Harbour porpoise

The common porpoise is a small, coastal-loving cetacean often spotted near shorelines and even swimming up rivers far from the ocean. It’s one of the tiniest members of the porpoise family and a regular sight for coastal whale watchers. Different groups of these porpoises live in separate regions, from the North Atlantic to the Pacific.

• They sometimes swim hundreds of kilometers up rivers away from the sea.
• There are four distinct populations across the Atlantic and Pacific.
• They are among the smallest of all cetaceans.