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World atlas
of cetaceans

A living atlas, to follow the giants everywhere in the world.

Map

Meet the giants
that rule the oceans.

02Every ocean, every season

12
cetacean species
documented and tracked
80+
observation spots
listed worldwide
365
days a year
somewhere, a season opens
07
places worldwide
where swimming with cetaceans is legal

03Right now

April 2026

What's moving
this month.

Baja California · MexicoSeason end

Gray whales on their way north.

Final weeks in the lagoons before the great journey north to the Arctic. Close encounters still possible at San Ignacio.

Jan – Apr3 active spots
Silver Bank · Dominican RepublicOngoing

Last songs of the humpbacks.

Silver Bank remains active until late April. The only site in the world where regulated swimming with humpback whales is authorized.

Jan – AprSwim
Azores · PortugalSeason start

Fin and sperm whales arriving.

The opening of the great Atlantic season. Blue whales arrive first, followed by fin whales and resident sperm whales.

Apr – Oct4 species
Bremer Bay · AustraliaPeak season

Orcas at the feast.

Exceptional concentrations at Bremer Canyon. Collective hunts, encounters with sperm whales and giant sunfish.

Jan – AprGlobal peak

04The bestiary

Eleven giants
to know.

From the blue whale, the largest animal ever to have lived, to the narwhal of the ice, every species has its season, its geography, its signature traits.

Humpback whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
30spots
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Champion of song and acrobatic leaps.

Blue whale
Balaenoptera musculus
10spots
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The largest animal Earth has ever carried.

Gray whale
Eschrichtius robustus
7spots
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The curious one of the lagoons, will come to you.

Orca
Orcinus orca
13spots
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Strategist, matriarchal, apex of the seas.

Sperm whale
Physeter macrocephalus
10spots
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Diver of the abyss, hunter of giant squid.

Fin whale
Balaenoptera physalus
7spots
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The greyhound of the seas, second largest animal.

Southern right whale
Eubalaena australis
6spots
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Recognizable by its callosities, loud romances.

Beluga
Delphinapterus leucas
5spots
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The canary of the seas, white, vocal, social.

Narwhal
Monodon monoceros
4spots
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The Arctic unicorn and its spiral tusk.

Minke whale
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
5spots
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The smallest of the rorquals, discreet, elegant.

Dolphins
Delphinidae
30spots
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42 species, social, playful, everywhere.

Pilot whale
Globicephala spp.
9spots
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Close-knit matriarchal family, bulbous melon.

North Atlantic right whale
Eubalaena glacialis
3spots
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Critically endangered, fewer than 400 individuals.

Bowhead whale
Balaena mysticetus
4spots
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Over two centuries of lifespan beneath the ice.

Bryde's whale
Balaenoptera edeni
8spots
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Tropical waters resident, often coastal.

Sei whale
Balaenoptera borealis
4spots
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Fastest swimmer among the great whales.

Harbour porpoise
Phocoena phocoena
7spots
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Discreet, short blow, close to the coast.

Green turtle
Chelonia mydas
45spots
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The most common, snorkel-visible across all tropics.

Loggerhead turtle
Caretta caretta
20spots
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Powerful head, emblem of Mediterranean beaches.

Hawksbill turtle
Eretmochelys imbricata
25spots
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Pointed beak, tile-like scutes, queen of coral reefs.

Leatherback turtle
Dermochelys coriacea
18spots
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The largest, dives to 1,200 m, ocean nomad.

Olive ridley turtle
Lepidochelys olivacea
12spots
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Spectacular arribadas · thousands of synchronised nestings.

Kemp's ridley turtle
Lepidochelys kempii
3spots
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The rarest · endemic to the Gulf of Mexico.

Flatback turtle
Natator depressus
5spots
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Australian endemic, never migrates far from the coast.