and a tiger shark.Today began with a few dolphins sightings ... they were leaping high out of the water and speeding by our bow at about 250 meters from us. Feeding, or so it seemed. Several dolphins engaged in this behavior for about 1-2 hours and paid little mind to us. I was snorkeling with a passenger over a little navigational aid (*see P.S.) that wrecked several years ago when we saw three dolphins.
Actually, we heard them first ... many clicks and a few whistles and then we saw #103, Echo come by.
We saw dolphins, old friends today.Our morning was slow with no sightings of dolphins. But the afternoon brought us close to four spotted dolphins. A subadult (mottled) class 4 male named Echo (#103) and three juvenile (speckle-bellied) class 3 females. They were very interactive with one another playing with seaweed, broken sponge coral pieces and chasing fish around. They also mimicked some of us in the water and swam very close.
In fact, one of the females and the male rubbed up against me ... rubbing me with their melon and then their sides.
calmer seas with less windWe woke this morning to less wind and no white caps. A good sign. We traveled the remaining distance north and saw a group of 2 bottleose dolphins that rode with the boat for about ten minutes. They were in front of the bow but not really bowriding. Both had distinctive dorsal fins.
Then about an hour later we saw a single spotted dolphins and within a few minutes the rest of the group ... a total of 6 spotted dolphins. All were juvenile - possessing spots only on their bellies.