{"id":124,"date":"2019-07-20T19:37:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-20T19:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/20\/sperm-whales-and-bottlenose-dolphins\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:39:50","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:39:50","slug":"sperm-whales-and-bottlenose-dolphins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/sperm-whales-and-bottlenose-dolphins\/","title":{"rendered":"Sperm whales and bottlenose dolphins jumping out from the water!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">On Saturday morning we went out to an area where our lookouts saw several individuals of&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/sperm-whale.html\" style=\"text-align: left;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">sperm whale<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;which dived at mid water.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1-2.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"445\" data-original-width=\"685\" height=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/1-2.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;\">We had to wait a little bit to see the first sperm whale, but then we realised that they were 6 close to the boat, and some in the distance.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2-2.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"389\" data-original-width=\"900\" height=\"276\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/2-2.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;\">One of them breached further away and one of the group of six answered breaching several times. After while they went for a dive and the adults showed us their tails.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/3-2.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"600\" data-original-width=\"900\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/3-2.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4-2.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"600\" data-original-width=\"900\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4-2.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\n<span style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">In the afternoon we met &#8220;Orca&#8221; again like in the morning but this time we saw her twice with a calf. So in total we saw her fluke three times and we also recognised Tonga, another sperm whale that belongs to our catalog of Sperm whales identified by photo-ID. We came across one individual surrounded by a plastic barrel&nbsp;and some plastics pieces. It was a really sad sight, but fortunately it wasn&#8217;t entangled. Suddenly one of our guests screamed&nbsp; &#8220;Dolphin! &#8221; and&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/bottlenose-dolphin.html\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bottlenose dolphin<\/a><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">s<\/span><span style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;arrived near to that sperm whale.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: justify;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5-3.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"600\" data-original-width=\"900\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5-3.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;We could see this dolphins very active,they were jumping splashing at people in the boat. One which jumped repeatedly had two remoras attached on its body.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"600\" data-original-width=\"900\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/7-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Bottlenose dolphin with remora<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/6-1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"600\" data-original-width=\"900\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/6-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/8-1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"600\" data-original-width=\"900\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/8-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/9-1-594x1024.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1330\" data-original-width=\"771\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/9-1-594x1024.jpg\" width=\"370\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Another fantastic day! 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