Tysfjord, Norway

Cetacean species: orca.
Best time to go: was October to December, but orca sightings in Tysfjord are now much less frequent.
For more photographs go to Mammals of the Arctic

Orca,
Tysfjord

Cardigan Bay, Wales

Cetacean species: bottlenose dolphin, harbour porpoise.
Best time to go: May to September.
Whale-watching operator: Cardigan Bay Marine Wildlife Centre

Saldanha Bay, South Africa

Cetacean species: Southern right whale, Heaviside's dolphin.
Other wildlife seen: Cape fur seal, Cape porcupine, Cape rock hyrax, springbok, yellow mongoose, African penguin.
Best time to go: July to November.
Note: the usual tourist 'hot spots' are Lambert's Bay and Hermanus, to the North and South of Saldanha respectively - I was in South Africa as a conservation volunteer rather than as a tourist.
For more photographs go to Gill Sinclair's Wildlife Blog

Southern right whale,
Saldanha Bay

Snaefellsnes Peninsula, Iceland

Cetacean species: blue whale, minke whale, humpback whale, orca, white-beaked dolphin, harbour porpoise.
Best time to go: June to August.
For more photographs go to Land of Ice, Hot Water and Whales

Humpback whale,
Snaefellsnes Peninsula

Strait of Gibraltar (from Gibraltar)

Cetacean species: common dolphin, striped dolphin.
Other wildlife seen: Barbary macaque.
Best time to go: May to October.
Whale-watching operator: The Original Dolphin Safari

Isle of Mull, Scotland

Cetacean species: harbour porpoise. Also good for minke whales if the weather is favourable (which it unfortunately wasn't!).
Other wildlife seen: harbour seal, European otter, red deer, Atlantic puffin.
Best time to go: May to September.
Whale-watching operator: Sea Life Surveys

Bay of Fundy, Canada

Cetacean species: Northern right whale, humpback whale, harbour porpoise.
Other wildlife seen: North American beaver, Eastern grey squirrel.
Best time to go: July to September.
For more photographs go to Wildlife of Canada's Maritimes



Northern right whale,
Bay of Fundy