{"id":51955,"date":"2020-07-16T13:54:36","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T14:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?p=51955"},"modified":"2020-07-16T14:36:50","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T15:36:50","slug":"this-morning-the-sea-was-full-of-life-and-surprises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/this-morning-the-sea-was-full-of-life-and-surprises\/","title":{"rendered":"This morning the sea was full of life and surprises!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With a total of three species, we started our trip with resident species, a huge group of bottlenose dolphins! The group was full of babies, these animals live in groups, they were looking for fish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/baby-dolphin-bottlenose-futurismo.jpg\"><img width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/baby-dolphin-bottlenose-futurismo.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"51959\" class=\"wp-image-51959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/baby-dolphin-bottlenose-futurismo.jpg 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/baby-dolphin-bottlenose-futurismo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/baby-dolphin-bottlenose-futurismo-768x512.jpg 768w, 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src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/bottlenose-dolphins-futurismo.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"51965\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/bottlenose-dolphins-futurismo.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=51965\" class=\"wp-image-51965\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/bottlenose-dolphins-futurismo.jpg 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/bottlenose-dolphins-futurismo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/bottlenose-dolphins-futurismo-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/bottlenose-dolphins-futurismo-380x253.jpg 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/bottlenose-dolphins-futurismo-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/botllenose-dolphins-with-waves-futurismo.jpg\"><img width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/botllenose-dolphins-with-waves-futurismo.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"51963\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/botllenose-dolphins-with-waves-futurismo.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=51963\" class=\"wp-image-51963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/botllenose-dolphins-with-waves-futurismo.jpg 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/botllenose-dolphins-with-waves-futurismo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/botllenose-dolphins-with-waves-futurismo-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/botllenose-dolphins-with-waves-futurismo-380x253.jpg 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/botllenose-dolphins-with-waves-futurismo-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/group-of-bottlenose-dolphins-futurismo.jpg\"><img width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/group-of-bottlenose-dolphins-futurismo.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"51967\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/group-of-bottlenose-dolphins-futurismo.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=51967\" class=\"wp-image-51967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/group-of-bottlenose-dolphins-futurismo.jpg 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/group-of-bottlenose-dolphins-futurismo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/group-of-bottlenose-dolphins-futurismo-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/group-of-bottlenose-dolphins-futurismo-380x253.jpg 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/group-of-bottlenose-dolphins-futurismo-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After leaving the group, we found a lonely sperm whale resting on the surface, then, we were trying to look for more sperm whales but we found a bigger animal, a baleen whale. There were <a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2020\/07\/sei-whales-passing\/\">two sei whales<\/a>, a mother and its baby, and although they were quite shy, we could find the blows and see them very clearly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sei-whale-sao-miguel.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"51969\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sei-whale-sao-miguel.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=51969\" class=\"wp-image-51969\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sei-whale-sao-miguel.jpg 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sei-whale-sao-miguel-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sei-whale-sao-miguel-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sei-whale-sao-miguel-380x253.jpg 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sei-whale-sao-miguel-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Before returning to Ponta Delgada we found the last surprise, we saw another lonely sperm whale but suddenly, it started to appear a lot of them, there were around six <a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/sperm-whale\/\">sperm whales<\/a> close to our boat!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sperm-whales-near-shore.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"51975\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sperm-whales-near-shore.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=51975\" class=\"wp-image-51975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sperm-whales-near-shore.jpg 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sperm-whales-near-shore-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sperm-whales-near-shore-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sperm-whales-near-shore-380x253.jpg 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sperm-whales-near-shore-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sperm-whales-group.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"51973\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sperm-whales-group.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=51973\" class=\"wp-image-51973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sperm-whales-group.jpg 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sperm-whales-group-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sperm-whales-group-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sperm-whales-group-380x253.jpg 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/sperm-whales-group-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4-sperm-whales-futurismo.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"51971\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4-sperm-whales-futurismo.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=51971\" class=\"wp-image-51971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4-sperm-whales-futurismo.jpg 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4-sperm-whales-futurismo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4-sperm-whales-futurismo-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4-sperm-whales-futurismo-380x253.jpg 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/4-sperm-whales-futurismo-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 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