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\nThis morning’s whale and dolphin watching tour was like an incredible wild show, as we got to see some really incredible behaviours and displays. In the beginning of the morning we encountered some common dolphins<\/a> leaping high out of the water. As we approached we could see they were chasing small fish, probably mackerel<\/a>. Both the fish and the dolphins were leaping out of the water, making photography difficult, but giving us a nice look at the dolphins having their breakfast. Next our coastal lookout guided us further along the island and out to deep water where he had spotted a group of sperm whales<\/a>. Not long after we arrived to the area we spotted a whale breaching (leaping out of the water) out in the distance. The show continued as we made our way over to the sperm whale who did some more full-body breaches followed by many lobtails (slapping its tail on the surface of the water). We were in luck as the whale continued lobtailing as we got closer, throwing its tail high in the air and bringing it down with a lot of force. It was really exhilirating! Nothing compares to such a magnificent show from one of the largest animals in the world. Along the way back we briefly enjoyed the company of some more common dolphins as well as a few seabirds that we spotted for bird enthusiasts aboard.<\/div>\n
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\n The lobtailing sperm whale as we approached it from a distance<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nOld dark skin peeling off after all the breaching and lobtailing<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nMore patches of peeling skin along the body<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nThe same sperm whale, in the end calmly logging at the surface<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nCommon dolphin leaping after a fish (not so easy to photograph today)<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nBlack-legged kittiwake<\/a> – a winter visitor<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This morning’s whale and dolphin watching tour was like an incredible wild show, as we got to see…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15085,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[10,4,79,242,254],"yoast_head":"\nWild whale and dolphin show - Azores Whales<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wild-whale-and-dolphin-show\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wild whale and dolphin show - Azores Whales\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This morning’s whale and dolphin watching tour was like an incredible wild show, as we got to see…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wild-whale-and-dolphin-show\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Azores Whales\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-02-05T16:34:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-11-22T22:34:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC_0826-CC3B3pia.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"133\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\">\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Azores Whales\",\"description\":\"Azores Whale Watching Blog\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wild-whale-and-dolphin-show\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC_0826-CC3B3pia.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/DSC_0826-CC3B3pia.png\",\"width\":200,\"height\":133},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wild-whale-and-dolphin-show\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wild-whale-and-dolphin-show\/\",\"name\":\"Wild whale and dolphin show - 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