In the months of, April, May, and June, blue wahles cross the atlantic going north to feed, and they pass in Azores close to Faial and Pico islands.
The sitings of blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus), fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) and sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis) are frequent when the weather is good to go out.
This is the perfect time to book your whale watching holidays to observe these speacies in Azores.
If you need information about whale watching or scuba diving in Faial island, please contact Dive Azores. We can also recomend the best option of acomodation for you (roural tourism, Hotels, guest houses, bed and breackfast or rooms, you choose the tipe and budjet) and rent a car in Faial, Horta.
Just send us one email to:
info@diveazores.net
and visit,
www.diveazores.net
4/07/2007
Photos by Dive Azores
Atlantic Spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis) 
Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus)Whales and Dolphins of the Azores
More than 20 species of cetaceans reported for the Azorean Waters:
The most common and possible to find all the year are,
Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis);
Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus);
Risso´s dolphin (Grampus griseus);
Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus);
Some species migrate to the Azores during the Summer months,
Spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis)
Pilot whale (Globicephala machrorhincus)
Baleen whales are observed in Azores mainly in Spring,
Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
Sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis)
Mink whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
This abundance and diversity in cetaceans makes the Azores one of the best places in the world for Whale and Dolphin Watching.
The economical importance of the activity is increasing, and the Azorean Government and the Whale Watching companies are having a very important role, maintaining the activity ecologically sustainable and responsible.
The most common and possible to find all the year are,
Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis);
Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus);
Risso´s dolphin (Grampus griseus);
Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus);
Some species migrate to the Azores during the Summer months,
Spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis)
Pilot whale (Globicephala machrorhincus)
Baleen whales are observed in Azores mainly in Spring,
Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus)
Fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
Sei whale (Balaenoptera borealis)
Mink whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata)
This abundance and diversity in cetaceans makes the Azores one of the best places in the world for Whale and Dolphin Watching.
The economical importance of the activity is increasing, and the Azorean Government and the Whale Watching companies are having a very important role, maintaining the activity ecologically sustainable and responsible.
4/03/2007
Some History
During the 19th and 20th century the American and English whale hunting fleets explored the sperm whale hunting in the Azores. Many Azoreans where recruited to the crews of the factory boats.
Some Azorean companies started to appear.
The whales where spotted by lookouts on land and the wailers where called by a rocket noise. The Azorean canoes where sent to sea and the position of the sperm whale signaled with flags and smoke by the lookout.
The sperm whales killed, where transported to land where they where proceeded in the factories.
Pico and Faial island where the most important islands where whale hunting occurred, mainly because the cetacean’s approach close to the land, due to the great depths of the ocean near shore. In the mid 1980´s, whale hunting was forbidden in Azores and almost all over the world. A new activity takes place. Whale and Dolphin Watching.
Now some of the old wailers help the new activity with their knowledge in the lookouts and the factories where converted in museums maintaining the culture alive
Some Azorean companies started to appear.
The whales where spotted by lookouts on land and the wailers where called by a rocket noise. The Azorean canoes where sent to sea and the position of the sperm whale signaled with flags and smoke by the lookout.
The sperm whales killed, where transported to land where they where proceeded in the factories.
Pico and Faial island where the most important islands where whale hunting occurred, mainly because the cetacean’s approach close to the land, due to the great depths of the ocean near shore. In the mid 1980´s, whale hunting was forbidden in Azores and almost all over the world. A new activity takes place. Whale and Dolphin Watching.
Now some of the old wailers help the new activity with their knowledge in the lookouts and the factories where converted in museums maintaining the culture alive
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