{"id":1821,"date":"2013-05-31T18:05:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-31T18:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/31\/sperm-whale-fin-whales-and-many-dolphins\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:30:08","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:30:08","slug":"sperm-whale-fin-whales-and-many-dolphins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/sperm-whale-fin-whales-and-many-dolphins\/","title":{"rendered":"Sperm whale, fin whales and many dolphins"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nToday we had another full day on the ocean. In the morning we encountered a couple of small groups of common dolphins<\/a> and then continued a bit further off the coastline to try to see a male sperm whale<\/a> that our vigia (onshore lookout)<\/a> had spotted. The whale was close to our base in Ponta Delgada and we did not have to wait long for him to return to the surface from one of his long deep feeding dives. The whale was “Mr Liable”, our most sighted and therefore most famous sperm whale in S\u00e3o Miguel Island. After our sperm whale encounter we had time to see the common dolphins better before heading back into base and a curious loggerhead turtle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Video of the loggerhead turtle this morning:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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\nThe afternoon started with a mixed pod of striped dolphins<\/a> and common dolphins (about 70 individuals, including many calves) <\/span>jumping in front the boat. We enjoyed the group for some minutes as they were bowriding. The next encounter <\/span>was 1 big<\/span> fin whale<\/a> (about 22 meters in length) with some common dolphins nearby. On the way back we saw another fin whale (smaller than the previous one).<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nPhotos from the morning:<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Mr Liable<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Loggerhead turtle<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Loggerhead turtle<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Photos from the afternoon:<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Common dolphin<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Common dolphin leaping in front of one of our boats<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Striped dolphins<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Fin whale<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Fin whale diving<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Whale watchers in the afternoon<\/i><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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