{"id":546,"date":"2018-04-25T21:39:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-25T21:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/25\/giants-whales-day-in-azores\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:37:34","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:37:34","slug":"giants-whales-day-in-azores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/giants-whales-day-in-azores\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant whales day in the Azores"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nToday
\nwas amazing out on the ocean. We started with the biggest animal in the world –
\na majestic blue whale<\/a> which we got to see very well. In the afternoon we had two
\nvery special encounters. One with a Minke Whale<\/a>, it that happens very
\ninfrequently, and a humpback whale <\/a>that was tail breaching and waving its
\npectoral fins out of the water. From our photos we could determine it was a
\nwhale we saw here last year and that was also seen off Iceland in 2016. We also
\nencountered 3 fin whales<\/a> in the afternoon and a group of at least 80 bottlenose dolphins<\/a> throughout the day. The cherry on top today were the loggerhead turtles<\/a> that we also encountered on this beautiful sunny day.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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\n<\/div>\n
\nIn Pico
\nIsland we saw four Blue whales and five fin Whale! Thanks Mother Earth <\/span>?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

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\n
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\nPhotos by Mariana Silva, Miranda van der Linde, David Rodrigues e Rui Santos<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
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\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\n
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\nBlue whale<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n

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\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\n
<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
\nFin Whale<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

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\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nFin Whale<\/b><\/div>\n
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<\/b><\/div>\n
\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nFin whale blow<\/span><\/div>\n

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\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nMinke whale<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n

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\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nMinke whale<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nHumpback whale dorsal<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n

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\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nHumpback whale pectoral fin (white) and tail tip (black)<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n

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\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\n
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\nHumpback whale tail breaching<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

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\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nHumpback whale pectoral fin waving<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

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\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nHumpback whale tail<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

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\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nWatching bottlenose dolphins<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

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\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nLoggerhead turtle<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n

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\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nWhale Watching tour <\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

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\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nWatching common dolphins<\/b><\/div>\n
\n
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\n
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\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nBlue whale watching in Pico Island<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

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\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nBlue whale tail watching in Pico Island<\/b><\/div>\n

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\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nFin Whale watching in Pico Island <\/span><\/b><\/div>\n

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

\nCory\u2019s shearwater in Pico Island <\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today was amazing out on the ocean. We started with the biggest animal in the world – a…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20346,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[8,2,143,3,27,4,30,50,26],"yoast_head":"\nGiant whales day in the Azores - Azores Whales<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/giants-whales-day-in-azores\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Giant whales day in the Azores - Azores Whales\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Today was amazing out on the ocean. 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