{"id":1071,"date":"2016-03-30T17:49:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-30T17:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/30\/a-full-day-of-fun-with-whales-and\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:34:56","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:34:56","slug":"a-full-day-of-fun-with-whales-and","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/a-full-day-of-fun-with-whales-and\/","title":{"rendered":"A full day of fun with whales and dolphins"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nToday was a full day, with 4 of our boats going out in the morning and afternoon, and even a third tour for some which is currently underway. It’s great to be so busy again as we are now in full swing, right in the middle of the baleen whale season. Today’s sightings showed that this is the best time of the year to see whales in the Azores. During both the morning and afternoon tours we encountered fin whales<\/a>, 3 of them in fact! From one of our boats we also had a very brief but close encounter with a minke whale<\/a>, the first of the year (no photos sorry, it surprised us while we were travelling and we never saw it again). As for dolphins, during the morning some of us encountered a small group of bottlenose dolphins<\/a> (a well known group we refer to as “Bubblemaker’s group”) and in the afternoon we all re-encountered them very close to shore. We also had some loggerhead turtle<\/a> encounters during the day and in the afternoon clients aboard one of our zodiac boats had the chance to witness conservation in action as we removed a piece of plastic rubbish from the ocean that a turtle was approaching (a big threat to them as they often swallow this plastic). What a day!<\/p>\n

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\nDuring our third tour we took off to an area of whales right away but it was not easy to get there as dolphins kept distracting us. First common dolphins<\/a> and later on Risso’s dolphins<\/a>. A nice delay. We needed patience with the fin whales<\/a> but as soon as we were with them it turned magical, three fin whales close to us so we could really appreciate their size. But also by seeing the blows in the distance you will get amazed by the power and size. So, whales from 09:00 until 19:00 today and five species throughout the day. <\/div>\n

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\nFin whale making a rainbow blow<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nGoing out aboard our boat “Song of whales”<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nOne of the 3 fin whales from the morning tour<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nFin whale surfacing<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nWatching bottlenose dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nA great bottlenose dolphin encounter<\/i><\/p>\n
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\nMorning turtle<\/i><\/div>\n

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Photos from the afternoon:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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\nOne of our zodiac boats leaving Ponta Delgada<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nOur other two zodicas<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nWaiting for the bottlenose dolphins to surface<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nThe bottlenose dolphins were very close to shore in the afternoon<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nFin whales – we saw 3 again!<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nFin whale blow<\/i><\/div>\n

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\n2 of the fin whales (the 3rd surfaced just behind)<\/i><\/div>\n
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\n Beautiful fin whale head<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nA loggerhead turtle swimming towards plastic rubbish<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nWe removed the plastic from the ocean, leaving the turtle swimming free without the threat<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nPhotos from the third tour:<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nTwo fin whales<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nThe third one<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nFin whale<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nFin whale<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nEnjoying the sunset on the way back<\/i><\/div>\n

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