Sri Lanka - The growing whale watching hotspot

July 10th, 2009

Blue whales commonly sighted off south-east Sri Lanka

July 2009. Sri Lanka has recently completed its first fully fledged whale watching season.
Between 08 October 2008 and 13 April 2009, Mirissa Water Sports had 108 whale watching expeditions, during which Blue whales were encountered 71 per cent of the time. The strike rate was even higher during the December to April period, peaking from January to April. During March and April Blue whales were recorded almost every day.

The early arrival of the monsoons made the seas too rough after the 13 April. The data confirms that the South of Sri Lanka ...

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