{"id":247,"date":"2019-04-17T19:59:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T19:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/17\/rough-sea-means-playful-dolphins\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:39:12","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:39:12","slug":"rough-sea-means-playful-dolphins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/rough-sea-means-playful-dolphins\/","title":{"rendered":"Rough sea means playful dolphins"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"-webkit-font-kerning: none;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">This morning, we went to an area where our lookout had spotted a <a href=\"https:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/humpback-whale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">humpback whale<\/a>, but it was doing long dives. We thought that it was foraging and unfortunately we couldn&#8217;t see it.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Then we had the same luck with a <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/fin-whale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fin whale<\/a>. The preys of these kind of animals can be found at different depths of the column of water and it looked like their meal was quite deep. For this reason, they were spending a long time underwater.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Then, we could see a group of <a href=\"https:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/common-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">common dolphins<\/a>, the ones that are often here to give us their show.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_0222-1024x680.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1063\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_0222-1024x680.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"-webkit-font-kerning: none;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">This afternoon we went out again, but the whales were not around. Fortunately, we spotted a huge group of <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/bottlenose-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bottlenose dolphins<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">They were really active,<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">&nbsp; jumping, bow-riding and socializing.<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: justify;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DSC_0731-1024x705.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1102\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"440\" 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