Snorkeling
with giant
Mobula Rays
Giant Mobula Rays are constant visitors of the Azores waters. With our Megalodon tagging project we followed Mobula rays on their journey in the Atlantic Ocean. They travel all the way to Senegal, the Cabo Verde islands and Sao Tome & Principe. During their journey they visit deep sea mountains where they feed with the resident pelagic fish. The most northern stop on their journey are the Azores Island and one of their favourite spots to meet is the famous Princess Alice Bank. We dive and snorkel with Mobula rays at Princess Alice Bank.
Whale & Dolphins
Around the island of Pico there are rich feeding grounds for all marine mammals. That is why sperm whales live here all year around hunting the giant squid in the deep. Other species like the large baleen whales are only seasonal guests on their migration. Even the largest animal ever lived on our blue plant is our guest from February to June every year.
This makes Pico one of the no 1 destinations in the world to meet whales and dolphins.
SUSTAINABILITY
Sustainable treatment of the animals is our top priority. Therefore, the experienced skippers also read the behavior of the animals first and decide when or if you are allowed into the water.
With the help of the experienced skippers you can observe the behavior of the whales in peace and learn a lot about their life and migration cycles.
Why Pico Sport
Operating since 1993 we have 30 years of experience with marine mammals. Our skippers work with us since many years and lots of experience in gentle handling of the animals. We find the whales and dolphins because we work with land based spotters. This technique dates back to the days of the old whalers. With strong binoculars the so called VIGIA searches for the whales and dolphins. They tell the boats the positions of the animals. Thus, we never go blindly to the ocean and work with a 99% success rate in sightings.
