Chinese whites return !

Look who is here...

It's around 13:00h, I spot the dolphins from afar. There is no wind and the water surface is flat like a mirror.
This time Paul joins me. We row out there with slow and strong strokes.
As we get closer I tell Paul that these are not bottlenose dolphins, they do look like Chinese whites ! This is the fourth time ever to see them and it is the third time they are here in a pod. There are six individuals. The adults are not very interactive but a young one is.

It´s one of six Chinese White Dolphins

The look is distinctly different from the more common bottlenose dolphins

The tail fin looks kind of deformed

Here is a good view of his mouth and breathing hole

Paul dips in, I follow with the kayak. A young dolphin comes and swims circles, comes very close, really checking us out. Swimming a few circles around us and then swims off again.
Most of the time the dolphins are unseen, but their sonar and whistling is audible. Than out of the blue they appear again...

Paul follows a dolphin

It's a nice rare session that lasts a good half an hour.
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14:00
We are eating ( of course)
More dolphins come from the north again. But these are bottlenose dolphins. There are about 6 big adults. They are hunting. We follow them with the kayak but there is no underwater encounter.

19:30
It´s getting dark. Wind has picked up and we actually have waves !
Aldo, my father in laws says he just saw dolphins pass. It is so dark, I hardly can see anything. But I row out anyway. The sea is mean and the waves high. It´s just the condition the Ralf would enjoy !