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Quick Cat II is the only
Whale Watch Vessel with
full wheelchair accessability

Whale Watching in Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia

Price Quick Cat II 1/2 day trips 2012

Adult: $115 Child (4-14): $60 Student / Senior: $100 Family (2+2): $299 Family (2+3): $349 Tour Times

Morning: 7.00am - 12.30pm Afternoon: 1.00pm - 5.00pm Boarding 15 minutes prior to departure Collect your boarding passes from the floating Whale Information Centre on the main pontoon.

Whale Watch Pioneers

Whale watching with Hervey Bay Whale Watch means you will be cruising with the whale watch pioneers, Brian and Jill Perry who started the industry in Hervey Bay Fraser Coast, Queensland, Australia in 1987.

Brian and Jill were the first people to offer whale watching from vessels in Australia and the South Pacific. This opened up a whole new experience that people sitting on headlands trying to get a glimpse of a whale in the distance only dreamed about.

Why Hervey Bay

When Brian and Jill first moved to Hervey Bay it was for the relaxed life style and a great place to bring up their daughter.
Since starting the whale watch industry in Australia, whales can now be seen right round the coast of Australia.
Hervey Bay stands out as the best place in the world to see Humpback whales.
Hervey Bay where the whales come to rest and play.

Family owned and operated

Brian and Jill have been at the forefront of the whale watching industry development over the years.
Brian has been a contributing member to many industry boards and associations including the presidency of the Whale Watch Industry Association. Currently he is the Vice President of Whale and Dolphin Watch Australia Association.

Jill spends her time organising all the mundane things. You may even have the pleasure of Jill picking you up in the courtesy bus from your accommodation.

Sarah has worked in the family business starting out making muffins. She is now a qualified skipper.

Whale watching innovators

Innovations such as fitting hydrophones (underwater microphones); installation of onboard screens for monitoring underwater activity through underwater cameras and onboard video and DVD burning equipment. These systems, that Brian and Jill developed, are now being taken up by other whale watching and marine charter/research companies both in Australia and overseas.

Choose your Whale Watch Trip

It is no secret that the half-day whale watch trip is the most popular trip as statistics show. Low to the water, fast vessel like Quick Cat II, offers two departures daily over the season. Hervey Bay Whale Watch were the first in Australia to guarantee whale sightings.

Quick Cat II, departs the Great Sandy Straits Marina at Urangan Boat Harbour:

Morning: 7.00am cruising via Kingfisher Bay Resort on Fraser Island returning 12.30pm. (The morning cruise allows you to upgrade to a Superpass 1 (disembark at 12 noon at the resort on Fraser Island for lunch returning to the mainland on the 5.00pm barge.)
Afternoon: 1.00pm till 5pm daily

Quick Cat II offers personal, face to face educational whale watch trips, while adding a few stories of past years, from the very beginning of the industry, of experiences we have gained in Australia and overseas.