ESPAÇO TALASSA, the original whale watching in the Azores

29/05/2025

Stills warm this picture, taken this afternoon in the end of the trip! This humpback whale feeding together with common dolphins and Cory´s shearwaters had been sighted for the past days in the south off Pico 😁

29/05/2025

A diferent perspective from a common dolphin, so sharp this guys are!

28/05/2025

A big male s***m whale is always a unique moment when they cross by our waters, very shy, super sensitive animals to noise, but we had the privilege to see this big male alone, this one just dived so close to land and so calm and friendly that you can beleive me that we all on board we got so speachless when he went down, big smiles and nothing more to say 💙

27/05/2025

We are partners of the Happywhale platform and we love it, it's amazing to see the results! Besides Espaço Talassa, there's other companies here in the Azores and all around the world, that's why this platform works, we all (companies, photographers, whale watchers, common observer...) can contribute!
This Humpback Whale we saw today has been seen here around Pico and Faial since 2022, so cool!

26/05/2025

Very successful Whale Watching and Bird watching with local guests.💙

24/05/2025

Today we had some amazing encounters, maybe the most incredible was this Blue Whale mother and calf swimming relaxed side by side.
Other sightings included, Sei Whales, S***m Whales, Risso´s dolphins, Common dolphins and Striped Dolphins... Wow!! 💙

17/05/2025

What a special day it was, so many highlights! It started with 5 Fin Whales (you read it well) swimming side by side, it had plenty of S***m whales, many Dolphins and finished with 2 Humpback Whales... What a day!!

We had to choose one picture from today, we go with this S***m Whale breaching from the morning trip ;)

Breachings can be far, breachings can be without the perfect light, breachings can be where you´re not looking... but they're never boring!

15/05/2025

“Meet the Guests”

This past week we had a very special guest, Antoine Buche, french, that was happy to answer our questions!

- What brings you to Pico and to Lajes do Pico? Is it your first time?

Its not my first time, it’s my 5th time, I came 4 years ago with friends and they told me to come here to Espaço Talassa to see whales and I did 2 trips and ended up booking for the rest of the week. Now, every year at the same time I come here!

- Have you been WW before? Where? Differences?

No, here it was my first time.

- What was your favorite of the Azorean species?

It’s the Blue Whale! On my second trip I saw blue whales and then for 3 years nothing, and this year finally saw them again and it was a fluker!!

- Is there a species that you would like to see here?

Orcas!

-What was the highlights of the trips for you?

The fluke from the Blue whale, absolutely! And the snow on Pico, never saw it like this before.

Thank you Antoine, always a pleasure to have you here! See you next year 😉

09/05/2025

Smiley guests are happy guests!

Bottlenose Dolphins always take smiles with them!

08/05/2025

What an amazing trip we had this morning, we saw a group of 4 huge baleen whales, 2 Blues and 2 Fins swimming all together!
There were also our usual suspects, S***m Whales, Risso Dolphins and Bottlenose Dolphins.
A day to remember 💙

Foggy misty days and Blue Whales 💙

07/05/2025

At sea we don't always find beautiful things, unfortunately there's many floating debris and garbage.
We try to collect within our possibilities and once on land separate if possible to recycle, if not recyclable we put in the appropriate garbage.

This lost fishing net was about 50kg of nylon that no longer will be a potential life threat to marine life.