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Watch 1,000 dolphins stampede this lucky whale-watching boat

by MoneyMagnetMagnate
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Ever had a couple of Dolphins come up alongside your boat? How about Stamped of them?
(OK - maybe not 1000 - but it sure is a LOT of them!)
Dolphin Stampede Overtakes Whale Watching Boat - YouTube

This superb footage of a rare dolphin stampede was captured from a whale-watching boat near Dana Point, Calif., including shots taken from the craft's underwater viewing pods. YouTubers were as awed by the 1,000 racing dolphins as the passengers were, posting comments like "Omg this is just amazing.. Couldn't stop smiling." Others worried about the speedy creatures smashing into the boat's propellers, to which Captain Dave posted, "There has never been a case of a dolphin being struck by a whale-watching boat prop in the history of whale-watching in Southern California." Using their echolocation and amazing swimming abilities, Dave says dolphins can "see" the boat better than humans realize.

  • Profile picture of the author lcombs
    A buddy of mine and I were fishing in a little semi-V aluminum boat, ( about 12-14' ), in a little bay off the Gulf of Mexico in Clearwater when 2 dolphins broke the surface about 2 ft. from the boat. Scared the shit out of me at first.
    But they hung around the boat about all day. They would come up right next to the boat. Close enough for us to touch them.
    But when we reached out they'd slip away.
    It was very cool.
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  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    I don't think I have EVER seen SO many dolphins in one place in my ENTIRE life!

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    • Profile picture of the author Brian John
      very cool. that event is not totally uncommon however. done a lot of open water fishing and have seen this twice, once in gulf of mexico and once in the pacific near the sea of cortez, where the boat was completely surrounded while we were cruising. it's an amazing sight, there has to be hundreds of dolphins i would guess. they're in every direction, swimming, breaching, some even jump. they get closest to the boat near the bow where they can ride the pressure wave coming off. it makes for a great day regardless of how the fishing went, something you don't soon forget.
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  • Profile picture of the author taskemann
    Originally Posted by MoneyMagnetMagnate View Post

    OK - maybe not 1000 - but it sure is a LOT of them!
    You were close because I counted 957.
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  • Profile picture of the author noah.whitmore
    Oo! Viral effect, right? That's pretty intense, glad to see that none of the dolphins flopped up onto the boat.
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    • Profile picture of the author MoneyMagnetMagnate
      Originally Posted by noah.whitmore View Post

      Oo! Viral effect, right? That's pretty intense, glad to see that none of the dolphins flopped up onto the boat.
      You have a point - maybe they all texted each other on their 'Flipper Phone'...it was a Flash Mob!
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  • Profile picture of the author David Maschke
    How very 1998. We actually had to click on a link to watch the video.

    But I'm glad I did Thanks for the post.
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    • Profile picture of the author Daniel Evans
      I don't know what's more amazing: the sight of the dolphins or the fact that the guy on the loadspeaker is assuming anyone is listening to him whilst people are in awe of them.
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  • Profile picture of the author alistair
    What a stroke of bad luck. You go out to spot whales on a whale-watching boat and all you get is 1000 lousy dolphins.
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