Hello everyone! The tour of today was full of life!

We started to see a group of Bottlenose Dolphins, it was very dispersed. In the same area, our lookout saw Sperm Whales but the Bottlenose Dolphins kept trying to interrupt their socializing moments. After a few minutes the dolphins decided to go away and we stayed only with the Sperm Whales. They were at least 8 individuals, both adults and calves. It was amazing to see so many of them.

 

Mother and calf Sperm whale happily blowing away 🙂 – Physeter macrocephalus

 

We also saw a fantastic group of Striped Dolphins with calves, always jumping around. Then we went to see the Fin Whales that our lookout saw. We started to look and then all of a sudden behind our boat we heard a big blow. A few minutes later we saw another 3 Fin Whales together with a little group of Common Dolphins. When we were leaving we saw a “Festival of blows”. 4 Fin Whales together with a juvenile and they were blowing almost at the same time. It was amazing to see all of the blows so close to us!

 

Vanessa Costa

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.