{"id":60407,"date":"2021-05-30T16:27:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-30T17:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?p=60407"},"modified":"2021-05-30T16:27:25","modified_gmt":"2021-05-30T17:27:25","slug":"a-morning-of-sperm-whales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/a-morning-of-sperm-whales\/","title":{"rendered":"A morning of sperm whales!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On a bright and calm morning, we set off on the catamaran not knowing what was in store for us but with enthusiasm and high expectations to see as many species as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had to move to the east of the island to find our first animal of the day. Within minutes we had two female sperm whales<\/a> together on the surface, breathing repeatedly, regaining their strength to return to the deep. There was no doubt that these were females as their large heads lacked the characteristic prominence that is present in males. These females left us and did a mid-water dive without showing us their tails, which means that they were not going to feed and that the dive was not going to be very long. <\/p>\n\n\n\n