Diving with Dolphins

Got an invite from my buddy Jesse to go out on Sunday looking for the BFT that have been seen in Monterey Bay...

We saw a few jumpers but couldn't get close enough to target them with hook and line or spear.

There was a LOT of life out there though...whales, dolphins, sealions, albatrosses...

Eventually I couldn't handle it anymore and suited up and jumped in next to a school of dolphins...I totally expected to see nothing or at the very most to see the school taking off and moving through...

The exact opposite happened though and the big school hung around and gave me the experience of a lifetime...I was with them for 10+ minutes and they showed no signs of leaving...

I've been diving for 28+ years and have never had a chance to swim with Dolphins before...so grateful and stoked that it happened!!

These were Pacific white-sided dolphins:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_white-sided_dolphin

3 minute YouTube vid with some music here:



60 second InstaVid with no music here:

https://instagram.com/p/BxKGT0uAzhg/

 

Sincerely,

Jim

That is really cool Jim!

Dude that’s awesome

Very cool!

Like I said before, 100% MAGICAL!

This is awesome, Jim! We sailed into a pod of about 2000 dolphins in Mexico once and I SOOOO wanted to jump in.. but just wasn't sure what might happen and whether they might get aggressive.  Now I'm wishing I'd done it! Thanks for taking the risk.. and sharing...

That’s awesome and beautiful at the same time!

Cool!

Pure awesomeness!

That's really cool!

That's so awesome!! Glad you have the camera with you on that dive!

Diving with dolphins is always cool 

Thanks for sharing 

Wow! Humbling experience for sure! Nice capture and thanks for sharing

-j

So awesome, Jim. Definitely a memory that will last a lifetime. Too bad there weren’t any BFT under those guys. Thanks for sharing the footage!

Way to seize the opportunity Jim.
Really cool video.