CW Azores

CW Azores Whale Watching, Swim with Dolphins and Scuba Diving on Pico Island, Azores, Portugal.

20/04/2025

Happy Easter from all of us at CW Azores 🐣

We're celebrating this beautiful season with grateful hearts and BIG sightings! Our 2025 whale watching season is in full process - featuring unforgettable sightings with many blue whales, humpback and fin whales, s***m whales and lots of dolphins 🐳🐬

Thank you to everyone who's joined us so far - we can't wait to welcome more of you on board for more magical moments on sea.

📷 Pictures by Ricardo Ventura

24/12/2024

There are animals we will never be able to show you.
Within what is possible, however, you can count on us also in 2025! 🐋🐬🦈💙

23/10/2024

Are you still looking for a dive trip to kick off your 2025 on an exciting note?

Marty and Mona are heading to Cape Town, South Africa, for the third annual CW Azores South Africa dive safari to help you tick as many underwater species off your list as possible!

This trip also offers some exciting land tours, such as visiting the penguins at Boulders Beach, Cape Point Nature Reserve, and a full-day game drive.

If you want to find out more, please get in touch via the link below:

https://www.cwazores.com/south-africa-dive-safari

This trip welcomes scuba divers of all levels and freedivers!

19/09/2024

Moments ago, Whale Watching tour off the north coast of Pico, definitely HAPPY DAYS! 😍🥳
Video by Ricardo Ventura

09/08/2024

During this time of the season S***m whale sightings never fail to amaze and entertain us 😆
During this whale watching trip we got to observe a young S***m whale playing with a plastic crate, 4 mighty breaches and a beautiful tail turn for a deep dive !
Fantastic day 💪
Photos by Emer Leahy

31/07/2024

Here at CW Azores we have been enjoying our time out on flat seas along side beautiful S***m whales and Sowerby’s beaked whales, some of the most fascinating deep divers of the Azores !
These summer days have also been giving us the opportunity to explore our amazing coasts.
Photos: Emer Leahy

29/07/2024

Yesterday in Pico: a tale of tails, moon in the blue sky and a feathered ballerina 😍🐋
(Photos by Enrico Villa)

21/06/2024

From size, shape, pigmentation and scars, the tails of some species of whales have unique details, and through these patterns it is possible to tell individuals apart. This is the case for some of the species we have sighted over the last few days, such as humpback whales and s***m whales!
Photos by Rita Leitão

15/06/2024

Over the past few days we had stunning sighthings of s***m whales and pilot whales!Between their foraging deep dives, these animals allowed us to observe them during their surface intervals before their next attempt to snack on deep-sea preys.
Click, click, click - 🦑
Photos by Rita Leitão and Anthony Le Floch

13/06/2024

Hello there!
We are excited to announce our second clean-up of the season. This Sunday meeting at 15h00 in our shop. As usual we will provide bags and gloves.
Can't wait to see you there.
♻️💪🏽

09/06/2024

🐋 Exciting news from the sea! Yesterday morning, in the waters off the north coast of Pico, we had a great encounter with a Humpback whale spotted by our 'vigia' Marcelo. To our surprise, this particular individual boasted an unusual skin coloration, slightly brighter than most humpbacks we have had the privilege to observe.

Our guess is that it might be due to a viral skin condition. Despite this, we remain optimistic that this majestic animal will not only survive but also continue to thrive! 🙏
Photos by Rita Leitão

05/06/2024

Orcas off Pico Island yesterday afternoon! What a treat! 😍
Photos by Ricardo Ventura, Marlene Schwandt, Enrico Villa.

01/06/2024

S***m whales display fascinating social behaviours that are amazing for us to observe. Females S***m whales, juveniles and calves of both sexes are typically found in social units.
During this whale watching tour we got to see a group of up to 9 individuals on the surface and, for sure, there were more individuals deep diving beneath us.
Female S***m whales can dive for up to 45 minutes and as deep as 2,000 m. Adult males can dive for well over an hour. This means that mothers often leave their calves on the surface of the water with the other females in their group. When this happens, the other females babysit and nurse the mothers' offspring while they are gone to feed on squid - a behaviour called allosuckling (i.e., providing milk to calves that are not their own).
This was a fantastic opportunity to observe these behaviours, as with this social unit we got to see the trust and strong bonds between females, calves and subadults!!
Photos by Emer Leahy

23/05/2024

A few days ago, brilliant sightings during our whale watching tours! Blue skies and a very good look at some Fin whales surfacing super close to our boat, as well as some curious Bottlenose dolphins 🐋🐬😍
Photos by Emer Leahy

21/05/2024

The closer we get to the summer, the more we notice a decline in baleen whale sightings. However, that certainly doesn't mean less fun in our trips! As long as the weather allows, the mid-Atlantic has always beautiful sightings of resident species to offer.
Last Saturday we spent a lovely morning contemplating a pod of Risso's dolphins, a few S***m whales and a mystery fish fin...👀
Any clues to which species the fin in the last photo belongs?
(Photos by Rita Leitão)

30/04/2024

We are constantly amazed by the wonders of the animal kingdom when we venture outdoors. Some creatures leap, others take flight, and some simply float - but watch out for those stingers! And then there are those remarkable divers who plunge to incredible depths...
(Photos by Enrico Villa)

23/04/2024

Hello there!

On Saturday the 27th of April, CW Azores team is organizing another coastal clean-up!
For everyone who's in Pico island and wants to give us an hand on collecting litter from the coast feel free to join us, the meeting point is in front of Areia Larga at 3:30 pm
We will provide trash bags, gloves and good energy :)
If you have any further questions about the clean-up, please get in touch.
Let's keep our coast clean!
♻️💪🏽🫵🏽

12/03/2024

Patrizia - Tita for everybody - left us exactly one year ago. While the Beluga is a strictly arctic cetacean and cannot be seen in the Azores, it is the species she loved the most and always wanted to see. Legend has it that Tita is now one of them, and a caring Beluga is protecting us out at sea.
💙In Loving Memory of Patrizia Villa, our CW Angel💙

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