Whale Watch Azores

Whale Watch Azores Are you looking for a responsible whale watching tour in the Azores? Look no more! 25 Years of Experience behind our tours!

Relaxing full day tours with the chance to see blue & fin whales (spring), s***m whales all year round, bottlenose, common, spotted & Risso’s dolphin, plus others! Research is ongoing during your tour, but you don't have to lift a finger! You just need to relax and watch the animals. Lisa has been watching s***m whales for more than 25 years! Some of the individuals have been seen so many times by

Lisa that she can tell you which animal you are watching when it dives! She will match the whales that you see to a North Atlantic Catalogue and hopefully find a match! You should also see a few kinds of dolphin, such as bottlenose, common, striped, spotted & Risso's during the tour too. If you are lucky you miight get a sighting of a baleen whale or one of several beaked whales. If seabirds interest you, we mainly see Cory's Shearwaters, yellow-legged gulls, common & roseate terns with the occasional vagrant!

Bachelor boys yesterday to the south of Faial. This is a group of male s***m whales that have left their family group, b...
18/08/2025

Bachelor boys yesterday to the south of Faial. This is a group of male s***m whales that have left their family group, but aren't yet solitary breeding bulls. There were a couple of larger males in the group, with the distinctive "peanut" head. There were also groups of pilot whales and bottlenose dolphin in the same area. With Norberto Diver, skipper Maia & Vigia Torao.

False killer whales this morning and the "Chrissy/Willie" s***m whale group socialising this afternoon! What's not to lo...
15/08/2025

False killer whales this morning and the "Chrissy/Willie" s***m whale group socialising this afternoon! What's not to love?? With Norberto Diver, skippers Maia & Pedro Pinto. Vigia Marcelo

Bottlenose dolphin chasing Risso's dolphin this morning. There were some large calves in the Risso's dolphin group, but ...
13/08/2025

Bottlenose dolphin chasing Risso's dolphin this morning. There were some large calves in the Risso's dolphin group, but it looked like some male Risso's were trying to defend them. I don't know how successful they were. When we encountered the Risso's again, on our way home, they were fairly quiet. I would have loved to see what was happening under the water! There are fresh scratches on the head of the Risso's, but difficult to say if they were caused by bottlenose dolphin or other Risso's. With Norberto Diver, skipper Maia

"2616" turned up north of Faial, yesterday and again today!! She has also been seen in the Canary Islands as well as Sao...
11/08/2025

"2616" turned up north of Faial, yesterday and again today!! She has also been seen in the Canary Islands as well as Sao Miguel and was first seen in the Azores in 2003!! Whoohoo!! With Norberto Diver, skipper Maia and Vigia Torao.

What are you looking at? The calf of "2808" was trying to encourage her back to the surface, sooner rather than later! ...
07/08/2025

What are you looking at? The calf of "2808" was trying to encourage her back to the surface, sooner rather than later! 🤣With Norberto Diver, Skippers Joao & Leonor and Vigia Torao

Bottlenose dolphin reaching for the sky! And almost getting there!! WOW!! With Norberto Diver, Skipper Leonor & Vigia Ca...
06/08/2025

Bottlenose dolphin reaching for the sky! And almost getting there!! WOW!! With Norberto Diver, Skipper Leonor & Vigia Carlos

"1019" is back!!! Happy Dance! This large female, so large, the vigias often say she is a male, has been seen since 1988...
03/08/2025

"1019" is back!!! Happy Dance! This large female, so large, the vigias often say she is a male, has been seen since 1988! With Norberto Diver, skipper Maia & Vigias Carlos & Antero.

We saw a bottlenose dolphin to the north of Pico, Azores, the other day, with an injury to the jaw and also an abrasion ...
03/08/2025

We saw a bottlenose dolphin to the north of Pico, Azores, the other day, with an injury to the jaw and also an abrasion in front of the blowhole . It still seems to be in good condition, so the barnacles that have attached to the jaw are not stopping it from feeding. We don't know what caused the injury, whether it was a fight with another dolphin or entanglement. But given that there are no tooth rake marks, it was probably entangled in something. With Norberto Diver, Pedro Pinto & Vigia Marcelo

"6089" gave us a bit of a surprise this afternoon, breaching towards the boat!!😲 And then kept on breaching!! 😊 With Nor...
24/07/2025

"6089" gave us a bit of a surprise this afternoon, breaching towards the boat!!😲 And then kept on breaching!! 😊 With Norberto Diver, skipper Maia & Vigia Marcelo

Happy World Whale & Dolphin Day!!! I am lucky to see these amazing animals more than most people! ❤️
23/07/2025

Happy World Whale & Dolphin Day!!! I am lucky to see these amazing animals more than most people! ❤️

The calf of "2808" really doesn't like to be left alone at the surface! At 3 years old, it should be diving for sqid, bu...
19/07/2025

The calf of "2808" really doesn't like to be left alone at the surface! At 3 years old, it should be diving for sqid, but seems to prefer waiting for mum to come back to the surface and suckle. Yesterday, it was rolling around on the surface and gave us a fluke, while upside down at the surface as well as multiple tail throws, probably trying to get mum's attention! 🤣 Today, the group was socialising, with "6089" tail waving and head outs, in a choppy sea. With Norberto Diver & vigia Martins north of Faial.

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Responsible whale watching with over 30 Years of Experience behind our tours! Research is ongoing during your tour, but you don't have to lift a finger! You just need to relax and watch the animals. Lisa has been watching s***m whales for more than 30 years! Some of the individuals have been seen so many times by Lisa that she can tell you which animal you are watching when it dives! She will match the whales that you see to a North Atlantic Catalogue and hopefully find a match! You should also see a few kinds of dolphin, such as bottlenose, common, striped, spotted & Risso's during the tour too. If you are lucky you might get a sighting of a baleen whale in the spring or one of several beaked whales. If seabirds interest you, we mainly see Cory's Shearwaters, yellow-legged gulls, common & roseate terns with the occasional vagrant!