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Whale Watching Cruises in Bar Harbor, Maine: A Guide
Bar Harbor is one of the four major locations for whale watching cruises in Maine. About 60 miles (100 kilometers) from the Canadian border, it is the northernmost departure point in the state for such cruises. One company in Bar Harbor offers these whale watching cruises, Bar Harbor Whale Watch Co., so below we explain their offerings, which is interspersed with some general information about whale watching in Maine. Read more […] -
Whale Watching Cruises in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire: A Guide
We have written about whale watching in New Hampshire in general, and now we are focusing on the specific whale watching opportunities in the state’s coastal towns – in this instance, Hampton Beach. The whale watching cruises in Hampton Beach are fairly limited, and below we give you everything you need to know about them. However, it is worth keeping in mind that the New Hampshire coastline is quite short, so Hampton Beach is close to the other departure points along coast. So, if whale watching in Hampton Beach doesn’t work out, there are other options to pursue. Read more […] -
Whale Watching Cruises in Rye Harbor, New Hampshire: A Guide
Rye Harbor is part of the Rye Harbor State Park that is located on the northern end of New Hampshire’s short coast. Besides having an alternate name befitting of the most weathered outdoorsmen (Ragged Neck), Rye Harbor is an excellent place to take a whale watching cruise, and is in fact the main hub of whale watching in the state of New Hampshire. Two whale watching companies operate out of Rye Harbor, Atlantic Whale Watch and Granite State Whale Watch, and below we explain these companies offerings, Read more […] -
Whale Watching Cruises in New Hampshire: A Guide
In close proximity to Massachusetts, the center of the East Coast whale watching industry, New Hampshire is an excellent place to take a whale watching cruise. If you are anywhere along the New Hampshire coast from late spring to mid-Autumn, there is likely a whale watching cruise departing nearby. Information about whale watching cruises in a particular state is largely information about where to whale watch in a particular state, so below we focus on the places you can take a whale watching cruise in New Hampshire – Rye Harbor, Hampton Beach, and Seabrook Beach – and also on the companies that offer them. Read more […] -
Whale Watching Cruises from Nantucket Island, Massachusetts: A Guide
The town of Nantucket is an island (or technically three islands because Tuckernuck and Muskeget are separate land masses) off the coast of Massachusetts, and off the coast of Massachusetts are some of the best whale watching waters in the world, so it should come as no surprise that there are whale watching cruises from Nantucket. These whale watching cruises take place primarily in the summer, when the population of Nantucket increases fivefold. Only one company operates whale watching cruises from Nantucket, Shearwater Excursions, so below we detail their offerings, as well as explain what to expect when whale watching out of Nantucket, which differs from whale watching in other parts of Massachusetts. Read more […] -
Whale Watching Cruises in Provincetown, Massachusetts: A Guide
Provincetown, like several other towns in Massachusetts, is ideally situated for whale watching cruises. Occupying the top point of Cape Cod, Provincetown (“P-town” or “Ptown”) is particularly close to the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary, which is where the whale watching off the coast of Massachusetts is centered. There are two main companies that offer whale watching in Provincetown – Whale Watch Dolphin Fleet of Provincetown and Provincetown Whale Watches – and below we explain what each company offers, as well as cover what to expect on a whale watching cruise out of Provincetown, Massachusetts. Read more […]