{"id":1622,"date":"2014-03-05T17:18:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-05T17:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2014\/03\/05\/a-day-with-male-sperm-whale\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:31:23","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:31:23","slug":"a-day-with-male-sperm-whale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/a-day-with-male-sperm-whale\/","title":{"rendered":"A day with a male sperm whale"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nThis morning our vigia (onshore lookout) <\/a>found us a baleen whale and a sperm whale<\/a> off the coast of S\u00e3o Miguel island. We went for the sperm whale which ended up being a male. He was alone in the area, something which is typical of adult male sperm whales. Surprisingly he was doing short dives, so we were able to see this whale dive 4 times during the morning. On our way back into Ponta Delgada we encountered a nice group of about 30 bottlenose dolphins<\/a> who were travelling and diving together in a nice tight group. Other marine life sighted this morning includes a small loggerhead turtle<\/a>, Portuguese man-o-war<\/a> and plenty of seabirds.<\/div>\n

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\nSperm whale coming up to breathe<\/div>\n

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\nThe bump on the right side is the back of the head. This large bump is typical of mature male sperm whales<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nPreparing to dive<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nThird time this male fluked for us<\/i><\/div>\n
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\n Own boat Alfredo baleeiro<\/i><\/div>\n

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\n Maite with the clients from today<\/i><\/div>\n

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\n Black-legged kittiwake<\/a><\/i><\/div>\n
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\nOur biologist Miranda taking photos<\/i><\/div>\n

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\n A botlenose dolphin in front of Alfredo baleeiro<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nAlfredo baleeiro boat with the crew<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nLoggerhead turtle<\/div>\n
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\nBottlenose dolphin close up<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nBottlenose dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nPortuguese man-o-war<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nVideos of the bottlenose dolphins<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

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