Whale Watching Sightings

Welcome to our sighting logbook! Data are updated throughout the season, based on our Whale Watching and Swim with Dolphins trips.
Off-season sightings (Jan, Feb, Nov, Dec) are mainly ascribed to "staff-only" or otherwise sporadic boat trips, whose frequency reflects the lack of tourists rather than the presence/absence of the animals.
40 trips found
DATETYPE OF TRIPWHENCETACEAN SPECIES OBSERVEDOTHER MARINE LIFE
12/05/2026 Whale Watching Afternoon
BLUE WHALE  
SHORT-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHIN  
HUMPBACK WHALE  
SPERM WHALE  
COMMON BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN  
Cory's Shearwater
Yellow-legged Gull
Oceanic Sunfish
12/05/2026 Whale Watching Afternoon
BLUE WHALE  
SHORT-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHIN  
HUMPBACK WHALE  
SPERM WHALE  
COMMON BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN  
Cory's Shearwater
Yellow-legged Gull
Oceanic Sunfish
12/05/2026 Whale Watching Morning
SEI WHALE  
BLUE WHALE  
FIN WHALE  
Cory's Shearwater
Loggerhead Turtle
Common Tern
12/05/2026 Dolphin Swimming Morning
SHORT-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHIN  
STRIPED DOLPHIN  
Cory's Shearwater
Yellow-legged Gull
Common Tern
11/05/2026 Whale Watching Afternoon
SEI WHALE  
HUMPBACK WHALE  
SPERM WHALE  
Cory's Shearwater
Loggerhead Turtle
Common Tern
11/05/2026 Whale Watching Morning
SHORT-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHIN  
HUMPBACK WHALE  
SPERM WHALE  
COMMON BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN  
Cory's Shearwater
Yellow-legged Gull
Common Tern
10/05/2026 Whale Watching Morning
RISSO'S DOLPHIN  
SPERM WHALE  
Cory's Shearwater
Yellow-legged Gull
10/05/2026 Whale Watching Morning
RISSO'S DOLPHIN  
SPERM WHALE  
Cory's Shearwater
Yellow-legged Gull
09/05/2026 Whale Watching Afternoon
SPERM WHALE  
COMMON BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN  
Cory's Shearwater
Yellow-legged Gull
Common Tern
09/05/2026 Whale Watching Morning
SHORT-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHIN  
SPERM WHALE  
Cory's Shearwater
Common Tern
08/05/2026 Whale Watching Afternoon
RISSO'S DOLPHIN  
SPERM WHALE  
Cory's Shearwater
Yellow-legged Gull
08/05/2026 Whale Watching Morning
Cory's Shearwater
Yellow-legged Gull
Common Tern
06/05/2026 Whale Watching Afternoon
SHORT-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHIN  
HUMPBACK WHALE  
Cory's Shearwater
Common Tern
06/05/2026 Dolphin Swimming Afternoon
SHORT-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHIN  
Cory's Shearwater
06/05/2026 Dolphin Swimming Afternoon
SHORT-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHIN  
Cory's Shearwater
Yellow-legged Gull
Common Tern
06/05/2026 Whale Watching Morning
BLUE WHALE  
FIN WHALE  
SHORT-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHIN  
HUMPBACK WHALE  
STRIPED DOLPHIN  
Cory's Shearwater
Common Tern
06/05/2026 Whale Watching Morning
BLUE WHALE  
SHORT-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHIN  
STRIPED DOLPHIN  
Cory's Shearwater
Yellow-legged Gull
Monteiro's Storm-Petrel
Common Tern
05/05/2026 Whale Watching Afternoon
BLUE WHALE  
FIN WHALE  
SHORT-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHIN  
HUMPBACK WHALE  
COMMON BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN  
Cory's Shearwater
Loggerhead Turtle
Sooty Shearwater
Parasitic Skua
05/05/2026 Whale Watching Afternoon
BLUE WHALE  
SHORT-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHIN  
HUMPBACK WHALE  
Cory's Shearwater
Portuguese man o' war
Common Tern
05/05/2026 Whale Watching Afternoon
SHORT-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHIN  
