{"id":491,"date":"2018-06-13T17:35:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-13T17:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/13\/pilot-whales-and-biggest-surprise\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:37:52","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:37:52","slug":"pilot-whales-and-biggest-surprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/pilot-whales-and-biggest-surprise\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilot whales and the biggest surprise"},"content":{"rendered":"

A good day here close to S\u00e3o Miguel Island, this morning we went
\nquite far from Ponta Delgada, but it didn’t matter because we saw a nice group
\nof pilot whales<\/a>. <\/span>
\n
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\n<\/a><\/p>\n

\nPilot whales and our zodiac<\/i><\/div>\n
\n
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\n<\/a><\/i><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nPilot whale<\/i><\/div>\n
\n
<\/i><\/div>\n
\n<\/a><\/i><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nPilot whales from our catamaran<\/i><\/div>\n


<\/span>
\nWhen we were coming back we spotted a big group of bottlenose dolphins<\/a> which were really playful, when we were leaving the area the dolphin
\nstarted to surf the waves of our catamaran doing amazing jumps.<\/span>
\n
<\/span>
\n
<\/span>
\n<\/a><\/p>\n

\nBottlenose jumping<\/i><\/div>\n
\n
<\/i><\/div>\n
\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nBottlenose jumping – part II<\/i><\/div>\n
\n
<\/i><\/div>\n
\n
<\/i><\/div>\n
\n<\/a><\/i><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nBottlenose with plastic on its tail<\/i><\/div>\n
\n
<\/i><\/div>\n
\n<\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\nIn the afternoon we were having a normal tour at the
\nbeginning seeing our resident species; the bottlenose dolphins,  then our
\nlookout sent us to an area where we got the biggest surprise… Yeah the
\nbiggest species of the world was there; a blue whale<\/a>!!  It was a big
\nsurprise because we were not expecting to see this whale in this period of the
\nyear, but dealing with nature is like that, you never know what we will
\nsee. <\/span><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

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

<\/p>\n

\nBlue whale<\/i><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

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

<\/p>\n

\nBlue whale blow<\/i><\/div>\n
\n
<\/i><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

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

<\/p>\n

\nLoggerhead turtle<\/i><\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

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

<\/p>\n

\nLoggerhead turtle<\/i><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n

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