March sightings summary – The month of the blue whale!!

The past month has been really great for whale watching in São Miguel. During March we saw 8 different cetacean species:

• Blue whales – Seen on 60% of the days we went out!!
• Fin whales
• Minke whale
• Beaked whale
• Pilot whales
• Striped dolphins
• Bottlenose dolphins
• Common dolphins

This month we had a record number of blue whale sightings! It’s great to see so many of these whales and other baleen whale species passing the Azores. This is the right time of the year to see them, and we are expecting more great sightings in the upcoming months.