Legal distance rules for boats approaching blue whales in Sri Lanka

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Sophie T.2030 rep2
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How close are the boats legally allowed to get to the blue whales. Our boat chased one and got within 10 meters. It felt wrong.

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Sophie T.2030 rep2

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Accepted Answer

It is wrong and illegal. Under Sri Lankan Coast Guard and DWC regulations, boats must stay 100 meters away from a whale, reduce speed to a no-wake crawl, and approach parallel to the whale, NEVER from behind or head-on. If your boat breached this, you should report the boat registration number to the tourist police or coast guard.

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Nimali D.1890 rep1

This makes me so angry. I am definitely going to verify the company before booking.

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Jack W.2590 rep2

Leave a terrible TripAdvisor review. It is the only thing that hurts the bad operators financially.

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Ruwan P.2120 rep1

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