{"id":1205,"date":"2015-08-18T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/18\/9-whale-and-dolphin-species-in-one-day\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:34:17","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:34:17","slug":"9-whale-and-dolphin-species-in-one-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/9-whale-and-dolphin-species-in-one-day\/","title":{"rendered":"9 whale and dolphin species in one day!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nToday we made a new record – we encountered 9 different whale and dolphin species throughout the day. 7 different species in the morning and 6 in the afternoon (some from the afternoon were re-encounters to make a total of 9 different species during the day. We also encountered 7 sicklefin devil rays<\/a> in the afternoon – what an amazing day!<\/div>\n
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\nHere’s the list for the morning: a fin whale<\/a>, Blainville’s beaked whales<\/a>, northern bottlenose whales<\/a> (a quick encounter for our full day clients), striped dolphins<\/a>, Risso’s dolphins<\/a>, common dolphins<\/a> and bottlenose dolphins<\/a> (our swimming clients were with the bottlenose dolphins). <\/div>\n
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\nAnd the list for the afternoon: sperm whales<\/a> (including a big male), Blainville’s beaked whales, Risso’s dolphins, common dolphins, Atlantic spotted dolphins<\/a> and bottlenose dolphins (once again the swimmers were with the bottlenose dolphins). Not to forget in the afternoon our whale watching clients also encountered the 7 sicklefin devil rays. <\/div>\n
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\nThis is the best kind of day that you can have out on the ocean and it’s a nice reminder of why the Azores is one of the top 5 destinations for whale and dolphin watching all throughout the year. 27 different whale and dolphin species have been registered in these waters, that’s about a third of the World’s species! <\/div>\n
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\nPhotos from the morning:<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
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\nFin whale<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nFin whale blow<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nBlainville’s beaked whale – notice the beak and behind the prominent arched jaws of this mature male<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nBlainville’s beaked whale<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nStriped dolphins in their typical way of travelling<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nStriped dolphins racing with Cory’s shearwaters flying overhead<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nWatching the striped dolphins from our catamaran<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nJuvenile tern flying alongside us<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nOne of our whale watching boats<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nPhotos from the afternoon:<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
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\nApproaching a sperm whale<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nLarge male sperm whale with a very prominent head (this is typical of the males)<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nMale sperm whale diving<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nRisso’s dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nRisso’s dolphins going on a dive<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nBlainville’s beaked whale<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nAtlantic spotted dolphin bowriding in the crystal clear Azorean waters<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nAtlantic spotted dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today we made a new record – we encountered 9 different whale and dolphin species throughout the day.…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[9,77,3,10,27,118,35,242,76],"yoast_head":"\n9 whale and dolphin species in one day! - 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\/9-whale-and-dolphin-species-in-one-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"9 whale and dolphin species in one day! - Azores Whales\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Today we made a new record – we encountered 9 different whale and dolphin species throughout the day.…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/9-whale-and-dolphin-species-in-one-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Azores Whales\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-08-18T22:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-11-22T22:34:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSC_0455-CC3B3pia.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"426\" \/>\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=\"2 minutes\">\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\/9-whale-and-dolphin-species-in-one-day\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSC_0455-CC3B3pia.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/DSC_0455-CC3B3pia.png\",\"width\":640,\"height\":426},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/9-whale-and-dolphin-species-in-one-day\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/9-whale-and-dolphin-species-in-one-day\/\",\"name\":\"9 whale and dolphin species in one day! 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