{"id":500,"date":"2018-06-07T09:46:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-07T09:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/07\/sperm-blue-and-fin-whales-and-two\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:37:49","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:37:49","slug":"sperm-blue-and-fin-whales-and-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/sperm-blue-and-fin-whales-and-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Sperm, Blue and Fin whales and two dolphin species"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Despite the bad weather in S\u00e3o Miguel Island, we had in the morning that forced us to cancel the morning tour, the afternoon was amazing. We encountered four species of cetaceans!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">We started our journey with two <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.com\/2007\/01\/blue-whale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">blue whales<\/a>, a mother with a calf; followed by a <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/fin-whale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fin whale<\/a> that was encountered from the boat when we were heading the <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/bottlenose-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bottlenose dolphins<\/a>; once we arrived in the area\u2026 sperm whales appeared!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">We spend also some time with the dolphins, that was, by the way, a giant group with more than 200 dolphins over there; and to finish we saw another <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/sperm-whale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sperm whale<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">In Pico Island we encountered two resident species. Sperm whales and <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/common-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Common dolphins<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/4-2-1024x576.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/4-2-1024x576.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>Sperm whale tail&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1-3-1024x576.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/1-3-1024x576.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Common dolphins<\/span><\/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\/06\/2-3-1024x576.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/2-3-1024x576.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<b><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Sperm whale dorsal<\/span><\/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\/06\/3-3-1024x576.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/3-3-1024x576.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>Common dolphins<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Despite the bad weather in S\u00e3o Miguel Island, we had in the morning that forced us to cancel&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[143,3,10,27,4,11,12],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.2 - 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