Whales

Gibraltar is visited by many migratory Humpback Whales, Sperm Whales, Killer Whales, False Killer Whales, Minky Whales, and Long Fin Pilot whales. You have to be very lucky to see any of these creatures, but they are out there as these photographs prove!

The Strait of Gibraltar, the gate that connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Atlantic Ocean, is one of the busiest shipping routes of World Ocean: every year, more than 80.000 ships pass through the strait. Despite this fact, this is perhaps the best dolphin- and whale-watching site of southern Europe. Longfin pilot whales (Globicephala melaena), common dolphins (Delphinus delphis), striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) and bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) may be observed year-round. Sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) are present from April to July; killer whales (Orcinus orca) frequent the strait in July and August. One baleen whale species, the fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) may be occasionally seen, but predominately Dolphins are the main attraction every day of the year almost in the bay of Gibraltar. you might be lucky with whales if we have to venture out to the straight , but more often than not the dolphins normally prefer to feed in the bay of Gibraltar with plentiful of fish, which makes it so more easy for us to find and observe these creatures in there very own environment.