My dad and I used to go fishing a lot. In a little ex-trawler that could accommodate 8 anglers on a day trip. The whales and dolphins would often follow us like this. They’re hanging out. Dad used to swear that the good fishing days always coincided with these outings with them. They’d follow our boat in almost to the mouth of the harbour. Like they were celebrating with us that we’d had a good catch. Kind of a salute from one lot of fisherfolk to another.
We see them in the Sound by Seattle all the time, but never getting this close. I thought one was dangerously close to the propeller – very unusual for them to do this near a power-boat. One swam directly under my friend in a row-boat off Camano Island…came up right next to him, looked him and then swam under (swell lifted the boat) and then came up the other side, jumped and slapped his tail. Friendly but scary when you see the size of them up close.
These two beat me in the bravery department, that is, in this scenario, (…you think maybe it’s because I can’t swim?…lol). This is simply AMAZING footage! Mother Nature is indeed awesome! Everyone, make sure you give a couple bucks to LEGIT organizations that really make an effort to keep our Oceans clean. Thanks for sharing.
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