| Best place to go on a whale watching cruise (with a virtual guarantee you'll see a pod)? Anywhere in the world lol, this will be for a future trip and is a bucket-list type item for us. |
| Azores in the spring |
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The Baja Peninsula.
Remember that time of year matters as much as location. The best place in December is not the best place in May. |
| I went out of Monterey, CA in August. The whole boat was surrounded w/ whales on both sides. |
| Alaska |
| I second Monterey, CA. All year round. |
| Provincetown. I've gone the last 2 years in July and saw lots of humpbacks. Last year there was a very playful calf that was constantly breaching. |
| The two best whale watching trips I've been on were Provincetown and Monterey, CA. |
| Moss Landing near Monterey |
| Peninsula Valdes in Argentina in the Oct/Nov timeframe. |
| Maui. Right now. |
| Provincetown in summer (maybe other times of year too, I don't know) is pretty reliable. |
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Most I saw was in Alaska, near Juneau, in July. But I do think it's very hit or miss because you can't always predict when they'll be coming through.
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