whale watching
The fascinating experience of navigating the Strait of Gibraltar gains an emotional highlight, when the lovable inhabitants of these waters, whales and dolphins, approach our boats to show themselves and by doing so satisfy the curiosity of the tourists.Whale Watching has become a tourist activity with an educational and a research background. The effect of the latter is to minimize the impact on the environment and to maximize the protection of the natural surroundings and the species, using visitors experience as tool for conscientiousness process. Marine biologists go along with tourists to research statistics and data about these animals and their habitat, useful for scientific projects and publishing.You can film and photograph the unforgettable encounters with dolphins and pilot whales looking at the tourists, the orca mother with her young calves around the fisherman's boats trying to catch a bite of the red tuna, the fin whales the second largest animal in the world causing a huge blow on the surface, and the sperm whale waving goodbye to the tourists, showing their huge tails, looking out of the water like an obelisk in the sea.
Resident species can be seen all year: Common dolphin, Striped dolphin, Bottlenose dolphin and Pilot Whale
Semi-resident species presence related to feed periods:Killer whale - Orca between July and SeptemberSperm whale mostly between March and July
Migratory species cross the strait in their migratory routes:Fin whale mostly between May and July
Go for a whale-watching tour!
Turmares Tarifa is a company dedicated to sea tourism with emphasis on "whale watching" in the Strait of Gibraltar. (http://www.turmares.com)
