FOUR different species of dolphin on ONE trip today!
Straight out of the jetties, we saw our local coastal bottlenose. Shortly after we headed west – we encountered a feeding pod of long beaked common dolphins flashing those white bellies – hunting baitfish. Further out west we spotted a pod of offshore bottlenose with one exceptionally tiny baby, droopy dorsal fin, fetal folds and all. On our journey back to shore – we got a call about a pod of over 500 short beaks blasting north west – we were able to catch up with them in enough time to get really good looks and cruise as part of the pod for a while. Shorties are always a blast to see when they movin so fast.
We heard some interesting things on the radio as we headed in so – this sunset cruise could be a real stunner!
More dolphriends on the menu for our sunset cruise! ๐ We LOVE seeing our friendly common dolphins and we were lucky enough to see two separate species; long-beaked and short-beaked common dolphins! We found our first pod of ~100 long-beaks about ~3 miles offshore. Then, past the drop-off we encountered 3 pods of short-beaks, about ~200 shorties in each pod so no shortage of shorties out there! We also saw a third species of dolphin as we were heading in, we saw inshore bottlenose dolphins. The sunset on our way back to the coast was the cherry on top for a perfect day on the water! Please join us soon!
Naturalist, Alison & Melissa
