{"id":1358,"date":"2015-02-11T17:29:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T17:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/11\/false-killer-whales-off-sao-migue\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:33:13","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:33:13","slug":"false-killer-whales-off-sao-migue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/false-killer-whales-off-sao-migue\/","title":{"rendered":"False killer whales off S\u00e3o Miguel, Azores"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n<\/a>This morning we had a really fantastic whale and dolphin watching tour. In total we encountered 4 different cetacean species: sperm whale<\/a>, false killer whale<\/a>, bottlenose dolphin<\/a> and common dolphin<\/a>. The common and bottlenose dolphins were near Ponta Delgada, and beautiful as usual. The sperm whales were further out in much deeper water. We saw the blows of several whales, but we spent all our time with a very large male, waiting for him to dive. He never did show his tail, maybe he was resting, so after a while we left him to return inshore to see false killer whales. It was such a nice surprise to see that these amazing animals were still around since yesterday morning when we found them. Our false killer whale encounter was a really magical experience that we will not forget. As well as cetaceans we also came across 4 loggerhead turtles<\/a>, some krill<\/a> in the sperm whale area (a great sign that the baleen whales will be here shortly) and seabirds including ruddy turnstones<\/a> and a sanderling<\/a> on Vila Franca Islet. We really are blessed to have so much marine life here in the Azores. To make this morning even better the ocean was really calm and we enjoyed the warming sunshine without a cloud in the sky until our return to Ponta Delgada.<\/span>
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