{"id":47557,"date":"2019-12-12T11:21:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T12:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/12\/sperm-whale-and-3-species-of-dolphins\/"},"modified":"2020-01-24T11:39:14","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T12:39:14","slug":"sperm-whale-and-3-species-of-dolphins-in-the-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/sperm-whale-and-3-species-of-dolphins-in-the-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"Sperm whale and 3 species of dolphins in the morning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This morning the sea was very calm, there weren’t any waves and just a light breeze. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We started our trip with a calm group of common dolphin, one of the resident species of the Azores. It was a small group travelling slowly very close to the boat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, we moved to another area, where there was a bigger group of another species of dolphin: the Atlantic spotted dolphin, a migratory species. They were jumping and approaching the boat. We also could see some babies in the group!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suddenly, very close to the area our lookouts spotted a bigger animal, a sperm whale that we know very well, Mister Liable. After looking for him for a while, we could see a giant dorsal hump followed by his blow. Earlier we tried listening for him with the help of the hydrophone but we couldn’t manage to hear any echolocation sounds. However, he went on a feeding dive, showing us his beautiful tail!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In our trip back to Ponta Delgada, another group of dolphins was waiting for us, Bottlenose dolphins which were hunting, socializing and jumping next to us. What a complete day! <\/p>\n\n\n\n