{"id":389,"date":"2018-09-18T18:46:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-18T18:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/18\/we-had-summer-day-again-and-lot-of\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:38:24","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:38:24","slug":"we-had-summer-day-again-and-lot-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/we-had-summer-day-again-and-lot-of\/","title":{"rendered":"We had a summer day again and a lot of sightings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">As always, we have calm and good weather after the storm, which means for us an excellent sea day with many sightings.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">In Pico Island, we<br \/>\nstarted our tour by seeing a group of female sperm whales, we saw 4 and one of<br \/>\nthem with a calf, breastfeeding.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">Then with Pico Mountain behind and cloudless<br \/>\nsky, we saw a group of spotted dolphins with quite a few calves. And in the<br \/>\nend, we had one of our resident group of males risso&#8217;s dolphins.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">Photos by Rui Santos&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1-7-1024x576.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1-7-1024x576.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><b>Sperm whales and a calf<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2-7-1024x576.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2-7-1024x576.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"background-color: white; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><b>Spotted dolphins and Pico Mountain at the back<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/3-7-1024x576.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/3-7-1024x576.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><b>Risso dolphin<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">In S\u00e3o Miguel, we had a summer day again&#8230; and the<br \/>\nanimals are back again also!&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">We managed to see the same species in the morning<br \/>\nand afternoon. So today we traveled to east to find a large group of atlantic<br \/>\nspotted dolphins. They were very active and full of babies. Then, some meters<br \/>\nfrom the place where we were with the dolphins, several sperm whales appeared<br \/>\nand we could see a lot of tails! To finish the trips we stoped to see a group of curious<br \/>\ncommon dolphins.&nbsp; It was a great day on<br \/>\nthe ocean!<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">Photos by Carine Zimmermann<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1-8-1024x576.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1-8-1024x576.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>Fluking female sperm whale<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2-8-1024x576.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/2-8-1024x576.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>Two adults and two calves of Atlantic Spotted Dolphins<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/3-8-1024x576.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/3-8-1024x576.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>Young Sperm whale head out of the water<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/4-4-1024x576.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/4-4-1024x576.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>Atlantic Spotted Dolphins next to the boat<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As always, we have calm and good weather after the storm, which means for us an excellent sea&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[9,23,29,4,34,35,11,42],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.2 - 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