{"id":63,"date":"2019-09-19T18:36:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T18:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/19\/dolphins-and-rollercoaster-in-sao-migue\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:40:09","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:40:09","slug":"dolphins-and-rollercoaster-in-sao-migue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/dolphins-and-rollercoaster-in-sao-migue\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolphins and rollercoaster in S\u00e3o Miguel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">Today we had a much<br \/>\n\u2018shacked\u2019 day. The sea had big waves so we enjoyed very much in between the<br \/>\ndolphins and the waves!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">(Photos by Cristina Bernabeu)<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1-9-1024x576.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/1-9-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Leaping spotted dolphin<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">In the morning we saw<br \/>\ntwo dolphin species, the common and the <a href=\"https:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/atlantic-spotted-dolphin.html\">Atlantic spotted dolphins<\/a>, both groups<br \/>\nwere really really big and very active; maybe because of the waves but the<br \/>\nshowed themselves very curious and they seemed to be enjoying the waves, like<br \/>\nif they were \u2018surfing\u2019 dolphins.<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/3-8-1024x576.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/3-8-1024x576.jpg\" 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=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Pod of Atlantic spotted dolphins<\/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\/2019\/09\/4-8-1024x576.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/4-8-1024x576.jpg\" 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=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Atlantic spotted dolphins<\/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\/2019\/09\/2-10-1024x576.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/2-10-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">Young yellow legged sea gull<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">In the afternoon we<br \/>\nonly got to see one species, the <a href=\"https:\/\/azoreswhales.blogspot.com\/2007\/07\/common-dolphin.html\">common dolphins<\/a>. The group seemed to be even<br \/>\nbigger than in the morning!<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/7-6-1024x576.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/7-6-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\">We stayed with them and<br \/>\nthe swimming with dolphins enjoyed very much!<\/span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;\"><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/8-4-1024x576.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/8-4-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/6-9-1024x576.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/6-9-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/5-9-1024x576.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"900\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/5-9-1024x576.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"line-height: 107%;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;arial&quot; , &quot;helvetica&quot; , sans-serif;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today we had a much \u2018shacked\u2019 day. 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