White Sand Ridge

So Much for Sleep

An increase in wind and sea conditions led to an early departure south. But everyone woke (or rather 'got out of bed') with a sunny attitude. And we had dolphins by the boat at about 8:00 AM. We were taken by surprise with having them so close to us. Literally about 2 meters from the stardboard side of the Hanky Panky. They turned out to be two mother/calf pairs. I recognized #42 and her calf but the other adult female will require photo-identification (i.e., matching of slides).

Slow to start …

... but then some old friends seen again. We had a slow morning, with no dolphin seen from the big boat. We did two dinghy searches - one in the morning and one in the afternoon. The morning trek provided us with two spotted dolphins. They were not interested in us or in bow-riding. We had a bit of a chop and a slight swell most of the day but these and the wind decreased in the early afternoon. Dolphins were sighted in the distance, in one of the many layered blue color bands of sea.

Happy Labor Day!

We spent the holiday underwater ... Our day dawned clear and bright. Guess the old saying is true. Today was an awesome day for dolphin sightings! We had 6 encounters! and 10 sightings - our last at 21:43 this evening when a group of 5 dolphins swam by our stern. No light and no way to watch for other critters so no night swimming. But we were in the water so much today, I still feel water-logged.