Vida Marina's Whale and Dolphin research tours have been
filmed and featured on
Animal Planet, Travel Channel, BBC with Steve Backshall, Discovery Channel,
Jeff Corwin Experience, Destination Wildlife, in Vegetarian Times Magazine and
more.
Drake Bay, Costa Rica offers some of the best opportunities in
the world to see dolphins and whales and other marine life in their natural
habitat. We have the longest season of Humpback Whales in the world,
as we get humpbacks coming here from both North and South
America. This makes for some of the best whale watching to be found
anywhere! Over twenty five species of dolphins and whales
are either resident or pass through the area on migration.
There's absolutely nothing that compares to the
experience
of seeing these fascinating animals in the wild.
Our Vida Marina dolphin and whale research tours are both
fun and educational as you get to help our marine biologists and staff members collect data, photos and
video of the dolphins, whales, sea turtles and even the commercial fishing
boats. Our goal is to create a protected marine sanctuary here through our non-profit foundation,
Fundacion Vida Marina.
When you
join our dolphin and whale tours, you are helping to support this goal and
actually supporting and contributing to the conservation and protection of the
area you are visiting!
Every dolphin and whale watching tour is different and interesting. There are
days that we encounter
dolphins close to shore, and other days we go far offshore to observe large pods of more than 1000
Bottlenose, Spotted, Common and/or Spinner dolphins. It is possible to witness a new Humpback whale mom teaching her baby to breach or
see several Humpback males compete for female attention.
The Vida Marina Tour Operator staff has combined over 30 years experience in dolphin and whale encounters,
tours and research. We do not chase, feed or harass the dolphins and whales.
Below is a guide to what we commonly see during the year:
January
Common: Spotted dolphins, Humpback whales, Bottlenose
Dolphins, Roughtooth Dolphins, Spinner Dolphins, Common Dolphins, Pseudo
Orcas, Pilot Whales, Beaked Whales
Occasional: Orcas,
Sei Whales, Brydes Whales, Rissos Dolphins
February
Common: Spotted dolphins, Humpback whales, Bottlenose
Dolphins, Roughtooth Dolphins, Spinner Dolphins, Common Dolphins, Pseudo
Orcas, Pilot Whales, Beaked Whales
Occasional: Orcas,
Sei Whales, Brydes Whales, Rissos Dolphins
March
Common: Spotted dolphins, Humpback whales, Bottlenose
Dolphins, Roughtooth Dolphins, Spinner Dolphins, Common Dolphins, Pseudo
Orcas, Pilot Whales, Beaked Whales
Occasional: Orcas,
Sei Whales, Brydes Whales, Rissos Dolphins
April
Common: Spotted dolphins, Bottlenose Dolphins,
Roughtooth Dolphins, Spinner Dolphins, Common Dolphins, Pilot
Whales, Beaked Whales Occasional: Humpback whales,
Orcas, Sei Whales, Brydes Whales, Rissos Dolphins, Pseudo Orcas
May
Common: Spotted dolphins, Bottlenose Dolphins,
Roughtooth Dolphins, Occasional: Orcas, Sei Whales, Brydes
Whales, Rissos Dolphins, Pseudo Orcas, Spinner Dolphins, Common Dolphins,
Pilot Whales, Beaked Whales
June
Common: Spotted dolphins, Bottlenose Dolphins,
Roughtooth Dolphins, Occasional: Humpback Whales, Orcas, Sei
Whales, Brydes Whales, Rissos Dolphins, Pseudo Orcas, Spinner Dolphins,
Common Dolphins, Pilot Whales, Beaked Whales
July
Common: Humpback Whales, Spotted dolphins, Bottlenose
Dolphins, Roughtooth Dolphins
Occasional: Orcas, Sei Whales, Brydes
Whales, Rissos Dolphins, Pseudo Orcas, Spinner Dolphins, Common Dolphins,
Pilot Whales, Beaked Whales
August
Common: Humpback Whales, Spotted dolphins, Bottlenose
Dolphins, Roughtooth Dolphins
Occasional: Orcas, Sei Whales, Brydes
Whales, Rissos Dolphins, Pseudo Orcas, Spinner Dolphins, Common Dolphins,
Pilot Whales, Beaked Whales
September
Common: Humpback Whales, Spotted dolphins, Bottlenose
Dolphins, Roughtooth Dolphins
Occasional: Orcas, Sei Whales, Brydes
Whales, Rissos Dolphins, Pseudo Orcas, Spinner Dolphins, Common Dolphins,
Pilot Whales, Beaked Whales
October
Common: Humpback Whales, Spotted dolphins, Bottlenose
Dolphins, Roughtooth Dolphins
Occasional: Orcas, Sei Whales, Brydes
Whales, Rissos Dolphins, Pseudo Orcas, Spinner Dolphins, Common Dolphins,
Pilot Whales, Beaked Whales
November
Common: Humpback Whales, Spotted dolphins, Bottlenose
Dolphins, Pseudo Orcas, Roughtooth Dolphins
Occasional: Orcas, Sei
Whales, Brydes Whales, Rissos Dolphins, Spinner Dolphins, Common
Dolphins, Pilot Whales, Beaked Whales
December
Common: Humpback Whales, Spotted dolphins, Bottlenose
Dolphins, Pseudo Orcas, Roughtooth Dolphins, Spinner Dolphins, Common
Dolphins, Pilot Whales
Occasional: Orcas, Sei Whales, Brydes
Whales, Rissos Dolphins, Beaked Whales
Reserve Vida Marina's Dolphin and
Whale Watching
Research Tour Here!
Even if you are not making your hotel reservations through DrakeBay,info,
you can still reserve Vida Marina's famous
Dolphin and Whale watching tour while staying at any hotel in the Drake Bay or Sierpe
area. By reserving directly with us, you are
assured to be on Vida Marina Foundation's
tour with our qualified marine biologist guides, an on-board hydrophone and the
most experience in Drake Bay!
By joining our dolphin and whale
watching research tours, you
are directly contributing
to the conservation and preservation of Drake Bay and
the surrounding waters by supporting our non-profit foundation, Vida
Marina.
To reserve Vida Marina's Dolphin & Whale Watching Tour, please
use our shopping cart below. You can add more passengers once you get to
the payment page, and there you can also tell us what dates you are reserving
for your tour and which hotel in the Drake Bay area you are staying at.
We look forward to introducing you to the Dolphins and Whales
(and turtles and more!) and thank you in advance for supporting the protection
and conservation of the marine life of Costa Rica!
Vida Marina has been a tour operator in the Drake Bay area since 1998!
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