{"id":153,"date":"2019-06-26T18:27:00","date_gmt":"2019-06-26T18:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/26\/more-than-500-dolphins-in-just-one-day\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:39:41","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:39:41","slug":"more-than-500-dolphins-in-just-one-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/more-than-500-dolphins-in-just-one-day\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 500 dolphins in just one day in S\u00e3o Miguel island"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nDuring both tours today we encountered
\nlarge groups of dolphins, the day started with <\/span><\/span><\/span>striped dolphins<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span>, a large group
\nof about 150 individuals of all sizes and ages, all traveling together like a
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\nCloser inshore we had <\/span><\/span>bottlenose dolphins<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span>,
\na smaller group in comparison, with around 30 individuals which we got to see
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\nThe final dolphin species in the morning was the Atlantic <\/span><\/span>spotted dolphin<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span>, only our second sighting of the year of this summer visitor. The
\nspotted dolphins were very active, surfing the waves around our boat in large
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\nIn the afternoon we started with a large
\ngroup of <\/span><\/span>common dolphins<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span>. There were probably about 200-300 dolphins in this
\ngroup and they were very playful around our boats. Then suddenly, they started
\ntravel quickly in unison, behaving very much like striped dolphins typically
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\nWe did end up seeing striped dolphins in
\nthe afternoon too, together with another large group of common dolphins. The
\ntwo species were in the same area together. It was a big pod of both species,
\nwh<\/span><\/span><\/span>ich at times must have reached about 500 individuals, in the vicinity of our
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\nWhat a great dolphin day! <\/span><\/span><\/span>
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