{"id":54407,"date":"2020-09-15T14:37:04","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T15:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?p=54407"},"modified":"2020-09-15T14:39:03","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T15:39:03","slug":"three-dolphins-species-were-on-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/three-dolphins-species-were-on-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Three dolphins species were on today!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Three strikeouts! Three dolphins species were on today!!<br>We were leaving at 9 am on board of our catamaran &#8220;Cetus&#8221;. Cetus took us to the open ocean looking for the kings of the oceans: whales and dolphins!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1-5.png\"><img width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1-5.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"54409\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1-5.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=54409\" class=\"wp-image-54409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1-5.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1-5-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1-5-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1-5-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/1-5-800x533.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Very early at 9:40 we found the first species the bottlenose dolphins. (Tursiops truncatus), one of the species sadly captured for shows in dolphinariums. Today we saw a group of 25 individuals swimming in freedom in the middle of the blue Atlantic ocean!<br>What a wonderful experience seeing them once again playing close to our boat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/3-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/3-3.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/3-3-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/3-3-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/3-3-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/3-3-800x533.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The sea was a bit rough but our hearts were full of love and pushing us to look for more. Look at that! The second species was there!! Common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) a group of 40 animals swimming fast, some leaping and some bowriding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2-5.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2-5.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2-5-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2-5-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2-5-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/2-5-800x533.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The last species was a huge group of spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis). They surrounded us and also came close to zodiacs! They were everywhere! We didn&#8217;t know where to fix the look. Suddenly one of the dolphins did a pretty cool leap and took our breath away, one second later he did it one more time!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/6-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54421\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/6-4.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/6-4-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/6-4-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/6-4-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/6-4-800x533.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/5-3.png\"><img width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/5-3.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"54415\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/5-3.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=54415\" class=\"wp-image-54415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/5-3.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/5-3-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/5-3-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/5-3-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/5-3-800x533.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/7-3.png\"><img width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/7-3.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"54417\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/7-3.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=54417\" class=\"wp-image-54417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/7-3.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/7-3-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/7-3-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/7-3-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/7-3-800x533.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/8-4.png\"><img width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/8-4.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"54419\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/8-4.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=54419\" class=\"wp-image-54419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/8-4.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/8-4-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/8-4-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/8-4-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/8-4-800x533.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Definitely they recharged us with so much energy to come back to Ponta Delgada!<br>Happy faces, the ocean allowed us to enjoy its wildlife. Then we returned back to let them be themselves and we saved the memories in our heart!<br>Do not miss the opportunity to come with us and let&#8217;s live an excited adventure in Azores!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4-4.png\"><img width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4-4.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"54423\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4-4.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=54423\" class=\"wp-image-54423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4-4.png 900w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4-4-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4-4-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4-4-380x253.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/4-4-800x533.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/whale-watching-azores-futurismo-683x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/whale-watching-azores-futurismo-683x1024.png 683w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/whale-watching-azores-futurismo-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/whale-watching-azores-futurismo-768x1152.png 768w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/whale-watching-azores-futurismo-380x570.png 380w, https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/whale-watching-azores-futurismo.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three strikeouts! 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