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VIDEO: Dolphins and whales splash around in the Monterey Bay

VIDEO: Dolphins and whales splash around in the Monterey Bay
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VIDEO: Dolphins and whales splash around in the Monterey Bay
Drone video shot by the Monterey Bay Whale Watch shows a gray whale adult and calf surrounded by a playful group of dolphins in the Monterey Bay. According to marine biologist Nancy Black with the Monterey Bay Whale Watch this is a rare and amazing sighting. "A female Gray Whale recently gave birth to her calf and we encountered them with hundreds of dolphins, Pacific White-Sided Dolphins, swimming and frolicking with cow/calf pair, using the wake from the whale's body to catch a wave and surf, called "snout riding" on large whales, similar to bow riding on vessels. Nancy Black, marine biologist for Monterey Bay Whale Watch, said "I was very surprised to see the newborn calf as Gray Whale calves are normally born in the warm lagoons of Baja, California, and we have only observed just a few calves this year born early. It was incredible that we had our drone with us and could film the mother Gray with her calf tucked to her side as many dolphins swam playfully around the pair. The calf looked very young and was swimming strongly alongside of mom!". Currently the Gray Whale migration is peaking through the Monterey area on their southbound migration from their feeding grounds in Alaska to their breeding grounds in Baja, California. Also, "We were surprised to see over 60 Humpback Whales feeding over 8 miles in the outer Monterey Bay waters with several thousand Pacific White-Sided Dolphins and Northern Right Whale Dolphins, an unusual are rarer dolphin with no dorsal fin. Many groups of Humpback Whales were feeding with several hundred dolphins on schools of anchovies" Nancy said."Monterey Bay Whale Watch offers daily whale watch tours to see whales and dolphins in and around the Monterey Bay.

Drone video shot by the Monterey Bay Whale Watch shows a gray whale adult and calf surrounded by a playful group of dolphins in the Monterey Bay.

According to marine biologist Nancy Black with the Monterey Bay Whale Watch this is a rare and amazing sighting.

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"A female Gray Whale recently gave birth to her calf and we encountered them with hundreds of dolphins, Pacific White-Sided Dolphins, swimming and frolicking with cow/calf pair, using the wake from the whale's body to catch a wave and surf, called "snout riding" on large whales, similar to bow riding on vessels. Nancy Black, marine biologist for Monterey Bay Whale Watch, said "I was very surprised to see the newborn calf as Gray Whale calves are normally born in the warm lagoons of Baja, California, and we have only observed just a few calves this year born early. It was incredible that we had our drone with us and could film the mother Gray with her calf tucked to her side as many dolphins swam playfully around the pair. The calf looked very young and was swimming strongly alongside of mom!". Currently the Gray Whale migration is peaking through the Monterey area on their southbound migration from their feeding grounds in Alaska to their breeding grounds in Baja, California. Also, "We were surprised to see over 60 Humpback Whales feeding over 8 miles in the outer Monterey Bay waters with several thousand Pacific White-Sided Dolphins and Northern Right Whale Dolphins, an unusual are rarer dolphin with no dorsal fin. Many groups of Humpback Whales were feeding with several hundred dolphins on schools of anchovies" Nancy said."

Monterey Bay Whale Watch offers daily whale watch tours to see whales and dolphins in and around the Monterey Bay.