Long surface intervals, non-interactive. Our afternoon trip for today was suddenly pushed up by two hours to 11:00 AM. The wind and sea conditions were deteriorating, i.e., getting bad. There was an abundance of cumulo-nimbus clouds (rain clouds) hanging low over our heads. The 'Uneri' (sea swell) was 1.0 to 1.5 meters high with a bit of chop on it. Just passable conditions for heading out to look for and observe dolphins. We went.
What my days are like. Often folks ask me ... 'What is your typical day?' 'How do you spend your days?' To be honest, I don't really have a 'typical day'. While in the field,, I try to get on the water as often as possible ... unless I am too exhausted to even put on my wet suit or grab by array. When in the lab ... late fall to early Spring, usually ... then my day is different because I am working mostly on analysis and report write-ups.
On the water yesterday (20 June) We were on the water in the afternoon yesterday. The first two groups of dolphins were NOT interested in us. With long surface intervals they were likely resting. We watched them from the surface for 20 minutes and attempted two entries when a few individuals came closer to the boat.
After leaving this group, we continued our counter-clockwise path around Mikura passing Motone and Yokozukane before seeing the next group ... a large and spread group of more than 25 dolphins.