Sperm Whale
Physeter macrocephalus
Category: Whales & Dolphins
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Cetartiodactyla
- Family
- Physeteridae
- Genus
- Physeter
Where to Find
Found in 156 diving areas across 78 countries and 10 regions.
- Rowley Shoals, Australia - 2 records
- South Australia, Australia - 31 records
- Sydney & New South Wales, Australia - 37 records
- Victoria, Australia - 23 records
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 5 records
- Isle of Pines, New Caledonia - 9 records
- Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia - 21 records
- Prony Bay, New Caledonia - 34 records
- Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 6 records
- Kaikōura, New Zealand - 155 records
- Sandy Island, Anguilla - 6 records
- Antigua South Coast, Antigua & Barbuda - 4 records
- Barbuda, Antigua & Barbuda - 5 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 36 records
- Andros, Bahamas - 63 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 3 records
- Eleuthera & Harbour Island, Bahamas - 15 records
- Exuma Cays, Bahamas - 16 records
- Long Island, Bahamas - 5 records
- Nassau & New Providence, Bahamas - 239 records
- North Shore, Bermuda - 4 records
- Klein Bonaire, Bonaire - 4 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 10 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 7 records
- Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands - 1 records
- Isla de la Juventud, Cuba - 2 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 12 records
- María la Gorda, Cuba - 4 records
- Varadero, Cuba - 4 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 4 records
- Cabrits & Northern Coast, Dominica - 233 records
- Soufriere-Scotts Head Marine Reserve, Dominica - 134 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 12 records
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic - 5 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 7 records
- Carriacou, Grenada - 17 records
- Southwest Coast, Grenada - 16 records
- Cousteau Reserve, Guadeloupe - 147 records
- Diamond Rock, Martinique - 44 records
- Saint-Pierre, Martinique - 118 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 5 records
- St. Kitts, St. Kitts & Nevis - 18 records
- Anse La Raye, St. Lucia - 11 records
- Soufriere & The Pitons, St. Lucia - 7 records
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 2 records
- Tobago Cays, St. Vincent & the Grenadines - 15 records
- Providenciales, Turks & Caicos - 1 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 6 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 6 records
- Turneffe Atoll, Belize - 1 records
- Cocos Island, Costa Rica - 2 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 2 records
- Coiba National Park, Panama - 3 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 3 records
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia - 17 records
- Fakarava, French Polynesia - 2 records
- Moorea & Tahiti, French Polynesia - 19 records
- Rangiroa, French Polynesia - 22 records
- Christmas Island (Kiritimati), Kiribati - 3 records
- Phoenix Islands, Kiribati - 8 records
- Kosrae, Micronesia - 4 records
- Pohnpei, Micronesia - 6 records
- Niue West Coast, Niue - 12 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 2 records
- Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea - 7 records
- Upolu, Samoa - 4 records
- Gizo & Western Province, Solomon Islands - 1 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 9 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 3 records
- Vava'u Group, Tonga - 4 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 1 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 1 records
- East Coast, South Korea - 1 records
- Green Island, Taiwan - 1 records
- Kenting National Park, Taiwan - 1 records
- Sal, Cape Verde - 6 records
- Santiago, Cape Verde - 1 records
- Grande Comore, Comoros - 4 records
- Moheli, Comoros - 5 records
- Andaman Islands, India - 4 records
- Diani Beach & South Coast, Kenya - 2 records
- Watamu & Malindi, Kenya - 1 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 17 records
- Rodrigues Island, Mauritius - 8 records
- Mayotte Lagoon, Mayotte - 20 records
- Bazaruto Archipelago, Mozambique - 2 records
- Quirimbas Archipelago, Mozambique - 4 records
- Tofo & Inhambane, Mozambique - 2 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 13 records
- Aldabra & Outer Islands, Seychelles - 4 records
- Inner Islands, Seychelles - 50 records
- Cape Town & Western Cape, South Africa - 16 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 1 records
- Sodwana Bay, South Africa - 14 records
- Hikkaduwa & South Coast, Sri Lanka - 9 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 1 records
- Mafia Island, Tanzania - 7 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 4 records
- Dubrovnik & South Coast, Croatia - 1 records
- Larnaca, Cyprus - 1 records
- Corsica, France - 89 records
- Marseille & Calanques, France - 22 records
- Dodecanese, Greece - 6 records
- Zakynthos & Ionian Islands, Greece - 2 records
- Strytan & North Iceland, Iceland - 69 records
- South Coast, Ireland - 3 records
- West Coast, Ireland - 3 records
- Naples & Campania, Italy - 3 records
- Portofino & Liguria, Italy - 69 records
- Sardinia, Italy - 29 records
- Ustica, Italy - 2 records
- Al Hoceima, Morocco - 17 records
- Algarve & Berlengas, Portugal - 85 records
- Azores, Portugal - 19142 records
- Balearic Islands, Spain - 42 records
- Cabo de Palos, Spain - 3 records
- Canary Islands, Spain - 24 records
- Tabarka, Tunisia - 2 records
- Bodrum, Turkey - 7 records
- Kas & Kekova, Turkey - 11 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 17 records
- Northumberland & Northeast, United Kingdom - 5 records
- Scapa Flow, Orkney, United Kingdom - 123 records
- Scottish East Coast & Borders, United Kingdom - 8 records
- Scottish West Coast, United Kingdom - 26 records
- New Brunswick & Bay of Fundy, Canada - 2 records
- Newfoundland, Canada - 16 records
- Sea of Cortez, Mexico - 29 records
- Alaska, United States - 2 records
- Hawaii, United States - 1 records
- Mar del Plata, Argentina - 3 records
- Juan Fernandez Islands, Chile - 10 records
- Santa Marta & Tayrona, Colombia - 1 records
- Galápagos Islands, Ecuador - 59 records
- Isla de la Plata, Ecuador - 23 records
- Lima & Palomino Islands, Peru - 7 records
- Mancora & North Coast, Peru - 5 records
- Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela - 2 records
- Bali, Indonesia - 30 records
- Derawan Islands, Indonesia - 1 records
- Flores, Indonesia - 12 records
- Halmahera, Indonesia - 8 records
- Komodo, Indonesia - 1 records
- Lombok & Gili Islands, Indonesia - 4 records
- Raja Ampat, Indonesia - 8 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 40 records
- Mabul & Kapalai, Malaysia - 2 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 3 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 11 records
- Apo Reef, Philippines - 11 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 6 records
- Palawan, Philippines - 2 records
- Tubbataha Reef, Philippines - 3 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 8 records
- Atauro Island, Timor-Leste - 2 records
- Dili Coast, Timor-Leste - 1 records