{"id":1759,"date":"2013-07-24T18:25:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T18:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/24\/whale-flukes-and-dolphins\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:30:31","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:30:31","slug":"whale-flukes-and-dolphins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/whale-flukes-and-dolphins\/","title":{"rendered":"Whale flukes and dolphins"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nSperm whales<\/a> and four species of dolphins accompanied us today on the sea. In the morning we waited long in an area of whales but we didn’t see them, but we had playful spotted dolphins<\/a> and common dolphins <\/a>mixed with striped dolphins<\/a>. In the afternoon we managed to see the sperm whales<\/a>, at one time we had at least six whales in the area, but we stayed closer to two of them that fluked nicely. We left the whales to see some dolphins but our skipper saw two more sperm whales<\/a> on the surface and we stayed and enjoyed their company before they fluked together (see video below). Then it was time to go to the dolphins, we started with very graceful bottlenose dolphins<\/a> and later on a group of common dolphins<\/a> feeding. <\/div>\n

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\nVideo of two sperm whales<\/a> fluking together, filmed by Ida Eriksson<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nPhotos from the morning: <\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
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\nSpotted dolphins<\/a>, juvenile (without spots) and an adult<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nAtlantic spotted dolphin mother and calf<\/em><\/div>\n

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\nWatching the spotted dolphins<\/em><\/div>\n

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\nA playful common dolphins<\/em><\/div>\n

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\nCommon dolphin swimming sideways to look up at us<\/em><\/div>\n

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\nA beautiful day aboard our catamaran<\/em><\/div>\n
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\nCommon dolphin<\/a> checking our catamaran “Cetus” and our clients<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nCommon dolphins – mother and calf<\/em><\/div>\n
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\nCory’s shearwater<\/a><\/div>\n

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\nA typical local fishing boat<\/em><\/div>\n
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\nLeaving our catamaran “Cetus” after a lovely morning on the water<\/em><\/div>\n
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\nBack at our shop explaining more about our sightings<\/em><\/div>\n
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\nPhotos from the afternoon:<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
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\n                                                 <\/b>   Sperm whale logging alongside calf<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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\n                                                               Sperm whale fluke with calf<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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\nAdult Sperm whale fluke<\/div>\n
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\nSperm whale<\/a> without dorsal fin<\/i><\/div>\n
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\n2 sperm whales fluking side by side<\/div>\n
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\nBottlenose dolphin<\/a> just before a jump<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nCommon dolphin leaping out of the waves<\/em><\/div>\n
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\nA common dolphin<\/a> in the wonderful Atlantic ocean<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nCommon dolphins with Vila Franca Islet behind<\/em><\/div>\n
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\nVila Franca Islet<\/em><\/div>\n
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\nGoldlines and seabream in Vila Franca Islet during our Full Day Tour<\/i>
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\nWatching the islet from our catamaran<\/em><\/div>\n

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\nAzorean buzzard flying over Vila Franca Islet<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sperm whales and four species of dolphins accompanied us today on the sea. 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