{"id":899,"date":"2016-10-20T21:02:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T21:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/20\/sperm-whales-dont-let-us-down\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:35:46","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:35:46","slug":"sperm-whales-dont-let-us-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/sperm-whales-dont-let-us-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Sperm whales don’t let us down!"},"content":{"rendered":"
\nThis morning we started the tour heading west. The first
\nspecies that we saw in our morning tour was a group of common dolphins<\/a>. This
\ngroup was friendly with our catamaran; we could see them bow riding the boat
\nseveral times. After this group, we kept going to the west finding more common
\ndolphins (the group was spread out in a big area).  This species of dolphin was not the only one
\nwe saw in the morning tour, we were lucky enough to find a playful group of
\nbottlenose dolphins<\/a>; they jumped several times in front of our catamaran Cetus\u2026
\nwhat a show!<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nWhen we were starting our way back, after the amazing
\nencounters with the dolphins, we had a call from one of our lookouts\u2026 sperm whales<\/a> in the area! From our catamaran Cetus we could see two sperm whales from
\na family that we know very well. The two sperm whales were at the surface for a
\nwhile and then they went for a deep dive, allowing us to recognize them:
\nDiamond and Bear Paw! Two animals that we usually see together, they belong to the most encountered
\nfamily of sperm whales for us.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nWe started the afternoon tour hoping to see the sperm
\nwhales again\u2026 Nature is not always easy, it took us more than one hour to find
\nthem but we manage to see them very well. This time we could not see their
\ntails as they were doing swallow dives and not deep dives but we saw at least 5
\nindividuals including a calf surfacing for a while. <\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nThe dolphins were more shy in the afternoon tour\u2026 but we
\ncannot complain, today was an incredible day at the sea!<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nPhotos from today:<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nDolphin watching<\/i><\/div>\n
\n
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\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\n“Bear paw” going on a deep dive<\/i><\/div>\n
\n
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\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nThe tail of “Bear paw”<\/i><\/div>\n

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\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\n“Diamond” surfacing<\/i><\/div>\n
\n
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\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\n “Diamond”<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nTwo adults from the afternoon<\/i><\/div>\n
\n
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\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\nBeautiful landscape of S\u00e3<\/span>o Miguel<\/i><\/div>\n
\n
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\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
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