{"id":944,"date":"2016-08-29T17:32:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T17:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/29\/dolphins-and-pilot-whales\/"},"modified":"2019-11-22T22:35:35","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T22:35:35","slug":"dolphins-and-pilot-whales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/dolphins-and-pilot-whales\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolphins and pilot whales"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nIt’s another perfect calm and blue summer day in S\u00e3o Miguel, perfect for going out on the water to see the cetaceans of the Azores. We started out the morning with plenty of dolphins for all to see. Some of our boats went to one area to see a group of Atlantic spotted dolphins<\/a>, while our catamaran went to an area of some Risso’s dolphins<\/a>. We ended up having a very nice encounter with 6 adult Risso’s dolphins that were travelling together. We also had a nice group of common dolphins<\/a> to see and they were great to watch as they were very calm and curious, approaching our boat so we could see them perfectly through the crystal clear water. In the afternoon we started with common dolphins again, but soon received the news that our lookouts had spotted a group of pilot whale<\/a>s further to the east. It turned out to be a big group, with many females and babies in the pod. It was nice to see them, as we haven’t encountered them a lot this year. We ended the afternoon nicely with a social and curious group of our resident bottlenose dolphin<\/a>s. <\/div>\n

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\nRisso’s dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nWatching the Risso’s dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nRisso’s dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nWatching the Risso’s dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nFace to face with a common dolphin<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nWatching common dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nCommon dolphin<\/i><\/div>\n


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\nPhotos from the afternoon:<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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\nWatching common dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nWatching common dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nA pilot whale mother with its newborn calf<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nPilot whales<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nPilot whales<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nPilot whale surfacing to breathe<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nOne of our boats with bottlenose dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nBottlenose dolphins<\/i><\/div>\n

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\nBottlenose dolphins leaping after us as we leave<\/i><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It’s another perfect calm and blue summer day in S\u00e3o Miguel, perfect for going out on the water…\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17026,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[9,3,10,4,90,35],"yoast_head":"\nDolphins and pilot whales - Azores Whales<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/dolphins-and-pilot-whales\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Dolphins and pilot whales - Azores Whales\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It’s another perfect calm and blue summer day in S\u00e3o Miguel, perfect for going out on the water…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/dolphins-and-pilot-whales\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Azores Whales\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-08-29T17:32:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-11-22T22:35:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC_0538-CC3B3pia.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"426\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\">\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Azores Whales\",\"description\":\"Azores Whale Watching Blog\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\",\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/dolphins-and-pilot-whales\/#primaryimage\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC_0538-CC3B3pia.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSC_0538-CC3B3pia.png\",\"width\":640,\"height\":426},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/dolphins-and-pilot-whales\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/whalewatchingazores.com\/blog\/dolphins-and-pilot-whales\/\",\"name\":\"Dolphins and pilot whales - 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