azwhalesPerfect weather and sea conditions today! In the morning we started with our most sighted species of the year (so far), bottlenose dolphins. It was a shy pod but good to start the day.
We continued and spotted the two dorsal fins of the most mysterious group of cetaceans …beaked whales. Since it was a very brief encounter we couldn’t tell for sure the species. To finish the morning a big pod of Atlantic spotted dolphins showed up to play a little bit with the boat.
In the afternoon tour the mysterious whales appear again, but this time something amazing happened. They were very calm in the surface for some minutes swimming really slowlly around the boats. This is a really rare moment because normally beaked whales keep the distance from boats and dive as soon as they detect the boats. We could tell it was a group of 4 Blainville’s beaked whales. Bottlenose dolphins showed up again to finish the day.
Photos by Mariana Silva
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Futurismo Biologists Team
Sandrina Rodrigues
