{"id":711,"date":"2017-08-13T16:58:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-13T16:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/13\/jumping-dolphins\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:36:46","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:36:46","slug":"jumping-dolphins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/jumping-dolphins\/","title":{"rendered":"Jumping dolphins and a day with sperm whales"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nToday we had beautiful weather combined with some beautiful sightings, seeing three species on each tour! In the morning we saw common dolphins<\/a>, Atlantic spotted dolphins<\/a> and sperm whales<\/a>. The water was very clear today meaning that we were able to see the dolphins amazingly even when they were underwater! In the afternoon we saw at least 500 Atlantic spotted dolphins, sperm whales and bottlenose dolphins<\/a>. The Atlantic spotted dolphins were very active, leaping out of the water and body slapping to remove remoras<\/a> \u2013 these are fish that attach themselves to the dolphin\u00b4s bodies with a large sucker that they have on their head. The dolphins jumping was a beautiful sight to witness. We also saw two sperm whales that showed their beautiful tails, and had a lucky glimpse of a sunfish<\/a>!<\/span><\/div>\n
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Delphinus delphis | <\/i>Common dolphin<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Physeter macrocephalus | <\/i>Sperm whale<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Physeter macrocephalus | <\/i>Sperm whale<\/a><\/span><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Stenella frontalis | <\/i><\/span><\/b>Atlantic spotted dolphin<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Stenella frontalis | <\/i><\/span><\/b>Atlantic spotted dolphin<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n
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\nPhotos from the aboard the catamaran Cetus:<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n

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\nCommon dolphin<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n

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\nWatching common dolphins<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n

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\nMating common dolphin<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n

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\nFour sperm whales seen together in the morning<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n

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\nSperm whale dorsal <\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
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\nJuvenile Atlantic spotted dolphin<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n

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\nAtlantic spotted dolphins<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n

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\nAtlantic spotted dolphins<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n

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\nPlayful common dolphin<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n

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\nPlayful common dolphins<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n

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\nApproaching a sperm whale<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n

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\nSperm whale diving<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n

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\nAtlantic spotted dolphins puting on a show<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n

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\nJuvenile Atlantic spotted dolphin<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n

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