What kind of whales are there in Costa Rica?

What kind of whale species are there in Costa Rica?

Are you wondering what kind of whales are common in Costa Rica? The most common whales in Costa Rica are the humpback whales. What characterizes this huge mammal are the long pectoral fins and the humps on the beak and lower jaw. They grow to 12 to 16 meters in length and weigh up to 30,000 kilograms.

Humpback whales in Costa Rica

So, humpback whales are most common to see in Costa Rica. In addition, there are three types of humpback whales that frequent the shores of Costa Rica. The three types of humpback whales are the California Humpback Whales, Antarctic Humpback Whales and North Atlantic St Lawrence Humpback Whales. There is no place like Costa Rica for whale watching. So if you are looking for an encounter with the ocean’s gentle giants, your odds are pretty good here.

The humpback whale season

Officially, the humpback whale season in Costa Rica is December to April and July to November. Uvita, a small beach town in the South Pacific coast is the only place that has a great abundance of humpback whales during both times of the year.

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