Words cannot describe how amazing this was. We had the opportunity to swim with dusky dolphins in their natural environment. They gave us wet suites and snorkeling gear and brought us out in a boat to where the dolphins were last seen. We jumped into the Pacific and and swam around with them. They are curious and they like to play so they came over to check us out. There were so many of them and some would stop to hang out for a while. They liked to swim circles around us, and at times I could see up to 15 swimming below me.
Drew witnessed a different show from the boat: all the dolphins from the top of the water. Check out Drew's blog to see some amazing slideshows and footage: www.studio1504.blogspot.com. After Katie and I swam we got to see this view also. We could see dolphin fins everywhere. Many of them were doing flips in the air. It was unreal. The captain of the boat told us that for every one dolphin we could see on the surface, there were 4-5 below. We could see about one hundred so there were about 400-500 around us. They live a nice easy life near the town of Kaikoura. Near Kaikoura is an ocean shelf that attracts marine life (Kaikoura is where we saw all the seals). Those dolphins are so smart and it was so much fun to swim around with them. It was amazing that they were so friendly. We just loved this experience!
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Amazing!!!
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