{"id":53384,"date":"2020-08-20T12:31:27","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T13:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?p=53384"},"modified":"2020-08-20T15:00:57","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T16:00:57","slug":"sperm-whale-mr-liable-and-active-common-dolphins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/sperm-whale-mr-liable-and-active-common-dolphins\/","title":{"rendered":"Sperm whale Mr Liable, active common dolphins and a turtle!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What a day today! We&#8217;re extremely happy because after quite many days we finally saw our beloved resident sperm whale male &#8211; Mr. Liable! We didn&#8217;t just saw him&#8230; it breached right next to one of the zodiacs!!!<\/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\/08\/15-7.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"53453\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/15-7.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/sperm-whale-mr-liable-and-active-common-dolphins\/15-7-2\/\" class=\"wp-image-53453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/15-7.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/15-7-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/15-7-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/15-7-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/15-7-800x533.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\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\/08\/4-7.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"53417\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=53417\" class=\"wp-image-53417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4-7.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4-7-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4-7-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4-7-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/4-7-800x533.png 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\/08\/6-8.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"53419\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/6-8.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=53419\" class=\"wp-image-53419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/6-8.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/6-8-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/6-8-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/6-8-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/6-8-800x533.png 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\/08\/8-9.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"53421\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/8-9.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=53421\" class=\"wp-image-53421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/8-9.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/8-9-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/8-9-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/8-9-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/8-9-800x533.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But let&#8217;s start from the beginning. We started our catamaran trip with a pod of feeding common dolphins together with Cory&#8217;s shearwaters, but our lookouts informed us about a male sperm whale waiting for us so we didn&#8217;t stop for long.<\/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\/08\/1-1-683x1024.png\"><img width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1-1-683x1024.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"53399\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=53399\" class=\"wp-image-53399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1-1-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1-1-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1-1-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1-1-380x570.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/1-1.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2-1-683x1024.png\"><img width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2-1-683x1024.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"53401\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=53401\" class=\"wp-image-53401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2-1-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2-1-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2-1-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2-1-380x570.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2-1.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/10-9.png\"><img width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/10-9.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"53413\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=53413\" class=\"wp-image-53413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/10-9.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/10-9-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/10-9-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/10-9-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/10-9-800x533.png 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\/08\/9-8.png\"><img width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/9-8.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"53411\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=53411\" class=\"wp-image-53411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/9-8.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/9-8-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/9-8-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/9-8-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/9-8-800x533.png 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\/08\/13-8.png\"><img width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/13-8.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"53415\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=53415\" class=\"wp-image-53415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/13-8.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/13-8-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/13-8-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/13-8-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/13-8-800x533.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When we arrived to the whale, after some time of observing it calmly breathing in the surface, we saw its huge tail which we instantly recognized! It was <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/acoreswhalewatching\/videos\/2263395310368017\" target=\"_blank\">Mr. Liable, our good friend<\/a> which is already known in the Azores for around 20 years!<\/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\/08\/whale-watching-1-1.png\"><img width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/whale-watching-1-1.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"53403\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=53403\" class=\"wp-image-53403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/whale-watching-1-1.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/whale-watching-1-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/whale-watching-1-1-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/whale-watching-1-1-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/whale-watching-1-1-800x533.png 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\/08\/whale-watching-2-1.png\"><img width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/whale-watching-2-1.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"53405\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=53405\" class=\"wp-image-53405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/whale-watching-2-1.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/whale-watching-2-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/whale-watching-2-1-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/whale-watching-2-1-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/whale-watching-2-1-800x533.png 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\/08\/12-8.png\"><img width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/12-8.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"53407\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=53407\" class=\"wp-image-53407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/12-8.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/12-8-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/12-8-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/12-8-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/12-8-800x533.png 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\/08\/14-7.png\"><img width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/14-7.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"53409\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=53409\" class=\"wp-image-53409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/14-7.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/14-7-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/14-7-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/14-7-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/14-7-800x533.png 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\/08\/7-6.png\"><img width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7-6.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"53425\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=53425\" class=\"wp-image-53425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7-6.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7-6-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7-6-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7-6-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/7-6-800x533.png 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\/08\/16-6.png\"><img width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/16-6.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"53457\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/16-6.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/sperm-whale-mr-liable-and-active-common-dolphins\/16-6-3\/\" class=\"wp-image-53457\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/16-6.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/16-6-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/16-6-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/16-6-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/16-6-800x533.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Everybody was cheering with excitement when they saw this spectacular animal lifting its tail before a deep dive to search for squid. The zodiac boat was even luckier &#8211; Mr. Liable jumped out of the water right next to it!!! This particular sperm whale has been known to us for such a long time but we have never seen it breach from a boat &#8211; how lucky we were today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After saying goodbye to the whale, we got back to the common dolphin pod, which was even bigger now &#8211; there were plenty of dolphins with babies, and all of them together with hundreds of Cory&#8217;s shearwaters were on a real feeding frenzy! We saw many jumps, and right before we started heading back some of the dolphins formed a line right in front of our boat and started traveling really fast all together &#8211; that was a truly impressive sight!<\/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\/08\/17-6.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"53459\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/17-6.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/sperm-whale-mr-liable-and-active-common-dolphins\/17-6-2\/\" class=\"wp-image-53459\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/17-6.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/17-6-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/17-6-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/17-6-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/17-6-800x533.png 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\/08\/18-8.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"53461\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/18-8.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/sperm-whale-mr-liable-and-active-common-dolphins\/18-8-2\/\" class=\"wp-image-53461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/18-8.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/18-8-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/18-8-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/18-8-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/18-8-800x533.png 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\/08\/5-8.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"53441\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/sperm-whale-mr-liable-and-active-common-dolphins\/5-8-18\/\" class=\"wp-image-53441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/5-8.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/5-8-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/5-8-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/5-8-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/5-8-800x533.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As if it wasn&#8217;t enough, after that we also saw a <a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/caretta-caretta-loggerhead-turtle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">loggerhead turtle<\/a>! It was gently swimming in front of our boat, sticking out its head once in a while to breathe in some air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/11-7.png\"><img width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/11-7.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"53427\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=53427\" class=\"wp-image-53427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/11-7.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/11-7-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/11-7-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/11-7-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/11-7-800x533.png 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\/08\/whale-watching-3.png\"><img width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/whale-watching-3.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"53429\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/whale-watching-3.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=53429\" class=\"wp-image-53429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/whale-watching-3.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/whale-watching-3-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/whale-watching-3-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/whale-watching-3-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/whale-watching-3-800x533.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The waves didn&#8217;t manage to ruin our trips and we had some incredible sightings (even a one of a kind Mr. Liable&#8217;s breach!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>!<\/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\/08\/19-7.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"53455\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/19-7.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2020\/08\/sperm-whale-mr-liable-and-active-common-dolphins\/19-7-2\/\" class=\"wp-image-53455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/19-7.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/19-7-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/19-7-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/19-7-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/19-7-800x533.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What a day today! 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