This morning found us start a little later and pushed in at 10:15 for our first launch of the day. ‘Two Dads and the Kids’ joined us this morning on the dolphin boat and together with volunteers Laure and Marina we excitedly went in search of our finned friends.
After yesterdays intimate and close encounter with only three dolphins, today offered up a completely different experience with the dolphin pod numbering close to 40! Males, females, young and old could be seen amongst the sea of fins.
Image: Female E.02 bdm with her babe.
Once our dolphin peeps were kitted up and ready we slipped in and were approached by female E.02 bdm and her offspring who spent just over a minute circle swimming and engaging before the rest of the large pod came quietly filing through in tight formation.
Images: Left - Indo-Pacific Bottlenose Dolfriends! Right: Observing without disturbing
Visibility was not great being close to the surf and the encounter was devoid of dolphin chatter par from some popping which can be heard when adult male B.07 bdm postures @4:36 in the video - presumably to keep the resting pod in tow.
Images: Left - Adult male B.07 bdm Right - Silva and her babe
The humpback whales are defiantly here and we can look forward to hearing their hauntingly beautiful sounds over the next couple of months as can be heard at @2:33 in the video! Back on board it was all dolphin smiles and deep gratitude for the experience we had all shared together.
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Did you know you can adopt a Dolphin of Ponta through the Society for Dolphin Conservation - Germany www.delphinschutz.org. By adopting a family line you directly assist in research and conservation of the local dolphins!
