{"id":1258,"date":"2015-06-26T17:01:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T17:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/26\/summer-whale-and-dolphin-watching\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:34:01","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:34:01","slug":"summer-whale-and-dolphin-watching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/summer-whale-and-dolphin-watching\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer whale and dolphin watching"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nIn we experienced a perfect Azorean summers day with barely a cloud in the sky and a flat and calm ocean. These are the perfect conditions for spotting and watching whales and dolphins as well as enjoying some beautiful views of the coastline of S\u00e3o Miguel Island. Out in the calm blue ocean we encountered both whales and dolphins in the morning and afternoon. We started with a small group of Risso’s dolphins<\/a> that were very calm. They were mostly old adults which are very white in colour, so we could see their bodies gliding through the clear water before they surfaced to breathe. Nearby our lookout had spotted two sperm whales<\/a> in the early morning, and not long after leaving the Rissos’s dophins the captain of our catamaran spotted the distinct blow of a sperm whale. Both whales were up in the same area and we could watch them for a while before they both went on a deep dive. Later during the morning tour we also encountered a small group of common dolphins<\/a> and our clients aboard also spotted several loggerhead turtles<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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\nIn the afternoon we headed straight out to a small group of bottlenose dolphins. The dolphins seemed to be socialising and grouping up together. After a few minutes of watching them we were suddenly surprised to see a sperm whale surface right in the middle of this dolphin group. Our lookout on land had spotted this sperm whale a bit earlier but we never expected it would surface right there. The dolphins and the whale seemed to be interacting together and rolling around at the surface. The biologists aboard were not really sure of exactly what kind of interaction it was so it will remain a mystery of nature. To finish our afternoon tour we met up with a group of about 100 striped dolphins<\/a>. This group had some really tiny newborn babies that were joyfully leaping alongside the larger adults.<\/p>\n

To see a video of the sperm whale with the dolphins from the afternoon click HERE<\/a>.
\nTo see an underwater video of the swimming with dolphins click HERE<\/a>.<\/div>\n

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

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\nRisso’s dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nRisso’s dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nRisso’s dolphin<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nOne of the sperm whales<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nA distant sperm whale fluke<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nThe second sperm whale<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nCommon dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nCommon dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nOne of our zodiac boats<\/i><\/div>\n

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

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\nBottlenose dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nA sperm whale surfacing amongs the bottlenose dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nThe sperm whale with a bottlenose dolphin surfacing in front of it<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nThe head of the sperm whale (notice the peeling skin – they get sunburned and shed skin just like us)<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nWatching the sperm whale from the front of our catamaran<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nStriped dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nA juvenile striped dolphin leaping<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nStriped dolphin mother and babies<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In we experienced a perfect Azorean summers day with barely a cloud in the sky and a flat…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13680,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[10,4,35,242,76,289,102],"yoast_head":"\nSummer whale and dolphin watching - 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\/summer-whale-and-dolphin-watching\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Summer whale and dolphin watching - Azores Whales\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In we experienced a perfect Azorean summers day with barely a cloud in the sky and a flat…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/summer-whale-and-dolphin-watching\/?lang=pt-pt\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Azores Whales\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-06-26T17:01:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-11-22T22:34:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0202-CC3B3pia-1.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\/summer-whale-and-dolphin-watching\/?lang=pt-pt#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0202-CC3B3pia-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/DSC_0202-CC3B3pia-1.png\",\"width\":640,\"height\":426},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/summer-whale-and-dolphin-watching\/?lang=pt-pt#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/summer-whale-and-dolphin-watching\/?lang=pt-pt\",\"name\":\"Summer whale and dolphin watching - 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