The Big Island of Hawaii is known for its big adventures. It has erupting volcanos, flowing lava, the tallest mountain on Earth (when measured from its base), and some of the best star gazing around. Scuba divers and snorkelers are astounding by the colors of the nearshore reefs as well as the nice wall dives that can present its own unique species. Manta Rays frequent certain spots at night and humpback whales can be seen leaping out of the ocean during the winter months. It is a great place to vacation to, especially if you are adventurous or into marine life. That is where I come in.
Today I took my guests on a dolphin search. We left out of Kona, on the west side of the Big Island. We saw Hawaiiain spinner dolphins near shore, doing their morning resting routine. Then we had a very rare sighting of roughtooth dolphins in deeper, offshore water. Then my favorites appeared, the pantropical spotted dolphins. They are the most acrobatic of the bunch, sometimes leaping 5 meters into the air.
Spotted dolphins also love to bowride. They surf the underwater wave created by the boat plowing through the water. Looking over the edge of the bow, it hardly seems like they flap their tails at all. But today, it isn't the bowriding dolphins I'm after. It is the dolphins playing in our wake, behind the boat. I wanted to try to photograph these, just as they leapt out of the water, so it looks like they are leaping right at the camera.
Take a look at the results and see how I did.
Check out the location on pinmapple.com here
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Thanks for coming along on my adventures, as always.
-Dai Mar