Just prior to Jordan’s AOW night dive, we were all prepped and on the boat about 40mins early. Captain Wags pointed out that a pod of Rough Toothed Dolphin has entered the harbor and were entertaining snorkelers and themselves.
“Was anyone interested in dropping in?”
The answer was “Duh, yeah!”
We cruised out about 2 minutes away with a bunch of people that threw their gear on at the last minute.
We got out and about 3-4 boats of about 50 divers total were swimming around with the dolphins super close and entertaining. (Our rules are strict-no touching and no duck diving). I stayed on the boat to spot.
The pod was out there entertaining waves of divers from a bunch of shops for hours. We had one lucky student that was there for Open Water Course (beginner) that hadn’t even started yet. Talk about lucky.
As I may have mentioned before, our captains are incented to find dolphins and whale shark for divers to snorkel with. The experience cost Jordan about $8. I think I paid $500 for a similar experience for him in The Keys 15 years ago, and that was in a confined lagoon.
As I may have mentioned, the night dive was epic too.
Good times.