{"id":56586,"date":"2021-02-26T10:11:19","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T11:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?p=56586"},"modified":"2021-02-26T10:51:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T11:51:00","slug":"when-we-cant-go-it-might-come-to-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/when-we-cant-go-it-might-come-to-us\/","title":{"rendered":"When we can&#8217;t go, it might come to us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The winter of 2021 was quite rough so far. We had strong winds and big waves. As we prefer to do whale and wildlife watching instead of wave and wind watching this year till now we did not go out on the ocean. In these conditions, it&#8217;s not just more comfortable and safer to stay on land but also possible to watch how the ocean is coming to us and with it, interesting things do reach us with the waves and the wind blowing towards the coast.<\/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\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-1-1.png\"><img width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-1-1.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"56618\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-1-1.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=56618\" class=\"wp-image-56618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-1-1.png 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src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-3-1.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"56622\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-3-1.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=56622\" class=\"wp-image-56622\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-3-1.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-3-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-3-1-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-3-1-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-3-1-800x533.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" 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https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-4-1-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-4-1-800x533.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\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-5-1.png\"><img width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-5-1.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"56626\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-5-1.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=56626\" class=\"wp-image-56626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-5-1.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-5-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-5-1-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-5-1-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-5-1-800x533.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\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-6-1.png\"><img width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-6-1.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"56628\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-6-1.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=56628\" class=\"wp-image-56628\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-6-1.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-6-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-6-1-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-6-1-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-6-1-800x533.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\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-7-1.png\"><img width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-7-1.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"56630\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-7-1.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=56630\" class=\"wp-image-56630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-7-1.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-7-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-7-1-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-7-1-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-7-1-800x533.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\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-8-1.png\"><img width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-8-1.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"56632\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-8-1.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=56632\" class=\"wp-image-56632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-8-1.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-8-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-8-1-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-8-1-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-8-1-800x533.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\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-9-1.png\"><img width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-9-1.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"56634\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-9-1.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=56634\" class=\"wp-image-56634\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-9-1.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-9-1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-9-1-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-9-1-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/caravelas-portuguesas-9-1-800x533.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sea rafts also known as&nbsp;by-the-wind sailors and Portuguese man-of-war could be found beached. This are not things made by humans just named by humans. Both species are floating organisms formed by a colony. Well worth to have a closer look but without touching it.<\/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\/2021\/02\/velelas-ou-caravelas-portuguesas-1-1.png\"><img width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/velelas-ou-caravelas-portuguesas-1-1-683x1024.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"56636\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/velelas-ou-caravelas-portuguesas-1-1.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=56636\" class=\"wp-image-56636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/velelas-ou-caravelas-portuguesas-1-1-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/velelas-ou-caravelas-portuguesas-1-1-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/velelas-ou-caravelas-portuguesas-1-1-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/velelas-ou-caravelas-portuguesas-1-1-380x570.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/velelas-ou-caravelas-portuguesas-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\/2021\/02\/velelas-ou-caravelas-portuguesas-2-1.png\"><img width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/velelas-ou-caravelas-portuguesas-2-1-683x1024.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"56638\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/velelas-ou-caravelas-portuguesas-2-1.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=56638\" class=\"wp-image-56638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/velelas-ou-caravelas-portuguesas-2-1-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/velelas-ou-caravelas-portuguesas-2-1-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/velelas-ou-caravelas-portuguesas-2-1-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/velelas-ou-caravelas-portuguesas-2-1-380x570.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/velelas-ou-caravelas-portuguesas-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\/2021\/02\/velelas-ou-caravelas-portuguesas-5-1.png\"><img width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/velelas-ou-caravelas-portuguesas-5-1-683x1024.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"56640\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/velelas-ou-caravelas-portuguesas-5-1.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=56640\" class=\"wp-image-56640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/velelas-ou-caravelas-portuguesas-5-1-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/velelas-ou-caravelas-portuguesas-5-1-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/velelas-ou-caravelas-portuguesas-5-1-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/velelas-ou-caravelas-portuguesas-5-1-380x570.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/velelas-ou-caravelas-portuguesas-5-1.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You might have already read our article about the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/do-you-know-portuguese-man-o-war\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/do-you-know-portuguese-man-o-war\/\" target=\"_blank\">Portuguese man-of-war<\/a> and maybe as well the one about <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/velella-fact-shee\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/velella-fact-shee\/\" target=\"_blank\">Velella<\/a> which is the scientific name of this miniature rafts or sailors, if not feel free to have a go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-1 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/velelas-ou-caravelas-portuguesas-azores-2.png\"><img width=\"408\" height=\"612\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/velelas-ou-caravelas-portuguesas-azores-2.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"56650\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/velelas-ou-caravelas-portuguesas-azores-2.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=56650\" class=\"wp-image-56650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/velelas-ou-caravelas-portuguesas-azores-2.png 408w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/velelas-ou-caravelas-portuguesas-azores-2-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/velelas-ou-caravelas-portuguesas-azores-2-380x570.png 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Velellas are quite remarkable creatures as there are two forms of them existing, one looking like an N and the other like the mirrored version of it. So depending from where the wind blows one or the other type is washed onto the shore. So try to figure out where the wind and waves came from at the day we found them on the south coast of S\u00e3o Miguel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/velelas-ou-caravelas-portuguesas-azores-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-56652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/velelas-ou-caravelas-portuguesas-azores-3.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/velelas-ou-caravelas-portuguesas-azores-3-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/velelas-ou-caravelas-portuguesas-azores-3-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/velelas-ou-caravelas-portuguesas-azores-3-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/velelas-ou-caravelas-portuguesas-azores-3-800x533.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Written by Carine Zimmermann<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The winter of 2021 was quite rough so far. We had strong winds and big waves. 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