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| Curious bottlenose dolphin |
16h, the sun has set and it is getting chilly. Time to pack up, but hey, we could warm up a little by doing some intensive paddling. And out we go and warm up scanning the horizon.
And there, really far away, I don´t see anything, but I am told by Charlotte, returns the group. They jump and play, even the baby tries to jump.
They come straight towards us. We move with them for awhile and then decide to go in, overcoming the initial resistance to the cold water. We are actually quite far outside and the water is deep blue. Charlotte is troubled by the shark attack stories of Sharm and hesitates. After all, who knows what´s watching us from below...
But then she goes anyway.
The group gives us a warm welcome. One by one comes and greets us and does a few circles.
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| Dolphin meets human |
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| More curious dolphins |
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| Once the calfes had been lead away the adults were at ease and playful |
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| Getting very close - they look like sharks here |
From outside the water seemed to be obscure and threateningly dark, but once inside the visibility seemed perfect. The water had a great deep blue and the dolphins stood out in neat silver. It is too bad the photo diving mask can´t handle poor light conditions. All of these great shots turned out blurry. I have attached them anyway, I find they give a good impression of the excitement and thrill we felt. |
| Very blurry but it shows the dynamic under water |
This second encounter today lasted a good 40 minutes and was composed of three dips and moving down 1 km of coast.
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