Ever been up close and personal with a 50-foot, 40-ton whale? Once you have, it’s an experience you won’t soon forget.
That experience can be yours in Massachusetts, one of the top-ten whale-watching spots in the world, according to the World Wildlife Fund. On a real New England whale-watching expedition, alongside onboard naturalists, you’ll head out roughly 25 miles off the coast to Stellwagen Bank and be treated to awe-inspiring sights of humpback, pilot and blue whales breaching and spouting through the deep blue Atlantic Ocean.
Note: Whale-watching charters typically run from April to October, so if you are interested in taking one, you may want to plan your visit to the Bay State during the warmer months of the year.

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7 Seas Whale Watch
Seven Seas Wharf
63 Rogers St.
Gloucester
888-283-1776 - B
Boston Harbor Cruises
One Long Wharf
Boston
877-SEE-WHALE - C
Cape Ann Cruises LLC
63 Rogers Street
Gloucester
978-515-0484 - D
Cape Ann Whale Watch
415 Main St.
Rose's Wharf
Gloucester
800-877-5110 - E
Capt'n Tim Brady & Sons
Town Wharf
Plymouth
508-746-4809 - F
Capt. Bill & Sons Whale Watch
24 Harbor Loop
Gloucester
8003394253 - G
Captain John Boats
10 Town Wharf
Plymouth
508-746-2643 - H
Center for Coastal Studies
5 Holway Avenue
Provincetown
508-487-3622 - I
Constitution Yacht Charters
28 Constitution Road
Boston
617-241-9640 - J
Coupons4CapeCod
Po Box 896
East Orleans
5088210109 - K
Dolphin Fleet Whale Watch
Macmillan Wharf
307 Commercial St. #1
Provincetown
(800) 826-9300 - L
Hyannis Whale Watcher Cruises
269 Millway Road
Barnstable
800-287-0374 - M
Mass Audubon Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary
100 Felix Neck Drive
Off Edgartown Vineyard Haven Rd.
Edgartown
508-627-4850 - N
Mass Audubon Joppa Flats Education Center and Wildlife Sanctuary
1 Plum Island Turnpike
Newburyport
978-462-9998 - O
Mass Audubon Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary
345 Bone Hill Road
Po Box 235
Cummaquid
508-362-7475 x 9353 - P
Mass Audubon Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary
291 State Highway Route 6
South Wellfleet
(508) 349-2615 - Q
Monomoy Island Excursion
702 Main Street Route 28
Harwich Port
508 430 7772 - R
New England Aquarium
1 Central Wharf
Boston
617-973-5200 - S
New England Aquarium Whale Watch
Central Wharf
Boston
617-973-5206 - T
Newburyport Whale Watch
54r Merrimac Street
Newburyport
800-848-1111
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