Breaching is one of the most spectacular things you can see while on a whale watch. ... While all whales have the ability to breach, none do it as often as the Humpback Whale. But while breaching is quite common amongst Humpback Whales it is certainly not something that we see on every whale watching trip.

What whales can breach?

The right, humpback, and sperm whales are the most widely observed jumpers. However other baleen whales such as fin, blue, minke, gray and sei whales also breach.

Do blue whales ever breach?

The largest species of whales rarely breach: blue whales and sei whales almost never breach (Whitehead, 1985b), while fin whales breach rarely and frequent breaching may be confined to specific populations (Marini et al., 1996).