Sunshine, flat and blue Ocean and a lot of Sperm Whales!

A family of about 12 to 14 Sperm Whales. Mothers and babies included!

Sperm Whale/Physeter macrocephalus

Sperm Whale/Physeter macrocephalus

Some of them showed their flukes. Beautiful flukes!

Sperm Whale/Physeter macrocephalus

Sperm Whale/Physeter macrocephalus

And at the end of the tour before returning to the Marina we spotted some socializing and playful Bottlenose Dolphins.

Bottlenose Dolphin/Tursiops truncatus

Bottlenose Dolphin/Tursiops truncatus

 

Bottlenose Dolphin/Tursiops truncatus

Bottlenose Dolphin/Tursiops truncat

 

Stephanie Almeida

About Stephanie Almeida

Stephanie is Guide at TERRA AZUL since 2013 and Operations Assistant since 2017. Contributed for several years on Data collection for MONICET – The Azores Islands Cetaceans Research & Conservation long-term monitoring project.

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Bottlenose DolphinsCommon DolphinsSperm Whales
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