{"id":507,"date":"2018-05-30T18:21:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T18:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/30\/a-juvenile-sperm-whale-and-lot-of\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:37:47","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:37:47","slug":"a-juvenile-sperm-whale-and-lot-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/a-juvenile-sperm-whale-and-lot-of\/","title":{"rendered":"A juvenile Sperm whale and a lot of dolphins in our tours in S\u00e3o Miguel and Pico Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">In S\u00e3o Miguel Island, we started the day with some waves, some wind and some<br \/>\nclowds but well, we are in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean so it is not always<br \/>\nperfect weather conditions.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">In the morning we saw botllenose dolphins, a very<br \/>\nbig group spread in a very big area. We continue our tour towards south because<br \/>\nour lookout spoted a spout of a whale, unfortunately&nbsp;we didn&#8217;t found any<br \/>\nwhale but a pod of <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/common-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">common dolphins<\/a> showed up very close to our boat.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1-26-1024x576.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\/05\/1-26-1024x576.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 dolphin<\/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\/05\/2-26-1024x576.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\/05\/2-26-1024x576.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>Watching dolphins<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">In the afternoon we started again with a pod of <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/bottlenose-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bottlenose dolphins<\/a> but this time they were a very small pod with only babies and<br \/>\njuveniles so they were always keeping the distance from the boats.&nbsp;Sometimes dolphins<br \/>\ncan be a little bit more protective when they have young ones in the group.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">To end the day in the best way we were still able to see a juvenile sperm whale showing the tail&nbsp;although the weather conditions.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/4-24-1024x576.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\/05\/4-24-1024x576.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>Juvenile sperm whale<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/3-27-1024x576.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\/05\/3-27-1024x576.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><b>Sperm whale tail&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">In Pico Island, the wavy sea was perfect for Common and Bottlenose dolphins! They love surfing the waves ? During our tour in Pico we also saw a male <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/sperm-whale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sperm whale<\/a> showing us his tail.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/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\/05\/2-27-1024x576.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\/05\/2-27-1024x576.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: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><b>Male Sperm whale tail<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/4-25-1024x576.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\/05\/4-25-1024x576.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: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><b>Common dolphins surfing&nbsp;<\/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\/05\/5-19-1024x576.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\/05\/5-19-1024x576.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: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">Bottlenose dolphin surfing<\/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\/05\/6-12-1024x576.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\/05\/6-12-1024x576.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: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">Bottlenose dolphin<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In S\u00e3o Miguel Island, we started the day with some waves, some wind and some clowds but well,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[3,10,4,248,11,36],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.2 - 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