Whale Watching & Dolphin Swim Tours
ホエールウォッチング・ドルフィンスイム
Ogasawara’s signature experience: in winter and spring, watch humpback whales breaching, and year-round, swim with wild dolphins in the open ocean.
The waters around the Ogasawara Islands are rich in whales and dolphins. From about January to April, humpback whales migrate south from the north to breed, often breaching and swimming alongside their calves. In summer and autumn, boats head offshore to search for sperm whales. Bottlenose dolphins and spinner dolphins appear near Chichijima year-round. Tour boats offer “Dolphin Swim” trips, in which you can enter the water with snorkeling gear. Most trips last half a day or a full day and are often combined with a landing at Minamijima and snorkeling. Tours depart from Futami Port and start at about ¥10,000. They must be booked in advance, and the boats follow Ogasawara’s voluntary whale-watching rules.
Opening hours
Boat times follow tour group schedules
Nearby sights
- Sakaiura Bay & Hinko Maru Wreck
- Omura Beach & Futami Port
- Ogasawara Marine Center
- Ogasawara Visitor Center
- Ogiura Beach
- Mount Asahi
- Weather Station Observatory (Mt. Mikazuki)
- Miyanohama Beach