May sighting statistics

The month of May was another good one for whale watching in São Miguel. This month we saw 9 cetacean species:

• Common dolphins (Delphinus delphis)
• Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)
• Striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba)
• Rissos dolphins (Grampus griseus)
• Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus)
• Humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae)
• Blue whales (Baleanoptera musculus)
• Sei whales (Baleanoptera borealis)
• Fin whales (Baleanoptera physalus)

This month is also off to a good start so far. In the past 2 days we have already seen sperm whales, bottlenose dolphins, common dolphins and Rissos dolphins!