A local whale watching company reports that conditions off the San Diego coast are so good, they're seeing an influx of sharks and dolphins. Gone Whale Watching has been posting videos of their recent encounters, which have generated millions of views. One in particular shows dolphins leaping out of the water right next to their boat.
"You know, when these things are going higher than the wheelhouse. It's just, it's spectacular," said Erica Sackrison.
Sackrison was the photographer aboard a Gone Whale Watching tour last week when a pod of bottlenose dolphins caught her eye, as well as everyone else's on board.
"You could just see them jumping like, 20 feet in the air, and everybody on the boat just started pointing and I'm like, what is everybody looking at? Almost feels like they were doing Olympic-style jumps, like they were just all trying to be like Simone Biles and just touch the sky and come down. It was awesome," said Sackrison.
Sackrison's videos are often posted on Gone Whale Watching's Instagram page. In just one week, the dolphin pod one has already generated over seven million views.
On the day it was taken, she says the boat encountered huge pods every couple of miles right off the coast of Mission Bay.
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"You know, when these things are going higher than the wheelhouse. It's just, it's spectacular," said Erica Sackrison.
Sackrison was the photographer aboard a Gone Whale Watching tour last week when a pod of bottlenose dolphins caught her eye, as well as everyone else's on board.
"You could just see them jumping like, 20 feet in the air, and everybody on the boat just started pointing and I'm like, what is everybody looking at? Almost feels like they were doing Olympic-style jumps, like they were just all trying to be like Simone Biles and just touch the sky and come down. It was awesome," said Sackrison.
Sackrison's videos are often posted on Gone Whale Watching's Instagram page. In just one week, the dolphin pod one has already generated over seven million views.
On the day it was taken, she says the boat encountered huge pods every couple of miles right off the coast of Mission Bay.
#Dolphin video
#San Diego coast
#Viral video
#Ocean wildlife
#Marine life
#Dolphin sighting
#California coast
#Wildlife video
#Viral news
*Keywords:*
#Dolphin video San Diego
#Viral dolphin video
#San Diego coast dolphin sighting
#Dolphin footage
#Ocean conservation
#Marine wildlife video
#California wildlife
#Viral animal video
#Dolphin news
- "Dolphin video goes viral after being spotted off San Diego coast"
- "Viral dolphin footage captured in California"
- "San Diego coast dolphin sighting video"
- "Dolphin video becomes internet sensation"
#San Diego
#California
#West Coast
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00:00Well, watching it's been posting videos of their recent encounters which have generated millions of views.
00:05They include sharks as well as dolphins leaping out of the air right next to their boat.
00:11When these things are going higher than the wheelhouse, it's spectacular.
00:14Erica Sacreson was the photographer aboard a recent gone whale watching tour
00:19when this pod of bottlenose dolphins caught her eye as well as everyone else's on board.
00:24You could just see them jumping like 20 feet in the air and everybody on the boat just started pointing
00:29and I'm like, what is everybody looking at?
00:30Almost feels like they were doing like Olympic style jumps.
00:32Like they were just all trying to be like Simone Biles and just touch the sky and come down.
00:36It was awesome.
00:37Erica's videos are often posted on Gone Whale Watching's Instagram page in just one week.
00:42This one has already generated over 7 million views.
00:46On the day it was taken, she says the boat encountered huge pods every couple of miles right off the coast of Mission Bay.
00:52Gone Whale Watching founder Dominic Biagini says there are a couple of reasons for that.
00:56For starters, there's an abundance of food.
00:58And anchovies are really, really popular food source and especially for the common dolphins.
01:03But we've also been seeing bottlenose dolphins in bigger numbers.
01:06And the bottlenose dolphins are the ones that you see in those spectacular videos leaping into the air.
01:12And oftentimes when we see bottlenose dolphins here in numbers like that,
01:15it's because there's a lot of squid in San Diego waters.
01:19So most likely we have an influx of squid right now.
01:21In addition to dolphins, Dominic says he's been seeing a lot of sharks too.
01:26He credits the sunny skies and smoother water, which make visibility much better.
01:31He captured this video of a great white just a few days ago,
01:34saying it's only the second time he's seen one far away from the shoreline.
01:38I see them all the time in coastal waters, but it's very rare to actually spot a great white offshore.
01:43Because of the prime conditions and increase in sightings,
01:46Dominic has added so-called great white shark trips to his tour schedule.
01:50He warns if other boaters plan to do the same,
01:53depending on where you are, use extra caution by going slowly and lifting your engines up if possible.
01:59When you're in our very, very shallow coastal waters here,
02:02it's really crucial to keep your speed down because you don't know what might be just beneath the surface.
02:07Dominic says doing so will not only increase your chances of seeing something spectacular,
02:12but also keep whatever it is safe from harm.
02:15Shayna Handy, CBS 8.