We Saw Beaked Whales Today!!

By Vanessa Costa21/06/2018Blainvilles Beaked Whales, Bottlenose Dolphins, Common Dolphins, Sei Whales

Hello everyone! We had a beautiful morning today!

We started with a group of Common Dolphins but we didn’t stay long because our lookout had another species for us to see…and it was a special a one!
When we arrived to the area, we had a litlle group of Beaked Whales. At the beginning I said that it would be hard to tell the species because they are very similar in the upper part of the body, so we have to take a closer lookto the face. We were watching them and then we could see the face! Fortunately we could see that the lower jaw was arched and there is only one beaked whale with that kind of jaw…it’s the Blainville’s Beaked Whale!

After the Beaked Whale we went to see the Sei Whale and to end our tour we saw the Bottlenose Dolphins playing around.

Surfacing Sei Whale (Balaenoptera borealis )

I hope you had enjoyed, see you at Terra Azul!

About Vanessa Costa

Vanessa is Marine Biologist and Marine Wildlife Guide and is responsible for Environmental Conservation at TERRA AZUL. She enjoys being out in the ocean with Wildlife accompanying visitors and collecting field imagery and data for local Cetaceans and Sea Turtles Research & Conservation projects.