Trip 17 brought some interesting observations, though not much in the way of video. First a group bottlenose about ten minutes after leaving the dock, in the same place we'd seen the spotteds in the shallows the night before. Though not very interested in the boat, they let us follow them for a while, watching them feed.
Out on the dolphin grounds, we came across a group of 4 young, unmarked spotted calves and one adult, in a babysitting situation.
Came across a large group of adults on Tuesday, although we were only able to identify two of them from the surface. We're hoping to get a look at some underwater footage from Brett and get positive IDs on the other 5 animals. It was the first all adult group we have seen so far.
Also met Split Jaw (#22) for the first time this season, and the 'Soggy Bottom Girls.' Though they weren't much into swimming with the passengers, they hung around for a bit, bowriding, and playing in the wake.
We saw at least three mother-calf pairs on the tenth. Our IDs were from topside observations, so we cannot confirm who they were (with the exception of possibly Freckles), but they were quite entertaining. Our first sighting was of two M/c pairs, one calf with a ramora stuck to its side which it was not happy about at all. The calf was using any means possible to remove the annoying hitchiker, to the delight of passengers on board.