{"id":528,"date":"2018-05-11T18:19:00","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T18:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/11\/fin-whales-close-to-vila-franca\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:37:41","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:37:41","slug":"fin-whales-close-to-vila-franca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/fin-whales-close-to-vila-franca\/","title":{"rendered":"Fin whales close to Vila Franca"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"background-color: white;\">This morning we went out and we had several fin whales spread out close to&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white;\">Vilafranca, one zodiac was with two of them and our catamaran and the other&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white;\">zodiac were with other two fin whales. <\/p>\n<p>Also we could see some bottlenose&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white;\">dolphins checking these whales but then they leave. Moreover, when we were&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white;\">coming back to Ponta delgada we spot a group of common dolphins. <\/p>\n<p>In the tour&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white;\">of the afternoon, we were with the same whales in the same area. But this&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white;\">time they were a little more shy. Nature is like that, and we have to&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"background-color: white;\">understand it and respect the marine life.<\/span><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Photos by Mariana Silva<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1-8.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"601\" data-original-width=\"901\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/1-8.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Fin whale blowing<\/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\/05\/2-8.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"579\" data-original-width=\"870\" height=\"424\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2-8.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Fin whale<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, 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\/2018\/05\/3-8.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"545\" data-original-width=\"817\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/3-8.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Bottlenose dolphin &amp; Cory&#8217;s Shearwater<\/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\/05\/4-7.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"583\" data-original-width=\"875\" height=\"425\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/4-7.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Cory&#8217;s Shearwaters<\/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\/05\/5-6.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"596\" data-original-width=\"893\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/5-6.png\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Portuguese Man-o-war<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This morning we went out and we had several fin whales spread out close to&nbsp;Vilafranca, one zodiac was&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20543,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[3,154,27,157,4,103],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.2 - 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