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Whale Sharks can come into the bay as early as mid-March, and depart sometime during July, sometimes as late as the end of July, depending on the water temperature and food supply. The most likely months to see them are therefore April and May. It is possible to book day-tours with the local dive shops to see and swim with the sharks. Spotter planes are used, so chances of actually finding one (or several) are very high. The day tours generally snorkel at one location initially, moving on to the whale shark diving locations once the spotter planes have reported.

The bay is also a popular breeding ground for Humpback Whales. In autumn and spring the bay is virtually crawling with whales. It is possible to book Whale Watching tours with local operators to appreciate these magnificent mammals. If you're driving a boat yourself, be very cautious. You wouldn't be the first to hit one.

Naval Transmission Station is on the road north ten minutes from town. At the time of its construction it was the tallest structure in the southern hemisphere, and still remains the second tallest. Get up close to see the ladders to see the scale of the installation. There is no visitors centre, but the towers are easily visible from the road.

Potshot Memorial is near the airport, around 1km towards Exmouth town. There is no information about the WWII operation at all, so it could only be worth a visit if you were passing anyway.

Vlaming Head Lighthouse is on the road north, follow the signs to the Cape Range National Park at the Naval transmission station. The lighhouse is no longer operating, it has been replaced by a light operating from the transmission station. It is nice and popular place to watch the sun set over the ocean (in Exmouth town, the sun sets over the range, being on the eastern side of the penisula). Also at the top of the hill is the remains of a radar dish installed for Operation Potshot in 1942, and destroyed by cyclone in 1945.

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