Are you ready to go whale watching in São Miguel on a catamaran?
On the island of São Miguel, you’ll have the opportunity to observe more than 28 cetacean species in their natural habitat. Join us on an adventure with dolphin and whale watching in São Miguel with one of the most experienced whale watching companies of the islands of the Portuguese Azores Archipelago. You can do this experience on a comfortable and stable catamaran.
This unforgettable dolphin and whale watching in São Miguel departs from Ponta Delgada, the main Marina of São Miguel Island. The whale watching in São Miguel takes around 3 hours, with daily departures, depending on weather conditions. The dolphin and whale watching in São Miguel is preceded by a briefing. Here, one of the qualified biologists explains the importance of how whale hunting converted to whale watching in the Azores.
Before departure, but already onboard, you will be briefed about safety, rules of observation and respect for the local fauna and flora. The experienced staff will provide an overview of what may be sighted during the whale watching tour and give live commentary on the tour and sightings.
São Miguel is located in the Atlantic Ocean, about a third of the way between Portugal and North America, the islands are home or point of passage for more than a third of the world’s whale and dolphin species. Given this special location, you can find many species, such as sperm whales, common dolphins, bottlenose dolphins and Risso’s dolphins, and more. Summer months are the best time to see Atlantic spotted dolphins, pilot whales and striped dolphins, whereas the spring months are the time to see migrating baleen whales such as blue whales, fin whales and sei whales.
