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\nToday we left the marina, it was grey and little bit more wind they expected but soon out on the see the sun came out and so the dolphins. We encountered a small group of common dolphins<\/a> that soon grew bigger and bigger and we had a fun time with them. In the group we also had a dolphin missing the yellow colour (see photo). Then we got the news that our lookout<\/a> had seen some disturbance in the water and we went to search for it but no luck. Then it was time to return but our captain decided: lets see the dolphins again! And we passed by and once again enjoyed their wonderful company. We also saw several great skuas<\/a> during the trip.<\/p>\n

In the afternoon we started with the common dolphins close to Ponta Delgada then continued further to the nortwest of the island where our lookout had spotted sperm whales at the beginning of the afternoon. It was a long ride, but it was well worth it, both for the beautiful coastal views and the sperm whales. We encountered a group of sperm whales, at least 4 of them together and a few more spread out. We got to see one up close as it approached our boat, and the tails of two others.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\nCommon dolphin with normal colouration<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nDark common dolphin<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nNormal and dark common dolphins together<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nCommon dolphins<\/i>
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\nG<\/span><\/span><\/span>reat Skua<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n

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\nG<\/span><\/span><\/span>reat Skua<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n

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\nG<\/span><\/span><\/span>reat Skua<\/span><\/i>
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\nSperm whale at the surface<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nSperm whale going on a deep dive<\/i><\/div>\n

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The west coast of S\u00e3o Miguel Island<\/span><\/i>
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Enjoying the views<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today we left the marina, it was grey and little bit more wind they expected but soon out…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15067,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[201,10,4,166,238,79,242],"yoast_head":"\nDolphins and sperm whales - 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\/dolphins-and-sperm-whales\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dolphins and sperm whales - Azores Whales\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Today we left the marina, it was grey and little bit more wind they expected but soon out…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/dolphins-and-sperm-whales\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Azores Whales\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-02-04T18:38:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-11-22T22:34:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_3665.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"427\" \/>\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\/dolphins-and-sperm-whales\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_3665.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_3665.png\",\"width\":640,\"height\":427},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/dolphins-and-sperm-whales\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/dolphins-and-sperm-whales\/\",\"name\":\"Dolphins and sperm whales - 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