azwhales
Today we had a nice day out on a calm ocean, spent in the company of dolphins. The visibility was too bad for us to spot whales further out, but the dolphins sure gave us great tours throughout the day. Out there we encountered both common dolphins and bottlenose dolphins, two of our resident species. The bottlenose dolphins were very familiar to us, it was the group of “Bubblemaker”, a dolphin we gave this name because of its bubble-blowing behaviour before surfacing. The calm conditions also allowed us to encounter many loggerhead turtles throughout the day, and even a leatherback turtle during both the first tour and the third tour.
Photos from the morning tour:
Watching bottlenose dolphins
Bottlenose dolphins
Bottlenose dolphin
One of our boats with bottlenose dolphins
One of our boats with many common dolphins
Watching common dolphins
Common dolphins
Leatherback turtle sticking its head out of the water
Leatherback turtle shell
Photos from the early afternoon tour:
Bottlenose dolphin
A baby bottlenose dolphin
One of our boats with bottlenose dolphins
Watching common dolphins
Common dolphins
Watching a loggerhead turtle
Loggerhead turtle
Photos from the late afternoon tour:
Common dolphins
Face to face with a bottlenose dolphin
The famous bottlenose dolphin we call “Bubblemaker”
Another well-known member of Bubblemaker’s group
Cory’s shearwater taking off
azwhales
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Sandrina Rodrigues
