azwhalesIn the morning we started with one of our favorite species, not one but two humpback whales at 300m from the coast.
After we saw two blue whales feeding and showing their pectoral fins at the same time and out of the blue, a sei whale appears. The first sei whale of the year! Welcome back!
We ended the morning with a well-known group of Rissos’s dolphins.
In the afternoon was the trip of babies. We were able to see a blue whale and her baby and in an area close by a fin whale also with a baby.
When we started our way back to Ponta Delgada there was also time for a very small group of juveniles bottlenose dolphins.
In Pico Island the day was amazing with calm sea. We encountered the biggest animals around the world! A Blue whale along with three Fin whales. The Blue whale blow almost reached 10 meters high! Majestic moment to see and to record.
What a lovely day in the Atlantic Ocean!
We are in fact in the Balleen Whale Season in the Azores!
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Futurismo Biologists Team
Sandrina Rodrigues
