The 12th of August, the day of surprises!
by firmm Team
Bottlenose dolphins: On the first trip in the very early morning we saw coursing bottlenose dolphins. While the adult animals were hunting, the young ones pleased us with jumps like pirouettes.
Have you ever seen surfing killer whales? We neither, until today! Because of the astonishing announcement of the fishers that the orcas are around again in great quantities, we were going out promptly towards the Atlantic Ocean where the fishermen were fishing the red tuna.
There we met them, right at the moment when a great "hilero" began. (After the incoming tide huge waves come through the Strait of Gibraltar causing tumultuous currents. The horror for small boats.) Dolphins and pilot whales love to surf in such waves. But we didn't know that the orcas love that as well. They stopped hunting the tuna and started to surf in the huge waves with their young ones
Buckelchen: Finally we sighted Buckelchen again in the evening, the badly injured pilot whale. His dorsal fin seems to heal well.
Sunset drive: We met Common dolphins on our way home.
all pictures: K. Heyer
-KH-