---
title: "Humpback Whale Watching Season"
id: "avistamiento-ballenas"
category: "events"
zone: "Zorritos"
price: "Free entry (food and drinks not included)"
hours: "June to October"
url: "https://www.mitumbes.com/en/events/avistamiento-ballenas/"
verified: false
source: "MiTumbes.com - Plataforma Turística Oficial de Tumbes"
---

# Humpback Whale Watching Season

Ecotourism season on the Tumbes coast to watch humpback whales that arrive from Antarctica to breed and raise their calves.

## Datos Clave / Quick Facts
- **Zona:** Zorritos
- **Precio:** Free entry (food and drinks not included)
- **Horario:** June to October
- **Servicios:** Boat tours with regulated yacht rental, Nature tourism guides, Biosecurity and beach management working groups
- **Actividades:** Sailing by yacht to spot whales, Watching the calves alongside their mothers, Enjoying the beaches of Zorritos and Punta Sal

## Cómo Llegar
It takes place on the Tumbes coast, mainly in Zorritos and Canoas de Punta Sal, with departures from the local piers.

## Información Detallada
The Humpback Whale Watching Season turns the Tumbes coast, between June and October, into the stage of one of the most dazzling biological spectacles in western South America. From the freezing waters of Antarctica, these immense cetaceans arrive in the warm currents of Tumbes and Piura to breed and raise their calves.

The jurisdictions of Zorritos and Canoas de Punta Sal, under the guidelines of the Regional Directorate of Tourism (Dircetur), have built a solid service economy based on responsible nature tourism, implementing biosecurity working groups, beach management and regulated yacht rental. This phenomenon attracts ecotourists from around the world and generates an immeasurable economic synergy for the region.


## Cita Oficial
MiTumbes. (2026). *Humpback Whale Watching Season*. Guía Turística de Tumbes. https://www.mitumbes.com/en/events/avistamiento-ballenas/