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\nToday we had many sperm whales<\/a> spread along the south coast of S\u00e3o Miguel island. We spent the morning not too far from Ponta Delgada with a very familiar group of sperm whales. We encountered some of the same individuals from yesterday, including the whales we call “Orca”, “Bear paw” and “Left tip”. We have encountered these whales many times over the past years so we have got to know them well, and they also seem recognise our boats. We got to see many tails from these whales, allowing us to take photos and identify the individuals from the unique marks they have on the underside of their tails. We also encountered common dolphins<\/a> in the morning (and our swimmers were with bottlenose dolphins<\/a>), but the dolphin highlight for this tour was an encounter with a very energetic and huge group of striped dolphins<\/a>. We tried to guess the group size and came to the conclusion there were about 500 dolphins! It was a dolphin stampede and all individuals were taking part in leaping out of the water in unison. We spotted many tiny newborn babies that were leaping just as high as the adults. It was a really energetic encounter that really got everyone aboard buzzing. <\/div>\n
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\nIn the afternoon we travelled further to the eastern part of the island to encounter sperm whales again. This time it was a different family group that were not so keen to show their tails. Our lookout<\/a> out on land who had spotted them for us let us know that they were going on frequent shallow dives without lifting their tails, even without the presence of boats. Nevertheless we did have some nice encounters with them for the time that they were at the surface and from afar we spotted a big sperm whale coming up with its head high out of the water. We also had some closer encounters with two sperm whales logging at the surface before they slipped back beneath the surface. We also encountered bottlenose dolphins and common dolphins in the afternoon, rounding off the tour nicely.<\/div>\n
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\nPhotos from the morning:<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
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\nWatching a sperm whale breathing at the surface<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nGoing on a deep dive<\/i><\/div>\n

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

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

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\nPhotos from the afternoon:<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
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\nBottlenose dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nOur swimming boat with bottlenose dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n

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

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\nOne of the sperm whales from the afternoon almost raising its tail out of the water<\/div>\n

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\nTail tip<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nWatching another sperm whale<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nSperm whale logging<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today we had many sperm whales spread along the south coast of S\u00e3o Miguel island. 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