{"id":371,"date":"2018-10-10T10:52:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T10:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/10\/whale-watching-statistics-in-pico\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:38:32","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:38:32","slug":"whale-watching-statistics-in-pico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/whale-watching-statistics-in-pico\/","title":{"rendered":"Whale watching statistics in Pico Island: summer 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nAn excellent summer in Pico, we had many days with good weather, we saw a <\/span>total of 14 species, with an average of 4 sightings per trip. We observed sperm whales almost every day we went out to the sea. To be more <\/span>precise 92% of this days. But the most frequently observed species were <\/span>the risso\u2019s dolphin in (94% of the days).<\/span><\/p>\n

During the summer, the Atlantic spotted dolphins are sighted very frequently (80% of the trips), even more often than the most common species in the rest of the year, the common dolphins (with 55% of the times).<\/span>
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<\/span> We also saw many species we rarely see during the rest of <\/span>the year, such as pilot whales with 42% or sowerby beaked whales with 33%.<\/span>
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<\/span> Note that this summer was special regarding the sightings of <\/span>sei whales, observed in 34% of the days we spent in the sea.<\/span>
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<\/span> It was also sighted in more than 30% of our trips two other species of <\/span>dolphins, bottlenose dolphins with 45%, and with 47% striped dolphins.<\/span>
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<\/span> Other 5 species were sighted, 3% pygmy sperm whale, 2% bryde whale, 2% <\/span>minke whale, and 13% of beaked whale (we couldn\u2019t identify the species).<\/span>
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<\/span>By Rui Santos<\/span><\/p>\n

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