This will depend on weather conditions and varies from year to year. In the first year of NWDW (2002) 380 sightings were received and a total of 1695 whales and dolphins were seen. In 2022, we had 1,775 sightings and a total of 12,052 animals, reflecting just how much the event has grown.
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