The Azores
This nature and wildlife film uncovers the natural beauty of the Azorean Islands 2000km off the European mainland in the midst of the Atlantic ocean. Its pristine crystal clear waters are home to one of the largest population of whales and dolphins and attracts large fish from tuna to jack fish as well as giant shoals of sardines.
The seven volcanic islands are covered with flowers and dense vegetation and its rough black-rock shorelines house stunning numbers of marine birds and wildlife. The adventurer Norberto Serpa teams up with marine biologist Monica A. Silva to tag and research bypassing fin whales which reach up to 25m in length. A daring adventure that usually bears little success. While repeated efforts are made to approach the fast diving fin whales in the rough open sea, they come across a “bait-ball” where hundreds of dolphins work in sync with thousands of birds to hunt down a large shoal of sardines. Just as the water starts cooking in a feeding frenzy a fin whale surfaces to join the feast…