Whale Watching

Above the waterline whales breach the surface, offering tantalizing glimpses or longer, lingering views. To stare into the eye of one of these mysterious, huge animals is to look back to the beginning of time. Blue whales, the largest animal on the planet, are seen off south coast Mirissa from November to May, as are Humpback and Sperm whales, while on the north-west coast, off Kalpitiya peninsula, dolphins by the score cut through the brilliant blue sea, leaping, spinning, frolicking . . .