Location: Azores
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A Mystery Whale – 19/7/24
In the springtime, baleen whales will stop off in the Azores to feed on their way to the Arctic, where they spend the summer. So the Azores is a snack bar, if you will. So normally, in the summer here now, the main whales I’d be expecting to see on a week long trip are…
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A Surprise Season of Sei Whales! – 2022
Hello hello! This is Maria, I’m a whale-watching guide that travels between Baja and the Azores. In both areas, we can see Bryde’s whales and Sei whales. However, it is more likely to see Sei whales in the Azores, and Bryde’s whales in Baja. These two species are not famous for providing great sightings on…
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A Bucket List Species! – 3/3/22
Today we had a special wildlife encounter with one of my bucket list species. As we searched the ocean for whales and dolphins, they suddenly appeared on the surface. Calm and smooth rolling motions. With the dorsal fins set far to the back, it was immediately clear that we were looking at beaked whales. As…
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Brydes Whale! – 14/6/21
First of all I would like to clarify that we do not offer the activity of swimming with dolphins commercially anymore. (For more information go here). However, we do some exceptions when we have closed groups, or boat charters with people all coming from the same background, so they understand that they are not going…
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The Biggest Sperm Whale I Have Ever Seen – 23/5/21
In the afternoon of the 23rd of May, we got a phone call from the lookout of the South of the island claiming that he had seen “a whale with a blow like an island”. Here in Faial, we inherited a long whaling tradition, and when they say that “a whale has a blow like…