Award Winning Cataraman
Our award winning Blue Dolphin catamaran is 10.5 metres long and 7 metres wide with ample room to move around for optimum viewing of this season whale watching tours – a full 360 degrees view!
Our Blue Dolphin catamaran is very stable and gentle with shaded viewing areas for your comfort.
Blue Dolphin offers almost eye to eye viewing with the whales and dolphins, the only one of its kind in Hervey Bay, Queensland!
On board Blue Dolphin you are well away from the large noisy crowd usually associated with whale watch encounters. Survey for the boat is over 30 passengers but we limit numbers to 24 for passenger comfort. By limiting the number of passengers it allows for you to have a more personal relationship with the whales and the crew, which is necessary for a true eco-tourism experience.
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Sailing Boat Catamaran
The Blue Dolphin catamaran is 10.5 metres long and 7 metres wide with ample room to move around for optimum viewing of marine creatures – a full 360 degrees view!
This Tasman C35 catamaran is very stable and gentle with shaded viewing areas for your comfort.
Blue Dolphin offers almost eye to eye viewing with the whales and dolphins, the only one of its kind in Hervey Bay, Queensland!
On board Blue Dolphin you are well away from the large noisy crowd usually associated with whale watch encounters. Survey for the boat is 30 passengers but we limit numbers to 20 for passenger comfort. By limiting the number of passengers it allows for you to have a more personal relationship with the whales, dolphins and the crew, which is necessary for a true eco-tourism experience.
Blue Dolphin cruises at approximately 7 – 8 knots motoring – greater with wind speed.
Read more about Blue Dolphin Marine Tours in Hervey Bay, Queensland
Champagne Sunset Sail
Sit back & relax while we cruise around Hervey Bay and Fraser Island on our luxury yacht giving you the change to take in the beautiful panoramic views.
Sip champagne as the sun sets over the waters of the Great Sandy Strait.
The champagne sunset sail last for 90 minutes around Hervey Bay and Fraser Island. All your champagne, beer or wine is fully inclusive and there are also soft drinks and orange juice available as well.
There is no better way wind down after a long day work, exploring Fraser Island or just to start your evening.
Dolphin Watching Tours
The morning Dolphin Cruise is on the waters of the Great Sandy Straits by Hervey Bay and Fraser Island. Here we look for the bottlenose dolphins (aduncas) and the indo-pacific humpback dolphins (sousa chineses), which is a lesser known species. Both of these species reside in small residential pods of up to 20 and are found around Hervey Bay and Fraser Island. The waters are also home to dugongs, turtles, seabirds and other marine life.
Our dolphin watching tours started back in December 1996 and we have maintained a 90% to 95 % success rate for finding the dolphins.
The cruise lasts for around 4 hours and morning tea is provided. During summer and weather permitting we also manage a swim on one of the shallow sand banks.
Over 25 Years of Experience!
Peter Lynch has been involved in eco-tourism for many years and has a vast first hand knowledge of the local area as well as the marine life.
Peter Lynch and family on Blue Dolphin Marine Tours
Peter has worked with dolphins and whales for over 25 years. 14 years with Seaworld as a marine mammal trainer, a summer season with the Australian Antarctic Division and for the last 11 years as a dolphin and whale watch operator in Hervey Bay, Queensland.
You can rest assured that your dolphin watching tours of whale watching tours will be greatly enhanced by your experienced skipper, Peter Lynch!
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Blue Dolphin now has a buzzing Facebook Fan Page featuring photos from from the previous years along with the latest information on our whale watching tours, dolphin watching tours and champagne sunset sails. Join this growing community and catch up with those friends you made whilst viewing some the worlds most magnificent mammals in Hervey Bay!
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You can now also add Blue Dolphin as a friend on Facebook and tag Blue Dolphin in your whale watching tours, dolphin watching tours or champagne sunset sails. You can already take a look at the photos that have been uploaded by friends of Blue Dolphin.
Ben Southall visits Hervey Bay
Ben Southall, the “Best Job in the World” winner visits Hervey Bay for a whale watching trip on Blue Dolphin!
“Only ten minutes out of the marina and Robby, one of the local Hervey Bay tourism representatives, cries out “eleven o’clock guys…I’m sure I saw a spout!”…and sure enough there it was, the distinctive spray of a whale on the horizon. Pete turned our boat into the wind and waves and made for the disturbance on the horizon slowly but surely closing the gap between us and them.
As we approached it was clear to see there were two whales, one mother and one much smaller calf cruising south and as they did so the young beast, still a size-able 5 metres in length, broke the surface of the ocean with a series of breaches, tail slaps and launches into the air….all resulting in a mass of foam and spray, to the amusement of all on board! Cameras clicked, tape rolled and everybody ooo’d and ahhh’d delighted by the immediate success of the mission”
Read about his amazing experience with the whales on his blog here: www.islandreefjob.com.au/2009/10/22/having-a-whale-of-a-time/
