{"id":414,"date":"2018-08-25T21:18:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-25T21:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/25\/whale-watching-in-azores\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:38:16","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:38:16","slug":"whale-watching-in-azores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/whale-watching-in-azores\/","title":{"rendered":"Whale watching in the Azores"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nIn Pico Island, we started with a male sperm whale<\/a> who was in a dive of about an hour. Then we went to see two female sperm
\nwhales. One of them we called “White head” and she was with a calf.
\nThen we went to see a group of Risso’s dolphins<\/a> socializing and we leave far
\naway from the shore to see pilot whales<\/a> that were more active than normal. And
\non the way back we found two different groups of spotted dolphins<\/a> with many
\nbabies. It was another beautiful day on Pico!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n


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\nPhotos by Rui Santos<\/span>
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\nPilot whales<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n

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\n“White head” sperm whale<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

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\nSpotted dolphins<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

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


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\nInstead of going along the coast like we did
\nlately we headed southwards to find Common Dolphins and Sperm Whales far away
\nfrom shore. With our hydrophone, we heard their clicks. This was leading us the
\nway and suddenly two of them appeared from the depths to swim synchronously
\nside by side. Some whale watchers also managed to see some Bottlenose dolphins<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\nOn our second tour, we encountered again Common Dolphins<\/a> on all our boats.  <\/span>Some could
\nenjoy two groups like from our Catamaran where we could observe their
\nbeautifully designed colorful bodies leaping over the waves and some calves as
\nwell. One zodiac was at the right time at the right place to witness how
\nSowerby\u2019s Beaked whales<\/a> breach. What a show! The ocean is always good for nice
\nsurprises and you never know what you\u2019re going to see.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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\nPhotos by Laura Gonz\u00e1lez<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
\nZodiac boat<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
\nSperm whale<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
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\nCommon dolphins feeding with Cory’s shearwaters<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
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\nBottlenose dolphin<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
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\nPhotos by Rafael Martins <\/span><\/div>\n
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\nSowerby’s beaked whale breaching <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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\nCommon tern stopping in our boat<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n

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