{"id":413,"date":"2018-08-26T19:27:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-26T19:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/26\/great-encounters-with-sperm-whales\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:38:16","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:38:16","slug":"great-encounters-with-sperm-whales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/great-encounters-with-sperm-whales\/","title":{"rendered":"Great encounters with Sperm whales, pilot whales and lot of dolphins"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nToday we had some
\nreally great encounters with our resident sperm whales and bottlenose dolphins.
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\n<\/div>\n
\nThe sperm whales<\/a> were
\nsocializing throughout the day and we could see a group of at least 20
\nindividuals both in the morning and in the afternoon. There were many juveniles
\nin the group, and even some calves, including a newborn. We could see some
\nreally interesting behaviors like them rolling around in the water, showing
\ntail tips and raising their heads out of the water (spy-hopping). <\/span><\/div>\n
\n
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\nIn the afternoon some of us were even lucky enough to see a juvenile sperm whale jumping out of the water (breaching) several times. <\/span><\/div>\n
\n
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\nPhotos by Laura Gonz\u00e1lez<\/span>
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\n<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
\n
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\nSperm whale breaching <\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
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\n<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nSperm whale breaching <\/b><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nSperm whales were socializing <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nThe bottlenose dolphins<\/a>
\nwere also very social today, as they often are. We had a nice group that was
\noften approaching our boat and our swimmers got to enjoy them underwater too.<\/span><\/div>\n

\nPhotos by Rafael Martins<\/span>
\n
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\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nBotllenose dolphin<\/b><\/div>\n

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\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nBotllenose dolphin<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

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\n<\/a><\/div>\n

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\nBotllenose dolphins jumping<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

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\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nSwimming with Botllenose dolphins<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

\n
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\n<\/p>\n

\nIn Pico
\nIsland, it was a very interesting day. The sea continues fantastic. <\/span><\/span>
\n
<\/span><\/span>
\nWe started
\nthe day in the best way with a male sperm whale showing his high tail. Then we
\nwent to see a group of common dolphins<\/a>, who really liked our presence. <\/span><\/span>
\n
<\/span><\/span>
\nThen we
\nwent back to try to see the sperm whale again. And one hour and 15 minutes
\nafter, we could see him to the surface. <\/span><\/span>
\n
<\/span><\/span>
\nReturning home we had a group of Risso’s dolphins<\/a>. <\/span><\/span>
\n
<\/span><\/span>
\nIn the afternoon we had with a group of pilot whales<\/a> that had several
\ncalves that showed themselves very well. And the high point of the afternoon it
\nwas a group of several males of Sowerby’s beaked whales<\/a>. It was possible to see
\nthe only two teeth the males have.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\nPhotos by Rui Santos<\/span><\/span><\/span>
\n
<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nSowerby’s beaked whale<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nSperm whale tail<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

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\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nPilot whales<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

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\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\n
<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
\nRisso’s dolphins<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

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\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nCommon dolphin<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
\n
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