We charted a fishing boat near Captiva Island, and our excellent captain, Randy, must also be a dolphin-whisperer because when I pointed out some dolphins I saw in the distance, they came right up behind us and started surfing in the wake.
I’m not sure if there were two or three, but they were having so much fun – Captain Randy just kept a steady speed while they went back and forth behind the boat, surfing one wake and then the other.
You can see how close the dolphins were in the photos below.
Beautiful, aren’t they? It made me think about our incredible whale-watching adventure in Boston last summer.
Captain Randy rocks!
Our half-day private charter included fishing, shelling and unexpected dolphin sitings!
Sanibel series:Surfing Dolphins
Beach Writing
Fishing off Captiva Island
Sanibel Historical Museum Dollhouse
Cayo Costa Shells
Passing the Torch with Seashells
Four-Seat Surrey
Sanibel Island School
Sanibel Historical Village and Museum
Sandbar at Low-Tide
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10:39 pm
Cool! My kids would have loved that! What a great trip and experience. I can’t wait until my kids get home so I can show them your photos.
11:02 pm
Love love love dolphins! Great shots!
11:06 pm
Pretty cool!
My in-laws love going to Sanibel.
11:14 pm
These are beautiful. Randy rocks for getting you near these guys to remind us how beautiful they are and every bit as entitled to live well as the rest of us!
11:18 pm
That looks like a very cool experience! Great pics!
11:32 pm
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11:40 pm
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12:15 am
I love Dolphins. Even contiplated going to school for marine biology!
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1:23 am
wow….amazing snaps!!
Happy Wordless Wednesday!! mine is up come have a giggle on us!
3:20 am
wow! cAN I take a ride? Happy WW!
4:37 am
Fantastic shots! You don’t have to tell fish tales, you’ve got proof!
Happy WW!
7:02 am
Great shot! I would love to be somewhere warm and sunny right now!
7:35 am
Brilliant, absolutely brilliant!
7:59 am
Nice Wednesday post! I enjoyed it! Come take a look at some “typical male bonding”.
8:13 am
I love it and absolutely love dolphins. I went swimming with them once in the DR. They are gorgeous creatures.
8:25 am
Wow! Too Cool! I’d love to do that one day! Thanks for sharing such great pictures!
8:40 am
wowwwwwww seeing the dolphins is a dream come true.they’re just adorable. mine is up too,please check it out
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9:10 am
That is absolutely beautiful!! You’re a great photographer.
9:14 am
How lucky you are for capturing these moments..great shots!
10:06 am
That must have been so much fun. And you got great shots of it to.
10:16 am
oh wow that so neat. the last time i saw dolphins i was in 4th grade.
10:32 am
Fantastic photos! I can feel the energy of being there and seeing it live. Thanks so much for sharing!
Hugs,
Holly
10:38 am
Those are amazing shots, but i bet more amazing to experience in real life.. thanks for sharing!
11:32 am
I love these pictures..they remind me of being on the ocean when I was a little girl…We had a pod join us while we were boating, and I was in the middle of being sick over the edge..so I got a real close up view…LOL! I stopped throwing up though…I even got to touch one!
11:56 am
pretty eh..nice
12:32 pm
Cool! You’re really lucky to capture those moments. Happy WW.
12:33 pm
Great shots! Happy WW.
12:52 pm
Wow! They are gorgeous!
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2:05 am
randy rocks… but I hope not the boat!!!
That adventure looks fabulous. I want to go next time.
11:08 am
nice photos. looks like you was very close to the dolphins. happy ww
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8:28 am
That is so awesome. What an adventure.
6:21 am
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