A mile -long cluster of dolphin is filmed and gliding from the central coast of California to Carmel Bay, making an unusual “super pod” of over 1,500 marine organisms.
“They were on the horizon I think I could see as far as I could,” Captain Ivan Brodsky said, with Monterey Bay Whale Watch, which Drone footage captured A huge gathering of Dolphin of Riso on Friday.
The vision was rare: According to the national ocean and atmospheric administration, the dolphins of Ris usually travel in groups of only 10 to 30 animals.
By 20-Foot inflatable boat, Brodsky and a small team discovered the gray whale, which jumped out of the dolphin bay, as they jumped into the air. This type of dolphin can weigh up to 1,100 pounds with your stoppage body and bulbus head and reach 13 feet long.
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Choline Talty, a maritime biologist to track the annual migration of gray whale to breed the legoon away from the Baja California coast in Mexico, called it “very amazing”, which “very amazing”, which more than 1,500 dolphins around their boat over dolphin Was watching
Some, he said, even floating in front of the vessel and using the waves to pursue them, a technique known as a bo riding.
“They were just doing a great time. So they were dissolving everywhere … Tail slapping, coming right on the boat. He saw that he was doing a big party,” he said.
He said that a large mixture of adult and teen dolphins was probably the result of several pods coming together and swimming in the south.
Although this is not the first time he has seen this large part of a group, it is not a common phenomenon, Talti said.
Monterey Coastline is a particularly ideal place to spot dolphins because they prefer very deep water. The underwater submarine valley of the region means that they can swim very close to the edge than the California coast elsewhere, Talti said.
The team initially could not understand the sheer shape of the super pod, which appeared on Friday morning, thinking that there were only several hundred dolphins.
“Once we put the drone, I just flew … I kept saying, 'Look at my screen. Look at my screen. Look how many are,” Broadsky said. “It only blows my mind every time. It is never old.”
Talty on Friday described a particularly memorable moment in which she was standing in front of the boat and saw many dolphins turning to her sides and staring back directly.
As Dolphin continued to interact with the boat, the team pushed forward directly, making them sure to stay out of their way.
“You don't want to do any abrasive maneuvers and potentially injure an animal. This is definitely the last thing you ever want to do,” Broadsky said. “So we only cruise with them. It was an incredible experience.”
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Montere Bay Whale Watch has first captured the stunning video of marine mammals. In 2023, group released footage “Rarely saw” Orcas Hunt of sea lions away from California coast. And in 2015, members of Monteri Bay Whale Watch caught a rare glimpse of a pure White Albino Dolphin Swim in the bay.
In 2023, rare pink Dolphin It was seen floating from the coast of Louisiana.