveling. In this tour you may lucky to see blue whales, hump back whales, spinner and bottle nose dolphins and also turtles and flying fishes.
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There are few major whale watching operators with experienced skipper and crew. most of boats and most applicable boat is 40 feet long trawler and is modified for passenger travelling .this boat can take 25 passengers once and all passengers are fully insured. There are small boats and you can choose if you like to travel on them. Boats are equipped with GPS, radio communication and Life saving equipment in order to provide safety tour. Tour may last 4 to 6 hours to up and down. it’s depend on the time to see very first whale or dolphin.
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Small breakfast and Mineral water is provided on board but there are no different choices. Most time it’s cheese sandwich. You can take your own break if you don’t like cheese sandwich. You may be not familiar with boat trip and feel about sea sickness. If so let the skipper know about it before leaving and he will provide medication.
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Always keep in your mind that whales is not same place always and in case of no whales and dolphins sightings none of operator refund money once paid but some of them offer free trip. You should clarify conditions of your operator before take part for the tour. if operator decide to cancel trip due to bad weather and rough sea you may ask for money back or next day trip.
Always obey to skipper while in tour, you are not allowed to swim with whales or dolphins.
