Around 300 dolphins were caught on camera as they travelled at rapid speeds near Dana Point in southern California.
The minutes-long?video?captured by Capt. Dave's Whale Watching Safari shows dolphins leaping several feet into the air above the glistening waters, wowing those aboard the boat.
Also known as porpoising, the dolphins leap so fast they spend more time in the air than in the water.
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¡°It's thought that the dolphins could be evading a predator such as orcas, racing to catch a food source, or meeting up with another pod of dolphins,¡± the charter company said in a statement.??
Dave Anderson, a Coast Guard-licensed sailor, filmed?the incredible sight of dolphins?porpoising near Dana Point?in southern California.
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Mr Anderson is an experienced captain and runs the company?Dolphin Safari?with his wife Giselle.?Anderson added that anything can cause a dolphin stampede and that his boat had nothing to do with the dolphins¡¯ behavior. ¡°They¡¯re not scared of the boat,¡± Anderson wrote.?
Anderson added that anything can cause a dolphin stampede and that his boat had nothing to do with the dolphins¡¯ behavior. ¡°They¡¯re not scared of the boat,¡± Anderson wrote.??
Dolphin sightings off the Orange County coastline are not uncommon. A dolphin pod caught stampeding in waters near Laguna Beach made news around the world last year.??
Southern California is home to nearly 450,000 common dolphins. According to the Ocean Institute, there are two recognised varieties of bottlenose dolphins off the coast of Dana Point: offshore and nearshore.?
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Bottlenose dolphins are a favourite because of the amazing acrobatics that they perform and can leap up to 10 feet out of the water and have been known to purposefully splash passengers!
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