The afternoon hours of March 21, approx. 8 nautical miles from Catalina's Avalon Harbor, under sail enroute to Dana Point, our party was witness to a movement of Pacific bottlenose dolphins in what seemed like epic numbers! They were pretty tightly grouped, moving fast, and best guesstimates make the school at up to 3/4 mile wide and perhaps 1 1/2 to 2 miles in length!
As coastal pleasure sailors with a fair number of hours logged offshore Southern California, we'd never seen groups anywhere near this size, and would like to know:
1) Given the estimated dimensions of the group, how many individuals could we've witnessed?
2) Do they assemble and move this way often?
3) Where'd they go and what're they doing?
4) Have you had similar encounters?
Thanks for any insight or stories!
IT WAS VERY VERY COOL!
2007-03-22
20:06:28
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