{"id":1300,"date":"2015-05-10T20:30:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-10T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2015\/05\/10\/whales-dolphins-turtles-and-sunfis\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:33:28","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:33:28","slug":"whales-dolphins-turtles-and-sunfis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/whales-dolphins-turtles-and-sunfis\/","title":{"rendered":"Whales, dolphins, turtles and a sunfish"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nToday, we had a beautiful morning out there
\nwith whales and dolphins. The day started with a calm see and close to the
\nshore we could encounter a group of common dolphins<\/a>, one of our resident
\nspecies. In the pod, there were many juveniles and babies surfing the waves and
\ncoming very close to the boats, showing up their beautiful hourglass pattern on
\ntheir sides. After a while, our look-out spotted fin whales<\/a>, far away off Ribeira das Tainhas, which is one of our migratory baleen whale species that are
\npassing by Azores this months. In the beginning,
\nwe could spot only two whales but almost at the end of the encounter we could
\ncount 4 whales in the area. They were travelling fast, appearing few times in
\nthe surface to breathe but we could manage to see them properly. From the catamaran we saw probably a different group of whales, 2 adults and 1 juvenile. So we had more whales out there then we first thought. <\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\nIn the afternoon, we did not resight the whales but we had a beautiful time with both bottlenose dolphins<\/a> and common dolphins<\/a>. The bottlenose dolphins<\/a> were closer to the coastline and very curious, bowriding and looking up, making eye contact with us aboard. Leaving the bottlenose dolphins our clients were seeing something strange in the water and it turned out to be an ocean sunfish<\/a> (Mola mola<\/i> or moonfish as most people know it). If you have never seen one before they look very peculiar. It was lying by the surface basking in the sun and after a while it turned right and started swimming lazy away. We left the fish to go to an area were the fishermen had seen a whale during lunch hour but we could not see any whales, instead we saw a group of common dolphins<\/a> with new borns. Some babies no more then a week old, maybe just days. And we could spot a few loggerhead turtles<\/a> to.<\/p>\n

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

\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nWatching playful common dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nCommon dolphin<\/i><\/div>\n

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

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\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nFin whale blow<\/i><\/div>\n

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\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nFin whale diving<\/i><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n

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

\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nCurious bottlenose dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nJust made eye-contact<\/i><\/div>\n
\n
<\/i><\/div>\n
\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nHanging out close to shore<\/i><\/div>\n

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\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nOcean sunfish (on its side)<\/i><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nOcean sunfish (up right)<\/i><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nOcean sunfish (dorsal fin)<\/i><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nOcean sunfish (you can see its entire body, mouth and eye)<\/i><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nCommon dolphin<\/i><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nMother and new born baby<\/i><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\n“Lets race Cetus! Lets race! I win I win I win”<\/i><\/div>\n
\n– the dolphin said<\/i>
\n
<\/i><\/p>\n
\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nLoggerhead turtle – this one just didn’t want to come up to say hello<\/i><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n<\/a><\/div>\n

Out on our zodiac boat<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today, we had a beautiful morning out there with whales and dolphins. 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