RISSO'S DOLPHIN  
HUMPBACK WHALE  
Cory's Shearwater
Yellow-legged Gull
Common Tern
05/05/2026 Dolphin Swimming Afternoon
SHORT-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHIN  
RISSO'S DOLPHIN  
Cory's Shearwater
Yellow-legged Gull
Common Tern
05/05/2026 Whale Watching Morning
BLUE WHALE  
FIN WHALE  
SHORT-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHIN  
HUMPBACK WHALE  
Cory's Shearwater
Yellow-legged Gull
Macaronesian Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Common Tern
05/05/2026 Whale Watching Morning
BLUE WHALE  
FIN WHALE  
HUMPBACK WHALE  
Cory's Shearwater
Yellow-legged Gull
Macaronesian Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Common Tern
04/05/2026 Whale Watching Afternoon
FIN WHALE  
SHORT-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHIN  
Cory's Shearwater
Common Tern
04/05/2026 Whale Watching Afternoon
FIN WHALE  
SHORT-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHIN  
Cory's Shearwater
Yellow-legged Gull
Common Tern
04/05/2026 Whale Watching Afternoon
BLUE WHALE  
FIN WHALE  
SHORT-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHIN  
Cory's Shearwater
Yellow-legged Gull
Roseate Tern
Common Tern
04/05/2026 Whale Watching Afternoon
BLUE WHALE  
FIN WHALE  
SHORT-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHIN  
Cory's Shearwater
Loggerhead Turtle
Flying fish
Common Tern
04/05/2026 Whale Watching Morning
BLUE WHALE  
FIN WHALE  
SHORT-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHIN  
HUMPBACK WHALE  
Cory's Shearwater
Portuguese man o' war
Common Tern
04/05/2026 Whale Watching Morning
SEI WHALE  
BLUE WHALE  
FIN WHALE  
SHORT-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHIN  
HUMPBACK WHALE  
Cory's Shearwater
Common Tern
03/05/2026 Whale Watching Afternoon
SHORT-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHIN  
COMMON BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN  
Cory's Shearwater
Yellow-legged Gull
03/05/2026 Whale Watching Afternoon
SHORT-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHIN  
COMMON BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN  
Cory's Shearwater
Loggerhead Turtle
Portuguese man o' war
03/05/2026 Whale Watching Morning
SHORT-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHIN  
HUMPBACK WHALE  
SPERM WHALE  
Cory's Shearwater
Portuguese man o' war
Common Tern
Brown Booby
03/05/2026 Whale Watching Morning
SHORT-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHIN  
HUMPBACK WHALE  
SPERM WHALE  
Cory's Shearwater
Yellow-legged Gull
Common Tern
02/05/2026 Whale Watching Afternoon
Cory's Shearwater
Yellow-legged Gull
02/05/2026 Whale Watching Morning
HUMPBACK WHALE  
SPERM WHALE  
COMMON BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN  
Cory's Shearwater
Yellow-legged Gull
Portuguese man o' war
02/05/2026 Dolphin Swimming Morning
COMMON BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN  
Cory's Shearwater
Yellow-legged Gull
01/05/2026 Whale Watching Afternoon
SEI WHALE  
BLUE WHALE  
RISSO'S DOLPHIN  
SPERM WHALE  
Cory's Shearwater
Loggerhead Turtle
Flying fish
Yellow-legged Gull
Portuguese man o' war
Common Tern
01/05/2026 Whale Watching Afternoon
SEI WHALE  
BLUE WHALE  
SPERM WHALE  
COMMON BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN  
Cory's Shearwater
Yellow-legged Gull
Common Tern
01/05/2026 Whale Watching Morning
SPERM WHALE  
COMMON BOTTLENOSE DOLPHIN  
Cory's Shearwater
Yellow-legged Gull
Portuguese man o' war
01/05/2026 Whale Watching Morning
SEI WHALE  
SHORT-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHIN  
SPERM WHALE  
Cory's Shearwater
Yellow-legged Gull
Common Tern
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