Mexico Whales

Cabo San Lucas

In Cabo San Lucas whale-watching is common from December/January to about April.  The annual visits of grays, orcas, humpbacks, blues and other whales can be seen in Baja waters.  Also found in these waters is the world's largest fish, the whale shark.  An estimated 11,000 gray whales make this journey of over 10,000 miles to bear their calves and frolic in Pacific Coast lagoons to the north of Los Cabos.  Some continue south, veering around Land's End and into the warm waters of the Sea of Cortez.  Tour companies offer day air tours and multi-day land tours.

Whale petting is a very popular tourist attraction.  North of Cabo San Lucas on the Pacific side, there are several protected lagoons which are winter breeding and calving waters for gray whales and other species. Tourists hire boats to pet the whales, or to watch them crash out of the water up close.  In some places the whales allow visitors to pet them from fishing docks.

There are three main lagoons throughout the Baha where whales come every year.  They are: 

Laguna Ojo de Liebre - This is about half way down the Baja Peninsula http://www.bajaquest.com/sidetrips/sidetrip21.htm

Laguna San Ignacio - About one hundred miles further southhttp://www.netconnection.com/bajawhales.html

Bahia Magdalena - Also known as Magdalena Bay this is the closest area for whales to Cabo San Lucas

Aereo Calafia
Address:  Blvd. Marina, local A-4, Hotel Plaza Las Glorias, CP 23410 México
Tel:  (54) (624) 143-4302 or ) 143-5280 or 143-4255
Web:  http://aereocalafia.com.mx/

Blue Adventures
Address:  Boulevard La Marina, Local 39K, Cabo San Luca, Baja California Sur, Mexico, CP 23452
Tel:  (52) (624) 144-4680 or toll free from USA (602) 324-9007
Fax:  (52) (624) 144-4670
Cell:  (44) (624) 355-8687
Web:  http://www.aventurasazul.com/default.html
e-mail:  cabosea@yahoo.com

Cabo Expeditions
Address:  Blvd. Marina, Int. Costa Real, Local F-G, Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, México, 23410
Tel:  (52) (624) 143-2700
Fax:  (624) 172-0290
Web:  http://www.caboexpeditions.com.mx/
e-mail:  oscar@caboexpeditions.com.mx

Ocean Riders
Address:  located at the Marica Cobo San Lucas boardwalk; inside the Plaza Bonita
Tel:  (52) (624) 183-3133
Web:  http://www.oceanriders.com.mx/cabos2/
e-mail:  oceanridersloscabos@yahoo.com

Puerto Vallarta

Vallarta Whales
Address:  Guerrero # 339, Col. Centro (Downtown), Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico. CP 48300
Tel:  (52) (322) 222-3310
Toll Free:  1-866-422-9972
Web:  http://www.vallartawhales.com/
e-mail:  openair@vallartawhales.com
Cost:  starts at US$78/Person