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\nToday we started with many dolphins to the east of Ponta Delgada in the morning and we ended with sperm whales<\/a> far to the west of S\u00e3o Miguel island. First, in the morning we encountered several groups of common dolphins<\/a> and bottlenose dolphins<\/a>. They are always delightful to see and made all our customers very happy. A few lucky people that went on one of our swimming with dolphins tour in the morning had the rare chance to see common dolphins travelling together with yellowfin tuna<\/a>. Not many are lucky enough to ever see this with their own eyes beneath the surface! For the people on another swimming boat that went out earlier they got to have an underwater encounter with a loggerhead turtle<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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\nIn the afternoon one of our vigias (onshore lookouts) did an excellent job of spotting a group of sperm whales<\/a> very far to the west, about 30 km off the coastline. It’s not easy work to spot whales so far away, but we have some very skilled vigias working with us! It took us a while to get to the area, but it was well worth the travelling over a calm ocean to finally reach a group of at least 5 or 6 sperm whales, including a calf. On our way back we also encountered a very active group of Atlantic spotted dolphins<\/a> that played in our bow waves for a while. And finally, we also spotted several flying fish<\/a> on the way back, not long before returning to Ponta Delgada.<\/div>\n
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\nLeaving early when the light is still morning light<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nSwimmers and bottlenose dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n


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

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

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\nA familiar bottlenose dolphin we know well from its broken top jaw<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nOur swimming boat pulling a large fishing net out of the water – this entangles marine life and is a big killer!<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nSperm whale logging at the surface<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nAnother sperm whale<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nPlayful Atlantic spotted dolphins leaping next to our boat<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nAtlantic spotted dolphin (juvenile) wave leaping<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nOne of our marine biologists describing our sightings<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nEnjoying the beautiful coastal views of S\u00e3o Miguel Island on the way back<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today we started with many dolphins to the east of Ponta Delgada in the morning and we ended…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[9,3,10,4,238,57,242,110,289],"yoast_head":"\nWe go the extra mile to see whales - 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\/we-go-extra-mile-to-see-whales\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"We go the extra mile to see whales - Azores Whales\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Today we started with many dolphins to the east of Ponta Delgada in the morning and we ended…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/we-go-extra-mile-to-see-whales\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Azores Whales\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-09-04T19:30:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-11-22T22:32:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Dd7.png\" \/>\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\/we-go-extra-mile-to-see-whales\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Dd7.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Dd7.png\",\"width\":640,\"height\":364},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/we-go-extra-mile-to-see-whales\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/we-go-extra-mile-to-see-whales\/\",\"name\":\"We go the extra mile to see whales - 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