{"id":1835,"date":"2013-05-18T18:07:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-18T18:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2013\/05\/18\/a-lot-of-fin-whales-and-dolphins\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:29:59","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:29:59","slug":"a-lot-of-fin-whales-and-dolphins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/a-lot-of-fin-whales-and-dolphins\/","title":{"rendered":"Fin whales, dolphin, sunfish and krill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\" trbidi=\"on\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 20px;\">Today there&nbsp;had whale watching tours during the morning and afternoon.&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 20px;\">&nbsp;In the morning we had a tour of whale watching and a tour for swimming with dolphins. Our <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/vigias-onshore-lookouts.html\">vigia<\/a> found a fantastic group of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/bottlenose-dolphin.html\">bottlenose dolphins<\/a>, the swimming group was very lucky and enjoyed a nice swim.&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 20px;\">In both the morning and afternoon we&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 20px;\">encountered&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/fin-whale.html\">fin whales<\/a>.&nbsp;In the morning we saw a group of two fin whales, one adult and one juvenile and two resident species of dolphins; bottlenose dolphins and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/common-dolphin.html\">common dolphins<\/a>.&nbsp;We had also a fantastic meeting with a <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/sunfish-fact-sheet.html\">sunfish<\/a>.&nbsp;During the trip we also found <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2008\/06\/krill-fact-sheet.html\">Krill (small crustaceans)<\/a> the food of baleen whales. In the afternoon our <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.pt\/2007\/07\/vigias-onshore-lookouts.html\">vigia<\/a> found another group of bottlenose dolphins and a&nbsp;great group of 4 fin whales that were very&nbsp;quiet and interested in us so we were able to closely observe them.&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 20px;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 20px;\">Below are some photos and a video&nbsp;from the afternoon tour:<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 20px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"color: #0b5394; font-family: Thread-00001fb4-Id-00000000;\"><strong>Video of the sunfish filmed underwater:<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: justify;\">\n<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans'; line-height: 20px;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans'; line-height: 20px;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans'; line-height: 20px;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-family: 'Open Sans'; line-height: 20px;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/image_6-1-1024x248.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"154\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/image_6-1-1024x248.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small;\">4 <i>Fin whales<\/i><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small;\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Fish-1-1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"362\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Fish-1-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Fish-2-1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"358\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Fish-2-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small;\"><i>Sun fish<\/i><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small;\"><i><br \/><\/i><\/span><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Krill-1-1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Krill-1-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Krill-2-1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Krill-2-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Krill-3-1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Krill-3-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small;\"><i>Krill<\/i><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/image_1-3-1024x344.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/image_1-3-1024x344.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small;\"><i>Fin whale<\/i><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/image_2-1024x404.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"252\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/image_2-1024x404.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small;\">Fin whale<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/image_3-1-1024x545.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/image_3-1-1024x545.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small;\">Fin whale<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/image_4-1-1024x543.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img border=\"0\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/image_4-1-1024x543.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: small;\">Bottlenose dolphins<\/span><\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\n\ufeff<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; 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