{"id":679,"date":"2017-09-14T18:08:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T18:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/14\/sei-whales-and-pilot-whales\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:36:55","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:36:55","slug":"sei-whales-and-pilot-whales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/sei-whales-and-pilot-whales\/","title":{"rendered":"Sei whales and pilot whales!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nIn the morning tour again we went far away to see some whales, this time they were southern from Ponta Delgada. At the beggining the whales were very tricky and it was quiet dificult to see them, but sudenly they got calmer and we managed to see two sei whales very calm and very close from our boat.<br \/>\nDiferent Futurismo boats were outside, and some saw also a fin whale and some Risso&#8217;s, <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/bottlenose-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bottlenose,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/common-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">common<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/atlantic-spotted-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">spotted dolphins<\/a>.<br \/>\nIn the afternoon we went to west side to try to cacht some sperm whales that our lookout had spotted; but we didn&#8217;t find them&#8230; What we found was an amazing group of<a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/pilot-whale-spp.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> pilot whales<\/a> and a giant group of spotted dolphins that were playful and social.<\/p>\n<p>\n<u><span style=\"color: #0b5394;\"><br \/><\/span><\/u><br \/>\n<u><span style=\"color: #0b5394;\">-Some photos of the morning tour:<\/span><\/u><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/DSC_2614-1024x756.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1183\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/DSC_2614-1024x756.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>Sei whale surfacing<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/DSC_2639-1024x604.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"944\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/DSC_2639-1024x604.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>Sei whale<\/i><\/td>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\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 class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\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<p><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/DSC_2591-1024x783.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1225\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/DSC_2591-1024x783.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>Sei whale<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/DSC_2605-1024x742.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1160\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"462\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/DSC_2605-1024x742.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>Sei whale<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/DSC_2552-1024x758.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1186\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"474\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/DSC_2552-1024x758.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>The common dolphins<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/DSC_0783-1024x762.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1190\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"476\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/DSC_0783-1024x762.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>Atlantic spotted dolphins<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\n<span style=\"color: #0b5394;\">-Afternoon tour:<\/span><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/DSC_2671-1024x708.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1108\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"442\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/DSC_2671-1024x708.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>Pilot whale surfacing<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/DSC_0910-1024x704.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1100\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/DSC_0910-1024x704.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>Atlantic spotted dolphins were very friendly<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: 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