{"id":1602,"date":"2014-04-10T15:08:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-10T15:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/10\/all-hail-blue-whale\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:31:30","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:31:30","slug":"all-hail-blue-whale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/all-hail-blue-whale\/","title":{"rendered":"All hail the blue whale!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nThis morning we had a visit from a huge blue whale<\/a> here close to Ponta Delgada in S\u00e3o Miguel, Azores!<\/div>\n
\nAll our clients aboard our zodiac and catamaran were lucky to be able to see the largest animal to have ever lived on earth, something that most people never have the chance to see in their lives. To make this encounter even more amazing, the whale was displaying some very interesting behaviour. The large whale of at least 25 m in length was very active at the surface. The whale was surfacing with a lot of force and creating huge splashes that could be seen from miles away. At times we recorded this whale travelling at speeds of 16 knots (about 30 km\/hr). No words can describe the excitement on our boats during this encounter. The whale was an individual we have not photographed here in S\u00e3o Miguel earlier, so we now have a new individual in our catalogue.<\/div>\n
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\nDuring this tour we also encountered two of our resident dolphin species: common dolphins<\/a> and a well known group of bottlenose dolphins<\/a>. The bottlenose dolphins were particularly good to watch this morning because they were very keen to bowride and also showed us some of their impressive high jumps. As a bonus, right near the bottlenose dolphins we encountered a large ocean sunfish<\/a> resting at the surface. The sunfish was even bigger than the one we saw and filmed underwater 2 days ago!<\/p>\n
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\nThe largest animal to ever live on planet earth<\/i><\/div>\n

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\n Blue whale surfacing in the waves<\/i><\/div>\n

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\n The jaw of the blue whale<\/i><\/div>\n
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\n Blue whale blow<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nBlue whale travelling past Logoa<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nBottlenose dolphins playing in the waves<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nCommon dolphin<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nSunfish (Mola mola) wavings its large dorsal fin in the air<\/i>
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\nSunfish (Mola mola) <\/i><\/div>\n

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\nOur zodiac today<\/i><\/div>\n


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