Sperm whales of quite often spotted in the area. What we mostly see is young Sperm whales with their mother and aunties, but we know that also individual male’s come for mating. On average we have about 6 sightings per year, when we coincidently see them going or coming from the dive sites. Sometimes amazingly close to the shore. No particular season, but on calm days, when the sea is really flat it is just easier to spot them. (This is by the way the case for all oceanic cetacean species). There are two more species of Sperm whales; the Dwarf sperm whale and the pygmy sperm whale. Of the Dwarf sperm whale we have a positive identification when we saw it breaching out of the water one day.
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