January sightings

Four dolphins jumping and swimming in the ocean.

Posted by leandro

Our fantastic month of sightings

The weather conditions weren’t very favorable for us to go out to sea. Even so, during the few trips that took place during the month of January, we had sightings that left us speechless!

The most sighted species was the common-dolphin making about 50% of this month’s total sightings, followed by the sperm-whale. Both of these two species are resident in the Azores meaning that we can see them all year round.

Black and white image of a whale surfacing in the ocean.

Mother sperm-whale with her tiny calf

Two dolphins swimming close to the water surface.

Common-dolphin with dorsal fin partly gone

January didn’t stop there. The acrobatic striped-dolphins and second largest animal on the planet also appeared. These two species are more common in spring, so, seeing them during winter is always a very pleasant surprise.

2022 has just started and it’s already being amazing.

Bar chart of January sightings: common dolphin, sperm whale, striped dolphin, common whale.