Whale Watching Worldwide

Monaco
Year Number of
whale
watchers
Tourists:
International
Domestic
25%
75%
Types of tours: Boat‐based, half‐day trips (5 hrs), full‐day
trips, multiple‐day trip, dedicated.
Average adult ticket price: $40 (half‐day trip)
$975 (6 day trip)
Estimated employment
8
numbers:
Main whale watch season: July to mid‐September
AAGR Number of
operators
Direct
expenditure
Indirect
expenditure
Total
expenditure
1991 Minimal N/A Minimal Minimal Minimal Minimal
1994 Minimal N/A Minimal Minimal Minimal Minimal
1998 Minimal N/A Minimal Minimal Minimal Minimal
2008 Minimal N/A Minimal Minimal Minimal Minimal
Capital City: Monaco
Cetacean watching off the coast of Monaco shows only minimal
participation levels. The activity is of an occasional character due to
most tours in this region operating mainly from the French coast.
No established tours are reported however occasional dolphin and
whale watching is undertaken. The main species that can be seen
are the short‐beaked common dolphin, striped dolphin, bottlenose
dolphin, Risso’s dolphin, fin whale, sperm whale, and long‐finned
pilot whale, mainly during the months of May to September.
Main species: Large cetaceans:
fin whale, sperm whale
Small cetaceans:
bottlenose dolphin, short‐beaked common
dolphin, long‐finned pilot whale, Risso’s
dolphin, striped dolphin
Tourists:
International
N/A
Domestic
Types of tours: Boat‐based, opportunistic
Average adult ticket price: N/A
Estimated employment
None
numbers:
Main whale watch season: May to September
102