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Sydney Whale Watching Cruise with Breakfast or Lunch

Highlights

  • Watch as these amazing creatures play about in Sydney Harbour
  • Learn about their characteristics, behaviour patterns and history
  • Enjoy a fully cooked breakfast or lunch on board

Settle in for an awe-inspiring treat as you watch out for humpback whales on their annual migration at Sydney Heads. With the sparkling city of Sydney as your backdrop, you will gaze at these majestic creatures breach, jump and frolic in the harbour. Fully cooked breakfast or lunch included.

What's included?

  • Four hour whale watching cruise
  • Fully cooked breakfast with tea/coffee or lunch
  • Onboard commentary providing facts and information about the whales

Get ready for countless jaw-dropping moments as you watch humpback whales migrating up the east coast of Australia from the water. This breathtaking whale watching cruise on Sydney Harbour delivers both fantastic sightings of these majestic creatures, as well as gorgeous views of iconic landmarks and the city skyline. Departing from Circular Quay, take delight in all the sights and sounds of this world famous location before arriving just off of Sydney Heads, where you'll look out for these gentle giants.

Be in awe as these whales breach, jump and frolic about right before your eyes. Enjoy expert commentary on their characteristics, migrating patterns, history and present day life, and savour a fully cooked breakfast with tea and coffee. The vessel is spacious with multiple outside viewing areas, a comfortable indoor lounge area and a licensed bar on board.

Important information

  • This experience is four hours in duration
  • Available Monday to Friday at 12.15pm
  • Available Saturday and Sunday at 8.15am and 12.15pm
  • Whale watching season is between May and October
  • If you are prone to seasickness it is recommended that you speak to your pharmacist about preventative measures before you board as the crew cannot provide medication
  • It cannot be guaranteed that whales are sighted on all cruises, where whales are not sighted guests will be offered a free trip with three years validity
  • Change your booking up to 48 hours before the start time of your experience
  • Changes are not permitted within 48 hours of your experience
  • Late arrivals or no shows may result in you forfeiting your experience

Maximum of 95 participants.

In the event of rain or inclement weather your experience will still go ahead unless contacted by the experience provider.

Please wear weather appropriate clothing as it may become cooler at sea.

This experience departs from Eastern Pontoon Circular Quay; 7 Macquarie St, Sydney NSW 2000.

Reviews

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23 reviews
5 stars 14
4 stars 3
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2 stars 0
1 star 4
Recommended

Whale 🐳 watching was amazing

Dianne Smith 12 July 2026

I truly loved my experience especially because I got to see them & also had dolphins 🐬 swimming with us as well. I was disappointed with my food 🍱 unfortunately my sausage was cooked on the outside but not on the inside

Customer Experience

Hi Dianne, Thank you for sharing your experience. We're delighted to hear you enjoyed the encounter and that the dolphins made the day even more special. We're sorry to learn the meal was disappointing and appreciate you bringing this to our attention.

20 July 2026

Recommended

Whale watching

Jennifer 6 October 2025

The whale watching experience was very good- the person that told us the information was very knowledgeable.

Customer Experience

Hi Jennifer, your feedback is important to us, and we’re so glad to hear that you enjoyed your experience!

13 October 2025

Recommended

Wonderful Experience

Cathy 26 September 2025

Princess Cruises was very professional. The food was good and the commentary was excellent. Devin was very knowledgeable and fun. A good time all round and the whales were amazing

Customer Experience

Hi Cathy, thank you for your feedback. We appreciate your kind words and are thrilled to hear about your positive experience!

7 October 2025

Recommended

Amazing day whale watch with lunch

Liz 10 September 2024

Fantastic day well worth it. Went out past the heads and saw 3 whales

Customer Experience

Hi Liz, we're so pleased to hear you enjoyed your experience. We appreciate you taking the time to leave such positive feedback!

10 September 2024

Nope not what I was expecting

George 24 June 2024

Food was cold and not very good. About half the people on board were throwing up. Sick bags everywhere. Very little to see in way of whales. Was glad to disembark.

Mya

Hi George, I am sorry to hear that you didn't enjoy your Sydney Whale Watching Cruise. I’ve passed your valuable feedback through to our experience operator. We’re always looking for ways to improve, so I really appreciate you taking the time to provide feedback.

24 June 2024

Recommended

Incredible!

Robyn 13 June 2024

This was the most amazing day out. We booked this for our anniversary and were completely blown away. We know these are wild animals, so our expectations were low in case we didn't get to see any whales, but within minutes of making our way out of the headlands we could see activity. We saw spurts, tail slaps, and even got to see two whales breach. AMAZING! The staff were awesome - we loved chatting with them. The buffet lunch was great too. Good variety and really tasty. The staff suggested taking sea sickness tablets and we were so glad we listened to this advice. Unfortunately quite a few didn't heed this advice and suffered for it. Even if you think you are good on the ocean, just take the tablets. It would be a shame to spoil such a beautiful day out by feeling seasick. We should totally recommend this experience.

Keerat

Hi Robyn, we’re delighted to hear about your positive experience! Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback with us.

13 June 2024

Whale Watching

nicola 21 May 2024

The event was cancelled due to weather and i was not notified terrible customer service shocking> Showed up on the day and had to return home

Cassie

Hey Nicola, thanks for your feedback. Great customer experience is incredibly important to us so we're deeply sorry to hear your experience has fallen short of expectation. We'd love to get a better understanding of what went wrong so we can improve. Could you please email me at info@redballoon.com.au, I'd be happy to help.

23 May 2024

Recommended

The whales were amazing and the food was great

Bianca 24 October 2023

It was an stunning experience and the crew were amazing

Recommended

SO EXHILARATING - WHALE WATCHING

Jennifer 17 September 2023

Spent the day with my sons taking them out whale watching and it was the first time we have ever experienced whale watching and i would say it was a core memory for us all ! Lunch was included which was very nice and we saw humpback whale and even had one breach! 10/10

Recommended

Enjoyable lunch cruise watching whales!

Thom 19 August 2023

We were skeptical about seeing whales but they didn't disappoint! With the fine weather it made it a very pleasant cruise enjoying the beautiful Sydney harbour with seal watching thrown in! Highly recommended!

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