{"id":59,"date":"2019-09-24T17:52:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T17:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/24\/orca-sperm-whale-and-her-group-again\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:40:09","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:40:09","slug":"orca-sperm-whale-and-her-group-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/orca-sperm-whale-and-her-group-again\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Orca&#8221; the Sperm whale and her group again!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">After 3 days in a<br \/>\nrow we finally were able to go out to the sea! And it was an amazing return.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">In the morning we<br \/>\nstarted with a very famous group of <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/sperm-whale.html\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">sperm whales<\/span><\/span><\/a> here in S\u00e3o Miguel. It was the<br \/>\nOrcas&#8217;s group. Orca it&#8217;s a big female that it has been sighted around the<br \/>\nisland since 2003 meaning that apparently, they find in Azores a good place to<br \/>\nstay around. It was a group of minimum 10 individuals just staying in the<br \/>\nsurface for some times of time. In the end, three of them still showed us their<br \/>\nmagnificent tails. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/6-10-1024x576.jpg\" 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\/2019\/09\/6-10-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/5-10-1024x576.jpg\" 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\/2019\/09\/5-10-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">The second species of<br \/>\nthe day was the <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/bottlenose-dolphin.html\">bottlenose dolphin<\/a><\/span>. It was a small group but very curious with<br \/>\nthe boat and surfing the big waves all the time. <\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/8-5-1024x576.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; 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\/2019\/09\/8-5-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1-10-1024x576.jpg\" 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\/2019\/09\/1-10-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/2-11-1024x576.jpg\" 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\/2019\/09\/2-11-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/9-4-1024x576.jpg\" 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\/2019\/09\/9-4-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">When returning to Ponta<br \/>\nDelgada we found a big group of <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/common-dolphin.html\">common dolphins<\/a><\/span> feeding very close to the<br \/>\nharbor. We stayed a little bit with them and then return to land.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/3-9-1024x576.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; 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\/2019\/09\/3-9-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">In the afternoon we<br \/>\nstarted with common dolphins also very close to the harbor but this time it was<br \/>\nnot such a big group and they were not very interest in us. They were just<br \/>\ngoing around and paying more attention to the waves to surf than the boats. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/4-9-1024x576.jpg\" 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\/2019\/09\/4-9-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/7-7-1024x576.jpg\" 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\/2019\/09\/7-7-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">After we went further<br \/>\nsouth and we found the same group of sperm whales from the morning, Orca&#8217;s<br \/>\ngroup again! This time they were all together side by side making it possible<br \/>\nto see the different sizes of the different individuals. They also stayed sometime<br \/>\nin the surface and some of them started disappear into the deep ocean.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\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\/2019\/09\/spermwhaleheadazoresfuturismo.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"810\" data-original-width=\"540\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/spermwhaleheadazoresfuturismo.jpg\" width=\"426\" \/><\/a><\/div>\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\/2019\/09\/10-4-1024x576.jpg\" 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\/2019\/09\/10-4-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/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<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After 3 days in a row we finally were able to go out to the sea! 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