#bowriding

[whaletalesorg]

Bottlenose Dolphins in the Matanzas River! To read this story (and more!), follow the link in our bio.⠀ Photo by @explore.florida.waters ⠀ #whaletales #dolphins #bottlenose #getonaboat #dolphinsareawesome #florida #exploreflorida #storytelling #photography #bowriding #dolphinsofinstagram #dolphinawarenessmonth https://www.instagram.com/p/BvhygOsDhiu/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=8vq5mbg71enu

[noaasanctuaries]

🐬 This common dolphin popped up to say hello in Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary! 🐬

Common dolphins are gregarious, sometimes gathering in groups of hundreds or thousands. They're frequently spotted bowriding, or surfing in the waves created by boats. 

Have you seen them while visiting your West Coast sanctuaries? 

(Photo: John Burke)

[agentredsquirrel]

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NORTHERN RIGHT WHALE DOLPHINS! Lissodelphis borealis, a dorsal fin-less species that tends to spend its time far offshore in colder waters, comes in close in Monterey Bay when the conditions are right. A gregarious species, we've seen groups of these animals mixed in with risso's dolphins and pacific white sides dolphins, feeding and traveling together. They look like torpedoes at speed, and it's one of my very favorite things to see them bow-ride. . . . . . #dolphins #bowriding #lissodelphis #bestjobever #theviewfrommyoffice #northernrightwhaledolphins #montereybay #mosslanding #sanctuarycruises #whalewatching #marinelife #marinebiology #marinemammals #nature #naturelovers #shotoniphone (at Sanctuary Cruises Whale Watching)

[respectanimalrights]

Credit © 🎬🖋 @seataceans Absolutely speechless that this pod of Pacific White-sided dolphins made an appearance tonight! These dolphins are often sighted in SoCal waters during the winter months, but a sighting in July is certainly something special. Thank you to my old crew at @sdwhalewatch for having me on board to view these beauties! 💙 • • • • • • #pacificwhitesideddolphin #dolphins #bowriding #cetaceans #whales #whalewatching #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #stayandwander #discoverocean #passportocean #sandiego #socal #sdwhalewatch #iphone https://www.instagram.com/p/B0DwfbMl2TY/?igshid=13cmfw41dpxl9

[dolphinswimaustralia]

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DANCE OF THE DOLPHINS🤩💙🐬! How amazing is this clip, shared by our wonderful friend Vince @maestro320 who offers a wealth of information with everything he posts - such a great educator🙏🌏🌎🌍. How amazing is the manoeuvrability of the dolphins though😍🥰😏😲??!! Reposted from @maestro320 - "Going Aerial" - 🔵Maestro's Notes: This impressive footage of bowriding dolphins was filmed on location off The Coast of Baja California, Mexico courtesy of UnCruise Adventures @uncruise - Dancing dolphins by the bow. Why do dolphins bow-ride? It has been proposed that it is a mechanism to efficiently travel from one place to another. However, this is unlikely, for one often sees bow-riding dolphins after some time heading back to whence they picked up the vessel. Instead, it is more likely that riding the bow is done for enjoyment, for the sport of it; in other words, play. This is of great interest to behaviorists, for there are not too many nondomesticated adult mammals that habitually engage in activities just for the fun of them, although the list is growing with detailed observations in nature. Bow-riding was certainly not “invented” by dolphins as a sport when human-made vessels first came on the scene. Instead, it appears to have been adapted from other wave-riding forms. Dolphins ride on the lee slopes of large oceanic waves and on the curling waves (or surf) that are formed as oceanic waves touch near-shore bottom (these two “rides” are hydro-dynamically quite different; Hertel, 1969). Yes, dolphins “body surf’ much as do humans, but dolphins are generally much better surfers than humans. Dolphins also ride the bow waves of surging whales, such as of the larger of the baleen whales, and sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus). Dolphins even “entice” whales to surge ahead by rapidly crossing back and forth a whale’s eyes and snout. The whale surges forward in response (and apparent annoyance), often blowing forcefully during the surge. An abrupt bow wave is formed, and the previously heckling dolphins are all lined up in that wave, apparently enjoying its momentary pressure effect. #dolphins #manoeuvrability #bowriding #jointhepod #dancing #acrobatics https://www.instagram.com/p/ByKNpjagQ_d/?igshid=14vmt9fa5yhn1

[h2omadeira]

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Commun Dolphin #bowriding #madeiraisland #calheta (em H2oMadeira) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuGlcErnWOM/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1tqx0qfgvjd79

[nightowlartwork-blog]

Mermay day 4: Dolphin 🐬 - As most of you know dolphins love to ride the waves in front of boats and ship which is commonly known as Bow Riding. #mermay2018 #mermay #mermaid #dolphin #illustration #socalartist #ocartist #bowriding #ridingthewave

[h2omadeira]

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#commondolphin #bowriding (em H2oMadeira)