Peter Whale Watching

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21/01/2021

VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES! We are a Maritime-Touristic Company recruiting volunteers for our 2021 season in Faial, Azores! Our main activities are Whale Watching, Snorkeling & Kakay Tours as well as Bike Routes and Yoga/Meditation activities. We are looking for nature-lovers / enthusiasts / good communicators & creative people to join our team and experience this immersive and unique opportunity to grow professionally amongst the astonishing Azorian Nature! Faial Island is still a safe place to live as there have been very few COVID cases. Find all the inclusions and contacts on the brochure above, and if you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us! "Sea" you soon!

16/12/2019

Antes consideradas em risco de extinção, os conservacionistas - e nós, agora temos um motivo maravilhoso para comemorar. A população de baleias jubarte do Atlântico Sul, teve um aumento considerável, de 450, para 25 mil, o que mostra que a espécie já não é mais considerada ameaçada. Este...

14/10/2019

After few months, this whale watching season is coming to its end. But before, we have to thank all the Whale Watching Peter team that worked hard and gave their best to make that possible. See you next season! Adrián Martín Hdz Carmen Navarro Julia Lahima Nunes Anna San Guada Giménez Rita Vaz Pedro Azevedo Capelinhos Ocean Tours Pedro Machado

03/10/2019

25/09/2019

In today's morning trip we had common dolphins (Delphinus delphis), plenty of s***m whales (Physeter macrocephalus) and happy clients (Homo sapiens)!😁

16/09/2019

Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) is a species that we can see year-round in the Azores.
If you think on a dolphin, this is usually the species that you think about because unfortunately, is the one most often chose to have on captivity.

12/09/2019

Few days ago we had a beautiful encounter with a group of juvenile s***m whales (Physeter macrocephalus). They started to breach and tail slap!

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06/09/2019

In the Azores, the s***m whales are often spotted in groups (called pods). Pods include females and their young, while males may roam solo or move from group to group. Females and calves remain in tropical or subtropical waters all year long, and apparently practice communal childcare. Males migrate to higher latitudes, and head back towards the equator to breed.

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02/09/2019

Unexpected 2 blue whales spotted!!!

So lucky to have seen the largest animal ever on Earth today in the North of the island.

📷 Anna Sánchez

31/08/2019

Ocorrem cinco espécies de tartarugas marinhas em águas portuguesas. No entanto, não existem registos de reprodução destas tartarugas em Portugal nem em outros países europeus atlânticos.
Em relação à tartaruga-boba a sua zona de nidificação ocorre nas Caraíbas e nas costas estadounidenses da Flórida até à Carolina do Norte.
No entanto, a grande distância que vai desses lugares às nossas ilhas parece excluir essa hipótese logo à partida. Mas não..., é isso mesmo que acontece! Segundo estudos de genética verificou-se que estas pertencem ao mesmo grupo genético das tartarugas da Madeira e dos Açores.

F**a estabelecida então a hipótese que a tartaruga-boba nasce nas Caraíbas e costas dos Estado Unidos de onde se dirigem rapidamente para o alto mar arrastadas pela corrente do Golfo até à Madeira e Açores, não superando assim correntes adversas.

30/08/2019

Did you know that the s***m whales….
- Are the largest living animal with teeth
- Have the largest head and brain in the world
- Produce the loudest sounds in the animal kingom (up to 230dB)

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29/08/2019

Today during our morning trip we had a very special encounter with a curious s***m whale...

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27/08/2019

Do you know that the blowhole of the s***m whale is highly skewed to the left of the head? That helps the loockouts to distinguish these whales from others when they are on the surface.

📷 Anna Sánchez

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17/08/2019

A whale of a Humpback pays a surprise visit to a fishing boat in Monterey Bay. Imagine being on that boat. Boom! 😱

16/08/2019

Yesterday we saw for the first time in the season the short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus). Do you know that they are also called the cheetahs of the deep sea? They can do sprints of 9m/s at depths between 500-1000m to catch their preys.

📷Carmen Navarro

10/08/2019

Yesterday we had a wonderful day full of Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) and also s***m whales (Physeter macrocephalus). Hope you all enjoyed!

Ontem tivemos um dia espectacular cheio de golfinhos-pintados (Stenella frontalis) e de cachalotes (Physeter macrocephalus). Esperamos que tenham gostado do dia!

📷 Anna San

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