{"id":458,"date":"2018-07-13T19:05:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T19:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/13\/breaching-sperm-whales-and-dolphins\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:38:02","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:38:02","slug":"breaching-sperm-whales-and-dolphins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/breaching-sperm-whales-and-dolphins\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaching Sperm whales and dolphins"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Today it has been a salty day, but full of animals on our tours! <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/bottlenose-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bottlenose dolphins<\/a> were sighted very close to the shore, less than 100m from land! We have seen as well a big group of <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/atlantic-spotted-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Atlantic spotted<\/a>, also with babies. <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/pilot-whale-spp.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pilot whales<\/a> were calm and nice around our boat, with some big animals within the group. And sperm whales were&#8230; simply amazing! Have a look at the great <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/sperm-whale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sperm whale<\/a> breaching \ud83d\ude09 Come and join us on our next trips!!!<\/span><span style=\"color: #134f5c; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\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\/07\/breaching_sperm_whale.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"540\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/breaching_sperm_whale.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b><i>Sperm whale breaching<\/i><\/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\/07\/Corys_shearwater.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"532\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Corys_shearwater.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<b style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><i>Cory&#8217;s shearwater<\/i><\/b><\/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\/07\/pilot_whalre.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"532\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/pilot_whalre.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b><i>Pilot whale<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/sperm_whale_family.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"448\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"358\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/sperm_whale_family.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b><i>Sperm whales<\/i><\/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\/07\/spy_hop_sperm_whales.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"452\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/spy_hop_sperm_whales.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b><i>Sperm whale &#8211;&nbsp;spyhopping<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b><i><br \/><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Bottlenose-dolphin-with-plastic.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"533\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Bottlenose-dolphin-with-plastic.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b><i>Bottlenose dolphin with plastic<\/i><\/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\/07\/Bottlenose-dolphin.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"533\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Bottlenose-dolphin.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<b style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><i>Bottlenose dolphins&nbsp;<\/i><\/b><\/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\/07\/Bottlenose-dolphins.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"534\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Bottlenose-dolphins.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<b style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><i>Bottlenose dolphins&nbsp;<\/i><\/b><\/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\/07\/sea-adventure.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"534\" data-original-width=\"800\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/sea-adventure.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b><i><br \/><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<b style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><i>Sea adventure<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today it has been a salty day, but full of animals on our tours! 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