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\nThe summer sunshine and calm waters are still with us, making it perfect for whale and dolphin watching. Today we encountered a total of 4 different species throughout the day, with both whales and dolphins for all to see. In the morning we encountered both common dolphins<\/a> and bottlenose dolphins<\/a> (the latter being a big group that we know well because it includes an inividual with a broken top jaw who we call “Max”). After our dolphin encounters we went to see some beaked whales<\/a>. They turned out to be Blainville’s beaked whales<\/a>; two individuals that became curious towards our two catamarans (a rare moment for these usually shy animals). In the afternoon we encountered only two bottlenose dolphins<\/a>, but luckily they were interested in checking out our boat, and the real treat of the afternoon was sperm whales<\/a>. We first encountered an adult female, then a bigger male who turned out to be the famous “Mr Liable”. To end this great day out on the ocean we ended the tour aboard our catamaran with a couple of encounters with loggerhead turtles. <\/div>\n

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\nCommon dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nBottlenose dolphin<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nWatching the bottlenose dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nA bottlenose dolphin with a broken jaw who we call “Max”<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nThe juvenile dolphin seen with Max<\/div>\n

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\nOur catamarans with the dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nBlainville’s beaked whale<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nBlainville’s beaked whale<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nOne of our catamarans, Quatro ventos<\/i><\/div>\n

Photos from the afternoon:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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\nWatching the two bottlenose dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nThe first sperm whale – an adult female<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nSperm whale diving<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nThe second sperm whale – Mr Liable<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nWatching Mr Liable at the surface<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nMr Liable going on a deep dive<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nLoggerhead turtle<\/a><\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The summer sunshine and calm waters are still with us, making it perfect for whale and dolphin watching.…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17143,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[77,3,201,10,4,16,242],"yoast_head":"\nBeaked whales, sperm whales and dolphins - Azores Whales<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/beaked-whales-sperm-whales-and-dolphins\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Beaked whales, sperm whales and dolphins - Azores Whales\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The summer sunshine and calm waters are still with us, making it perfect for whale and dolphin watching.…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/beaked-whales-sperm-whales-and-dolphins\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Azores Whales\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-09-14T17:35:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-11-22T22:35:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC_0073-CC3B3pia.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"425\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\">\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Azores Whales\",\"description\":\"Azores Whale Watching Blog\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/beaked-whales-sperm-whales-and-dolphins\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC_0073-CC3B3pia.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DSC_0073-CC3B3pia.png\",\"width\":640,\"height\":425},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/beaked-whales-sperm-whales-and-dolphins\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/beaked-whales-sperm-whales-and-dolphins\/\",\"name\":\"Beaked whales, sperm whales and dolphins - 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