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Silver Bank is one of very few sanctuaries worldwide with permitted in-water encounters with humpback whales on their breeding grounds.

Deep water right off Pico and Faial brings sperm whales, blue whales and fin whales within reach of day boats.

Humpbacks sing through every dive at Socorro between January and April, while Baja's lagoons host grey whales.

Ningaloo Reef runs licensed in-water programs with whale sharks first, then humpback whales later in the season.

Humpback and minke whales feed on krill along the Peninsula, often surfacing metres from the zodiac and dive site.

Darwin and Wolf deliver the highest whale shark encounter rate on the planet, mostly large pregnant females.

The South Ari Marine Protected Area holds a resident whale shark population that can be found all year.

Donsol and Southern Leyte offer wild, boat-based whale shark encounters without feeding.

In Cenderawasih Bay and Triton Bay whale sharks gather under fishing platforms, the calmest encounters anywhere.

Two humpback populations migrate past the Pacific coast and Coco Island, giving the world's longest whale season.