{"id":407,"date":"2018-08-31T18:15:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-31T18:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/31\/amazing-sightings-today\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:38:17","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:38:17","slug":"amazing-sightings-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/amazing-sightings-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazing sightings today!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: &quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">It looks like summer is<br \/>\ngetting to an end.. but with amazing sightings! <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: &quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">In the morning we<br \/>\nsighted very big groups of bottlenose dolphins and of common dolphins. Both<br \/>\nfull of babies! And after having the four seasons in half an hour (sun, wind,<br \/>\nwaves and heavy rain), we found the sperm whales with a huge sun shining in the<br \/>\nblue sky! <a href=\"https:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.com\/2018\/08\/more-sperm-whalessome-of-old-friends.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">It was the same group which we saw yesterday<\/a>!<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: &quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">In the afternoon, the<br \/>\nfour resident species in a fantastic tour. We started with common dolphins,<br \/>\nbottlenose (very active), and heading to the area of whales, we found Risso\u2019s<br \/>\ndolphins! So things we learned from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/acoreswhalewatching\/videos\/320246395377838\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rafa\u2019s presentation on Wednesday<\/a> were more<br \/>\nthan useful! <\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"background: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: &quot;Helvetica&quot;,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;\">After waiting for a<br \/>\nwhile, on the way back to Ponta Delgada, the sperm whales surprised us to<br \/>\nfinish this amazing afternoon. So good to be out at sea in days like today!<\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Photos by Mariana Silva<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1-27.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"512\" data-original-width=\"1024\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1-27.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>A family of bottlenose 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\/08\/2-28.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"512\" data-original-width=\"1024\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2-28.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>Watching bottlenose dolphin<\/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\/08\/3-27.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"512\" data-original-width=\"1024\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/3-27.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>Family of sperm whales<\/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\/08\/4-26.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"512\" data-original-width=\"1024\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/4-26.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>Sperm whales &#8220;Green Family&#8221;<\/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\/08\/5-18.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"512\" data-original-width=\"1024\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/5-18.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>Risso&#8217;s dolphin<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Photos by Laura Gonz\u00e1lez<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1-28.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"512\" data-original-width=\"1024\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/1-28.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>Common dolphin<\/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\/08\/2-29.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"512\" data-original-width=\"1024\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/2-29.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; color: #1d2129; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>Sperm whale spyhopping<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/4-27.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"512\" data-original-width=\"1024\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/4-27.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>Well marked dorsal fin sperm whale<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/3-28.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"512\" data-original-width=\"1024\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/3-28.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>Swimming with dolphins<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; 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