{"id":976,"date":"2016-07-28T18:28:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T18:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/28\/6-whale-and-dolphin-species\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:35:25","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:35:25","slug":"6-whale-and-dolphin-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/6-whale-and-dolphin-species\/","title":{"rendered":"6 whale and dolphin species"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nToday’s list of species we encountered is long. In total we encountered 6 different whale and dolphin species throughout the day. In the morning we all started with our friendly common dolphins<\/a> close to shore, and a bit further out the playful Atlantic spotted dolphins<\/a>. Out of Ponta Delgada we also had sperm whales<\/a> to see, two adult females that our lookout had spotted from land. While our catamaran was travelling out to the area of these whales the crew onboard spotted some pilot whales<\/a>, which turned out to be a nice group of at least 30 individuals, including females with calves. The two sperm whales turned out to be individuals we recognise from the unique marks they have on their tails, numbers 154 and 206 in our sperm whale catalogue. From one boat two giant oceanic manta rays<\/a> were also encountered at the surface. <\/div>\n
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\nIn the afternoon our small boat set out first to encounter a baleen whale close to shore. It was a sei whale<\/a>, the third largest animal in the world. The catamaran joined the small boat a bit later but there was no sign of the whale anymore. So the catamaran set offshore again to try to find the sperm whales from the morning. It took a lot of searching, but our patience paid off as again a crew member was the first to spot a sperm whale. After we found the first one more kept appearing one after another until we saw 6 sperm whales in total. The last sperm whale was one from the morning, number 206 in our catalogue. All our boats also encountered common dolphins in the afternoon and our swimming clients were with bottlenose dolphins<\/a>.<\/div>\n
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\nPhotos from the morning: <\/span><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n
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\nBreaching sperm whale, photo captured by one of our clients<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nTwo sperm whale side by side<\/i><\/div>\n

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\n Sperm whale tail (number 154 in our catalogue)<\/i><\/div>\n

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\n  Sperm whale tail (number 206 in our catalogue)<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nPilot whales<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nPilot whales (adult female with a juvenile)<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nAtlantic spotted dolphin<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nGiant oceanic manta ray<\/i><\/div>\n
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\nPhotos from the afternoon:<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n
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\nSperm whale diving<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nSperm whale outside of Ponta Delgada<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nSperm whale watching aboard our catamaran<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nThe last tail of the day, number 206 in our catalogue (also seen in the morning)<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today’s list of species we encountered is long. 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