{"id":50793,"date":"2020-03-11T15:55:48","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T16:55:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?p=50793"},"modified":"2020-03-11T15:55:51","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T16:55:51","slug":"lets-enjoy-the-company-of-our-resident-common-dolphins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/lets-enjoy-the-company-of-our-resident-common-dolphins\/","title":{"rendered":"Let’s enjoy the company of our resident common dolphins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After a rainy sunrise, the weather got better and we went to the sea. The ocean was calm and despite the cloudy sky the temperature was good. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to the favorable weather conditions we could enjoy diverse groups of one of the most sighted resident species here in the Azores: the common dolphin<\/a>. The first group was huge and quite spread out, the dolphins were approaching very close to our catamaran, and some of them accompanied us bow-riding in front of the boat, they take advantage of the waves that the boats create in order to save energy to swim and travel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second group we found was a little bit smaller, and at first, they were very calm, they were resting, very quite close to the surface, we could appreciate their characteristic coloration very well: dark back, white belly and yellow sides. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Suddenly, we could see a school of fish and some dolphins swimming around it, it could be that they were feeding on them! Today a common dolphin day, let’s see if we see them tomorrow again!<\/p>\n\n\n\n