No need to travel into Sydney for your whale watching cruise with local departures from the Central Coast at Palm Beach and Ettalong Beach (Free transfer). On weekends during school holidays.

Winter has never given you a better reason to get rugged up and out of the house than for the highly anticipated annual whale migration. Fantasea Cruising offers whale watching cruises in Palm Beach, an unforgettable opportunity for a scenic, educational and up-close encounter with our favourite charismatic creatures of the sea, the humpback whale.

Their well known catamarans 8 Seasons and Crystal provide for a thrilling whale watching experience. Both boasting plentiful seating and spacious observation areas, in no time at all you are sure to be as in awe of these graceful, gentle giants as we are.

With whale watching cruises departing from Palm Beach and Ettalong most weekends on both the Northern and Southern Migrations, now is the perfect time to book your whale watching cruise. So get on board, the whales are waiting for you.

• Departs Palm Beach Wharf at 8:45 and 12:45
• Departs Ettalong Wharf at 9:15 and 13:15

Palm Beach is situated approximately 40km from Sydney CBD and is Sydney’s most northerly beach positioned on the Pacific Ocean foreshores; it has the magnificent waterways of Pittwater nestled behind, which is an inlet of Broken Bay. Barrenjoey Headland and lighthouse strongly dominate the end of the Northern Peninsula with their stunning views of West Head and Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park.

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