Dolphins
There is something magical about dolphins. Ask any diver and most of them will say they are at the top of their favourite marine animals, so many people seem to want to come back as a cetacean of some kind the queue must be huge. Me personally would settle for being a seal, sitting on a rock all day eating fish, farting and the only thing to worry about is remembering to keep your bum shut when the tide comes in or you will fill up with water and drown backwards…..
All this said and done, having a pod of dolphins actually choose to come and see us as we float around takes some beating. Sighting the dolphins some 500 meters from us, we came to a halt and watched the grey fins break the surface, the huff of blowholes taking another gasp of the summer air. Slowly they came closer and suddenly they were so close, only feet below me.
Dolphins in Clestrain Sound
Right beside the boat
Beneath the lift
June 20th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
I have never been out in the ocean that a few dolphins didn’t come up around the boat. I love them. I was on the beach one day and a small pod were surfing the waves. It’s a picture that is imprinted in my mind. It was a beautiful sunny day and the waves were like glass. The dolphins were having a ball playing. It always makes me smile when I think about that day. Thanks for the nudge to remember it.
June 21st, 2009 at 9:06 am
Great photos,thanks.
June 21st, 2009 at 9:32 am
Envious of Dolphin hello…..thanks for sharing….FM
June 21st, 2009 at 9:52 am
they are really wonderful creatures—whilst in french polynesia in 2006 i swam with dolphins–great or so i thought!!!they were reared in captivity(a bit cruel,now i think;but whilst out on the Huarki gulf,just out of auckland i was lucky to be in the water with dolphins but this time WILD,NATURAL ‘fins.just a brilliant experience. In the southern hemisphere they seem to be everywhere,,as soon as they sense a boat ,up they come! Watching dolphins,seals,whales etc are just another BONUS one gets whilst living on an island(or on the coast)
June 22nd, 2009 at 8:49 am
Dolphins are great, DD, and your close-up photo is just amazing. I was on a boat in Loch Broom when several dolphins came close and started cavorting around. It was as if someone had deliberately laid on a performance for us. There were Spanish visitors on the boat and they were thrilled, shouting “Olé!” when the dolphins jumped out of the water. Thank you DD!
June 26th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
Now that I’ve seen Killer Whales I’m hoping to see Dolphins next.
June 27th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
That beats watching Freddie in Amble harbour!