{"id":950,"date":"2016-08-22T20:25:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-22T20:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/22\/one-more-day-with-sussi-and-melia\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:35:34","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:35:34","slug":"one-more-day-with-sussi-and-melia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/one-more-day-with-sussi-and-melia\/","title":{"rendered":"One more day with Sussi and Melia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nToday the tours from the morning and afternoon were really<br \/>\ndifferent. The zodiac boats started the morning with a small group of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/rissos-dolphin.html\">Risso&#8217;s dolphin<\/a>&nbsp;, they<br \/>\nwere really close to some traditional fishing boats, swimming really fast and<br \/>\nsurfing the waves for a while. Then, not far away from the Risso\u2019s area the<br \/>\nwhale watching boats saw a group of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/common-dolphin.html\">common dolphin<\/a>.&nbsp;It wasn\u2019t easy to see them at the beginning,<br \/>\nthey were fast, probably searching for food but they calmed down a little bit<br \/>\nand we could see them really well. The morning tour ended with&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/atlantic-spotted-dolphin.html\">Atlantic spotted dolphin<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;a playful group<br \/>\nof&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/bottlenose-dolphin.html\">bottlenose dolphin<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nIn the afternoon we started with a nice pod of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/common-dolphin.html\">common dolphin<\/a>, the boats for swimming with the dolphins really enjoyed them! After<br \/>\nthis first sighting we had great news from the look out\u2026&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/sperm-whale.html\">sperm whale<\/a>&nbsp;blowing!!!<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nWe went to the area as soon as possible and one more day we<br \/>\ncould see Sussi (a female sperm whale) with its baby. They were at the surface<br \/>\nfor a while and then Sussi went for a deep dive showing us its beautiful tail.<br \/>\nBut that wasn\u2019t it! Melia (another female sperm whale) was in the same area and<br \/>\nshe also fluked\u2026 what a beautiful moment!<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nWe finished the afternoon with a great show from the<br \/>\nbottlenose dolphins\u2026 check the pictures!<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<b style=\"background-color: white; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;\"><span style=\"color: #0b5394;\">Photos from the today:<\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<b style=\"background-color: white; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;\"><span style=\"color: #0b5394;\"><br \/><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/LauraOtero283229.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/LauraOtero283229.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<i>Sperm whale (Sussi) going for a deep dive<\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<i><br \/><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/LauraOtero282429.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/LauraOtero282429.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<i>Sussi&#8217;s tail<\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<i><br \/><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/LauraOtero282229.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/LauraOtero282229.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<i>Sperm whale (Melia)&nbsp;<\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<i><br \/><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/LauraOtero282629.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/LauraOtero282629.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<i>Sperm whale (Sussi) surfacing<\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<i><br \/><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/LauraOtero282929.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/LauraOtero282929.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<i>Mom (Sussi) and baby sperm whale<\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<i><br \/><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/LauraOtero282329.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/LauraOtero282329.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<i>Bottlenose dolphins jumping<\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<i><br \/><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/LauraOtero282129.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/LauraOtero282129.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/LauraOtero282729.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/LauraOtero282729.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<i><br \/><\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/LauraOtero283029.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/LauraOtero283029.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<i>Swimming with common dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><b style=\"background-color: white; font-family: &quot;Open Sans&quot;; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.6px;\"><span style=\"color: #0b5394;\"><br \/><\/span><\/b><br \/>\n<b style=\"background-color: white; 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