azwhalesIn Pico Island we had a great whale watching day. We saw 7 species of cetaceans. The highlight of the day was witnessing how 2 beaked whales were breaching at the same time!
Well, we also had time to see sperm whales, spotted dolphins, common dolphins, risso’s dolphins, bottlenose dolphins and a sei whale. What a day…!
Photos by Rui santos
Beaked whales breaching at the same time
Baby risso’s dolphin
Sei whale
Sperm whale
Common dolphins
Today we had a lot of dolphins along the south coast of São Miguel island. In the morning our different boats went in different directions and so we could all encounter different dolphin species. In total we registered three different dolphin species during the morning: Atlantic spotted dolphins, bottlenose dolphins and common dolphins. To the west two of our boats also briefly encountered some beaked whales, although we couldn’t identify the exact species, which is often the case with beaked whales as they are very shy and elusive whales.
In the afternoon we returned to the ocean to encounter different groups of common dolphins inshore and offshore. We had some really nice encounters with them and especially enjoyed seeing their many babies traveling together with the group.
Photos by Carine Zimmermann
Spotted dolphin
Common dolphins
Common dolphins
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Futurismo Biologists Team
Sandrina Rodrigues
