{"id":1552,"date":"2014-05-30T17:48:00","date_gmt":"2014-05-30T17:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/30\/humpback-whale-sperm-whale-fin-whale\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:31:50","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:31:50","slug":"humpback-whale-sperm-whale-fin-whale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/humpback-whale-sperm-whale-fin-whale\/","title":{"rendered":"Humpback whale, sperm whale, fin whale and dolphins"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nWe had a busy schedule today going from one species to the next. We started with a large male sperm whale<\/a> that gave us a marvelous fluke. While watching the sperm whale<\/a> we could see fin whales<\/a> further out, and while travelling towards the fin whales<\/a> we had the bottlenose dolphins<\/a> around. We started with one fin whale<\/a>, but we had more fin whales further out to see, all four of them together. The ocean was full of krill<\/a>; the food for the giants of the sea and we got a sample so that we can show everybody what the largest animals in the world feed on. To end the morning tour we encountered common dolphins<\/a> and a loggerhead turtle<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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\nIn the afternoon we had a juvenile humpback whale<\/a> close to the shore in an area where it was only about 50 m deep. The young whale was most likely feeding, as it was diving in an area full of krill <\/a>(again) and birds. There was also a lonely bottlenose dolphin<\/a> in this area. We had the luck to see the humpback whale<\/a> tail breach a few times; throwing its fluke high up in the air and slapping it down on the surface of the water. Once again, we finished the tour with common dolphins<\/a>.<\/div>\n

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\nMale sperm whale logging at the surface<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nSperm whale diving<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nOur zodiac with the guide Albert trying to film a curious fin whale underwater<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nTwo fin whales<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nTwo fin whales (one dorsal fin and one blow)<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nFin whale head, coming to breathe<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nBottlenose dolphin<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nRoseate tern<\/a> with a mackerel<\/a><\/i><\/div>\n
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\nOur biologist (and skipper) Albert taking krill<\/a> sample<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nAlbert showing a sample of krill<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nA swarm of krill<\/a> on the surface<\/i><\/div>\n

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Krill<\/a> – notice one jumping!<\/i><\/div>\n

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

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\nHumpback whale tail breaching<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nHumpback whale diving<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nNotice the white pectoral fin through the water<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nWatching the humpback whale from our catamaran<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nHumpback whale lobtailing again<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nCommon dolphin<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nCommon dolphins – calf surfacing next to its mother<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nTwo “dark” common dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nAboard Cetus <\/i><\/div>\n
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