The Department of Environment and Conservation says an astounding number of Southern Right Whales have been seen off the south coast this year.
Wildlife officers have spotted a record 700 Southern Rights between Albany and Augusta.
The department's Peter Collins says the number of Southern Rights that come to Albany each year depends on the availability of food in Antarctica.
Mr Collins says the whales travel to Albany to calve in the protected bays.
"As a result of that very low abundance of krill, the cows didn't become pregnant so they didn't come up last year," he said.
"So subsequent to that, they had a very good year two years ago from this season and the cows have become pregnant and they've come up in much larger numbers than we've seen before."
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