{"id":464,"date":"2018-07-09T18:24:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T18:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/09\/false-killer-whales-for-first-time-in\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:38:01","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:38:01","slug":"false-killer-whales-for-first-time-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/false-killer-whales-for-first-time-in\/","title":{"rendered":"False killer whales for the first time this month!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">The sea was choppy today but apparently dolphins like it!<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">In the morning we spotted our first <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/false-orcafalse-killer-whale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">false killer whales<\/a> of July. They were very close to shore, and we traveled with them for around 4 miles.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/1-11-1024x512.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"526\" data-original-width=\"1051\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/1-11-1024x512.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><b>False killer whale&nbsp;<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2-10.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"568\" data-original-width=\"1000\" height=\"362\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/2-10.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><b>Watching False killer whales in S\u00e3o Miguel Island tour<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/bottlenose-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bottlenose dolphins<\/a> also showed up to surf the waves. Our swimming with dolphin boat spotted a pod of <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/common-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">common dolphins<\/a> together with the striped dolphins.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/3-9-1024x586.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"694\" data-original-width=\"1212\" height=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/3-9-1024x586.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><b>Bottlenose dolphins<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">In the afternoon we tried to find a whale that our lookout spotted but unfortunately, we could not find it but on our way back Atlantic spotted dolphins found us.&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"background-color: white; color: #1d2129;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">In Pico Island we swam with a nice group of <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/atlantic-spotted-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Atlantic spotted dolphins<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #1d2129;\">We also enountered <a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/rissos-dolphin.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Risso&#8217;s dolphins<\/a> and a female<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; text-align: justify;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/sowerbys-beaked-whale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sowerby&#8217;s<\/a><\/span><span style=\"background-color: white; text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/sowerbys-beaked-whale.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&nbsp;beaked whale<\/a> with a calf .&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/4-6-1024x575.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"613\" data-original-width=\"1091\" height=\"358\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/4-6-1024x575.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The sea was choppy today but apparently dolphins like it! 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