Southern Right Whale

Closest Relatives at Table Mountain National Park

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Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Península Valdés	🇦🇷 Argentina	70–80%
2	Garden Route National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	10–20%
3	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	0–10%
4	Great Otway National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	<5%
5	Wilsons Promontory National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
6	Fiordland National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	Insufficient data
7	Royal National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Southern Right Whale in Table Mountain National Park?

About 5% of visitor-days record a Southern Right Whale sighting in Table Mountain National Park, based on 24 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Southern Right Whale in Table Mountain National Park?

September has the highest sighting rate for Southern Right Whale in Table Mountain National Park in our monthly data.