{"id":140,"date":"2019-07-06T19:29:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-06T19:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/06\/a-nice-summer-day-with-300-spotted\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:39:45","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:39:45","slug":"a-nice-summer-day-with-300-spotted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/a-nice-summer-day-with-300-spotted\/","title":{"rendered":"A nice summer day with 300 spotted dolphins and well-known sperm whales!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The sea looked like a window, no wind and super sunny! We started off with a large pod of spotted dolphins<\/a><\/span> who visit us here in the summertime when the water is warm enough for them. They had lots of babies as well! As the water is around 20 degrees, it is ideal for their babies. We had some neonates as well, which are new-borns who still have the foetal folds. We had a pod of about 300 spotted dolphins. <\/span><\/span>
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Then we headed towards the sperm whales<\/a><\/span>, <\/span> and we managed to identify the social unit, we saw 3 sperm whales from the blue unit (Tonga, Lala, and Surfista), and one from the red unit (Diamond). <\/span><\/span>
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On our wat back, we suddenly found some
\n<\/span>common dolphins<\/a><\/span> sprinting as if they were striped dolphins! One of our other boats also managed to see the Risso\u2019s dolphins<\/a><\/span>, around 30 individuals who were jumping and socializing! <\/span><\/span>
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In the afternoon we started our trip with some bottlenose dolphins<\/a><\/span>. They were really active, socializing and bow riding and making all the children on board really happy. Our swimming with dolphins tour had even heard them make sounds like ducks! <\/span><\/span>
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Afterwards, we travelled a bit further offshore to find the sperm whales that we saw in the morning. This time, we just saw individuals from the red unit. All the individuals were different from the morning; left top, bear paw, and Orca with a calf. They were in a good mood, approaching the boat and showing their flukes! What an incredible day, yet again!<\/span><\/span>
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