About us
Whale Watching at Avoca Beach
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We are a small family run business on the NSW Central Coast, Australia. We established the first specific whale watching tour operation in the area in 2018. Our aim is to give you the best possible boat tour experience at a fair price. We have close links to local marine research groups and strongly support sustainable marine conservation.
Sustainable Eco Tourism
We are proud to announce that our business is certified by Ecotourism Australia. Our aim is to make a positive contribution to local tourism, the Central Coast community and the coastal environment by operating a sustainable family focused business. We achieve this by providing people with access and eductation about our beautiful marine environment, collaborating and working with conservation groups and providing a social network for people interested in marine conservation. We aim to make minimal impact on our environment in everything that we do.
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Indigenous Land Acknowledgement
Central Coast Darkinjung Country
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We acknowledge that we live, work and play on Darkinjung Country. We pay our respects to elders past, present and emerging and recognise their continued connection to these lands and waterways. We acknowledge our shared responsibility to care for and protect our place and people.
The Darkinjung people of the Central Coast celebrated the Humpback Whale “Torongnul” as one of their totems. Whales featured in the local dreamtime stories. Our area is rich in cultural and natural history and whales have been an important part of our coastline for many thousands of years.
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Meet the Deep Blue Crew
Deep Blue Tours are the most experienced and longest-running Whale tours operator in the Central Coast area, established in 1978. Our super skippers and crew are renowned for their vast knowledge of the local area and are all dolphin, whale and shark experts.
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Regardless of what the weather is like, with the prowess of our skippers at the wheel, you are bound to see an assortment of marine life on the trip!
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Come and join us for a memorable, amazing adventure in the beautiful waters that the local dolphins and whales call home!
Olivia Walker
Marine Biologist
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Dan Mitchell
Captain
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Noah Patterson
Captain
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Tess Anderson
Marine Biologist
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Marine Studies & Research
Central Coast
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Marine studies and research on the Central Coast. One of our aims is to make a positive contribution to the ocean that we love through research, education, networking and conservation programs.
To date we have worked with the NSW Office of Environment & Heritage in conducting water quality sampling at Avoca. We have also helped track currents using data logging bouys. With the University of Newcastle Marine Science Section we have used Remotely Operated Underwater Vehicles to search for rare species of soft coral Dendronephthya australis, on the Ex HMAS Adelaide Wreck.
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We are also very lucky to work with several local marine conservation groups including the Central Coast Dolphin Project and the Marine Wildlife Rescue Central Coast. We have been involved with dolphin research projects, donation of equipment and release of rehabilitated wildlife.
Image sourced from Unsplash - Photo by Kiril Dobrev