Port Fairy Pelagic Tour - Tour P1
2017 Tour Dates
| Sunday 15 January 2017 | Cancelled due to bad weather | Sunday 19 February 2017 | Cancelled due to bad weather | Sunday 19 March 2017 | See report here | Sunday 2 April 2017 | See report here | Sunday 23 April 2017 | See report here | Sunday 14 May 2017 | See report here | Sunday 18 June 2017 | Full - Taking Emergency Bookings | Sunday 9 July 2017 | Only a few spots left - Taking Bookings | Sunday 13 August 2017 | Taking Bookings | Sunday 10 September 2017 | Taking Bookings | Sunday 15 October 2017 | Taking Bookings | Sunday 12 November 2017 | Taking Bookings | Sunday 17 December 2017 | Taking Bookings
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Tour Cost: $180 per person
Number of Passengers: 21
Facilities: Proper toilet fitted.
Accommodation: Additional to cost of tour. Port Fairy has plenty of accommodation please contact the local visitor information centre for more details on 1300 656 564 or 03 5568 2682.
Meals: BYO Lunch. Morning tea available on board. The group generally meets at one of the local hotels for dinner on the night prior to tour (additional to cost of tour).
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This full day tour can be run on a day to suit. From historical fishing village Port Fairy we head out to the continental shelf, approximately 30nm off shore where the sea floor drops away dramatically.
A pelagic tour is a great adventure and one of the only ways to see some of the world’s spectacular pelagic seabirds and marine mammals.
Touring off southern Australia gives you a wonderful chance of encountering up close and personal our spectacular albatrosses, shearwaters, petrels, storm petrels and more. It is a wonderful opportunity to see dolphins, whales, seals and other marine creatures.
Potential Birds
| Little Penguin | Black-browed Albatross | Grey-headed Albatross |
| Yellow-nosed Albatross | Buller’s Albatross | Shy Albatross |
| Sooty Albatross | Light-mantled Sooty Albatross | Royal Albatross |
| Wandering Albatross | Southern-giant Petrel | Northern-giant Petrel |
| Southern Fulmar | Cape Petrel | White-chinned Petrel |
| Great-winged Petrel | Soft-plumaged Petrel | White-headed Petrel |
| Blue Petrel | Gould’s Petrel | Prions |
| Shearwaters | Storm-petrels | Terns |
| Gulls | Australasian Gannet | Black Faced Shag | Great Shearwater |
Potential Marine Mammals
| Bottle-nosed Dolphin | Common Dolphin | Southern Right Whale |
| Sperm Whale | Blue Whale | Fin Whale |
| Sei Whale | Pilot Whale | Killer Whale |
| Australian Fur Seal |
As we are sailing off southern Australia tours may have to be cancelled or dates changed due to weather conditions.
2016 Tours
| Sunday 11 December 2016 | See report here | Sunday 27 November 2016 | See report here | Sunday 20 November 2016 | See report here | Sunday 24 October2016 | See report here | Sunday 16 July 2016 | See report here | Saturday 9 July 2016 | See report here | Sunday 19 June 2016 | See report here | Sunday 29 May 2016 | See report here | Sunday 20 March 2016 | See report here | Sunday 10 January 2016 | See report here
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2015 Tours
| Sunday 13 December 2015 | See report here | Sunday 15 November 2015 | See report here | Sunday 08 November 2015 | See report here
| Sunday 20 September 2015 |
See report here
| Sunday 9 August 2015 |
See report here
| Sunday 19 July 2015 |
See report here
| Sunday 14 June 2015 |
See report here
| Sunday 17 May 2015 |
See report here
| Sunday 12 April 2015 |
See report here
| Sunday 22 March 2015 |
See report here
| Sunday 8 February 2015 |
See report here
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2014 Tours
| Sunday 14 December 2014 | See report here | Sunday 9 November 2014 | See report here | Sunday 14 September 2014 | See report here | Sunday 13 July 2014 | See report here | Sunday 15 June 2014 | See report here | Sunday 18 May 2014 | See report here | Saturday 17 May 201 | See report here | Sunday 13 April 20144 | See report here
| Sunday 12 January 2014 |
See report here
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2013 Tours
| Sunday 15 December 2013 | See report here | Sunday 17 November 2013 | See report here | Sunday 27 October 2013 | See report here | Sunday 15 September 2013 | See report here | Sunday 8 September 2013 | See report here | Sunday 19 May 2013 | See report here | Sunday 14 April 2013 | See report here |
2012 Tours
| Sunday 18 November 2012 | See report here | Sunday 28 October 2012 | See report here | Sunday 19 August 2012 | See report here | Sunday 22 July 2012 | See report here | Sunday 25 March 2012 | See report here | Sunday 19 Feb. 2012 | See report here |