|Visitor Stories| Andreia and Ferenc |19-21 May 2019|
Here some memories of the adventurous Andreia and Ferenc, which kept pushing their way to the best of Faial. It was great fun to have you...
|19-5-2019 am| Sperm whales everywhere! (no images)
The morning started with a "get ready because we have to go" scenario. There were Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) at the South, so...
|18-5-2019 am| Risso's Dolphins, Common Dolphins and breastfeeding Sperm Whales
Saturday morning started with early news from the lookouts: a male Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus) at the South. We had to prepare...
|17-5-2019| A Summer Day in May!
The Azores high set the stage for a special day with two trips whale watching north of Pico and Faial Island. Flat sea and clear sky. The...
|18-5-2019| Through rural paths "Caminhos Velhos"
The team chose the <500m altitude trails east of central Caldeira to explore the rural paths and trails within the vegetation, way below...
|14-5-2019 am| Dolphins mating in front of Horta, Faial
The morning started with a period of "whale waiting". The lookouts were not finding blows, perhaps whales were too far from the...
|9-5-2019 am| Last minute call for a morning full of Sperm Whales and Bottlenose dolphins
Thursday morning started with little information from the lookouts. After more than half an hour we received exciting information:...
|7-5-2019 am| Lonely whale watchers' off Pico Island
Last Tuesday we took a window of opportunity between two stormy days to reach a group of Sperm Whales that the lookouts spotted for us....
|4-5-2019 am| Sperm Whales and Common Dolphins in a windy day in the Azores
Sperm whales can be challenging to watch under spring time windy days. Azorean amazing whale spotters know this and still they manage to...
|2-5-2019 am| Juvenile Sperm Whale practicing deep dives and Bottlenose dolphins off "Queimada"
This expedition took the Azores Naturalist Team to watch sperm whales south of Pico Island departing from Horta. Calm sea and a low cloud...