{"id":1058,"date":"2016-04-20T17:49:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T17:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2016\/04\/20\/an-amazing-day-with-7-whale-and-dolphin\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:35:01","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:35:01","slug":"an-amazing-day-with-7-whale-and-dolphin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/an-amazing-day-with-7-whale-and-dolphin\/","title":{"rendered":"An amazing day with 7 whale and dolphin species!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n<\/a>Today’s whale and dolphin watching tours in S\u00e3o Miguel were difficult to beat. We have an incredible list of whale and dolphin encounters – a total of 7 species throughout the day! In the morning we started with Risso’s dolphins<\/a>, followed by striped dolphins<\/a>, a fin whale<\/a>, a humpback whale<\/a> and an incredible encounter with false killer whales<\/a> to end the morning. In the afternoon we added two different dolphin species to our list – common dolphins<\/a> and bottlenose dolphins<\/a>, and again we encountered the same humpback whale<\/a> from the morning and some fin whales<\/a>, including two incredibly curious ones travelling together that approached one of our boats. Everyone had slightly different experiences of this cetacean filled day, but all of them were great ones that will leave lasting memories. Our photos below tell just some of the stories from the day. Check back later here on on our Facebook page<\/a> for some videos that our crew also made during the day.<\/div>\n
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\nPhotos from the morning:<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
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\nHumpback whale diving<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nHumpback whale (notice the bright blue colour from the white pectoral fin seen through the water)<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nFin whale surfacing to breathe<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nOne of our boats with the fin whale<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nRisso’s dolphin<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nRisso’s dolphin face peaking out behind the dorsal fin of its mother<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nStriped dolphin leaping high<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nOne of our boats with a false killer whale<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nJumping false killer whale<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nPart of the group of false killer whales<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nFalse killer whale surfacing<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nOne of our boats on a perfectly calm ocean<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nPhotos from the afternoon:<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
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\nBottlenose dolphins (Bubblemaker’s group)<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nHumpback whale head (note the bumps called tubbercles)<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nHumpback whale curving its back to dive<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nThe tail of the humpback whale<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nA curious fin whale passing in front of our boat<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nTwo fin whales side by side diving together<\/i>
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\nBottlenose dolphins fromthe swimming<\/i><\/p>\n

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\nLoggerhead turtle<\/i><\/p>\n

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Just like the great start, we had a beautiful end to the day<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today’s whale and dolphin watching tours in S\u00e3o Miguel were difficult to beat. 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