...I had a nicer camera to be able to better capture moments like this:
I love my little point-and-shoot Canon, but sometimes it just doesn't cut it. *sigh* I'll get a nice camera one of these days hopefully...
We had another amazing encounter with a superpod of Common Dolphins on Tuesday. I was crossing my fingers and hoping to see the Humpbacks that have been breaching a lot lately. I've never seen a breaching whale, and I've been been DYING to see one breach all season! Last Thursday, the Humpbacks were being very playful--fin slapping and lobtailing and breaching about twenty times--and I missed it! And Monday, they were breaching again. So, going out Tuesday, i was very hopeful that we would get to see it also....Sadly, I didn't have such luck. Not only were there no breaching whales, there were no whales period. Such a bummer! On the bright side, we did see the superpod, which is always an incredible experience. It never ceases to amaze me--being surrounded by thousands of dolphins, swimming so gracefully all around us. AND, we saw a couple of Mola mola, which are one of my favorite fish. It was another fun trip on the water. Maybe I'll catch the breaching next time....
Love this photo!
ReplyDeleteI've had so many magical moments with them in the water - they love to surf, and the young ones are so playful, showing off their jumps and 360 flips. I found this article on Wetsand about how pollution is harming dolphins:
http://www.wetsand.com/article.asp?locationid=1&resourceid=7842&ProdId=0&CatId=117&TabID=0&SubTabID=0
Hopefully you can raise awareness of this issue on your tours.