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.
A living atlas, to follow the giants everywhere in the world.
02Every ocean, every season
03Right now
Final weeks in the lagoons before the great journey north to the Arctic. Close encounters still possible at San Ignacio.
Silver Bank remains active until late April. The only site in the world where regulated swimming with humpback whales is authorized.
The opening of the great Atlantic season. Blue whales arrive first, followed by fin whales and resident sperm whales.
Exceptional concentrations at Bremer Canyon. Collective hunts, encounters with sperm whales and giant sunfish.
04The bestiary
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.
Champion of song and acrobatic leaps.
The largest animal Earth has ever carried.
The curious one of the lagoons, will come to you.
Strategist, matriarchal, apex of the seas.
Diver of the abyss, hunter of giant squid.
The greyhound of the seas, second largest animal.
Recognizable by its callosities, loud romances.
The canary of the seas, white, vocal, social.
The Arctic unicorn and its spiral tusk.
The smallest of the rorquals, discreet, elegant.
42 species, social, playful, everywhere.
Close-knit matriarchal family, bulbous melon.
Critically endangered, fewer than 400 individuals.
Over two centuries of lifespan beneath the ice.
Tropical waters resident, often coastal.
Fastest swimmer among the great whales.
Discreet, short blow, close to the coast.
The most common, snorkel-visible across all tropics.
Powerful head, emblem of Mediterranean beaches.
Pointed beak, tile-like scutes, queen of coral reefs.
The largest, dives to 1,200 m, ocean nomad.
Spectacular arribadas · thousands of synchronised nestings.
The rarest · endemic to the Gulf of Mexico.
Australian endemic, never migrates far from the coast.
05Iconic spots
From the Baja lagoons to the fjords of Tromsø, the world's prime observation sites, selected for reliability, beauty, and operator quality.