swimming with dolphins

[ozi-chichi's]

Here are some pics of me and Stephan and his work bosses swimming with the dolphins down south in Bunbury today....

This is the dive boat that we went on:
http://img22.photobucket.com/albums/v65/potserelli/boat.jpg

[ozi-chichi's]

We saw these couple in the first few minutes of getting on the boat. Lets hope their not sharks! j/k
http://img22.photobucket.com/albums/v65/potserelli/distance.jpg

There were about 60 dolphins in the bay swimming around! But do you think I can get a shot with them all in it... These next two pics are kind of hard to work out - there are 3 of them playing together
http://img22.photobucket.com/albums/v65/potserelli/dol1.jpg
http://img22.photobucket.com/albums/v65/potserelli/dol2.jpg

[ozi-chichi's]

They are just so cute, they were swimming under and next to the boat.
http://img22.photobucket.com/albums/v65/potserelli/cute.jpg

Look how close he is!!
http://img22.photobucket.com/albums/v65/potserelli/close2.jpg

[ozi-chichi's]

There are heaps of rules about swimming near them, we are only allowed to get off the boat when they are not next to it and wait for them to come to us. They didnt want to come near us when we were in the water but we could hear them underwater and it was amazing! Here is a pic of me in the middle (green suit) with Stephan in sunglasses and his work boss's after our swim
http://img22.photobucket.com/albums/v65/potserelli/wet_suits.jpg

[Hercules Momma]

Oh wow Terri.. that is incredible ! How cool that looked! The dolphins and water was beautiful! Thanks for sharing the pics!

[Bev&Casey]

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OMG that is so cool!!
The water is just beautiful.

And you could hear them underwater. What a great experience.

Bevandcasey

[islandbabies]

Wow Terri! That is sooooo cool 8) :blob2: Australia's beautiful! That must've been so exciting, even if they weren't that close, gosh what an adventure! You and your hubby look GREAT!

[Tracy, Daisy & Zoe]

awesome pics!! the water and dolphins look beautiful!! glad you had a fantastic time.. :)

[Romans Mom]

Hi Terri, I keep looking at these pics and haven't even posted yet. :oops: It's so breath-taking. It must be quite an experience to be right out there swimming with them. :) It's Whale time here right now and I always get awstruck with every single one. Thanks for sharing the photos. Do you do this all of the time, or was this your first? Everything is so beautiful in Australia. :wub:

[ozi-chichi's]

Roman's Mom Posted: Tue Mar 23, 2004 9:36 am Post subject:

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Hi Terri, I keep looking at these pics and haven't even posted yet. It's so breath-taking. It must be quite an experience to be right out there swimming with them. It's Whale time here right now and I always get awstruck with every single one. Thanks for sharing the photos. Do you do this all of the time, or was this your first? Everything is so beautiful in Australia.
Hi Barb :wave:
This is the first time I have done something like this. I have seen them before but never this many in the same place. Hearing them was amazing kind of like hearing whales. They had a few baby ones around and they were soooo cute. We were out on the boat for 2 hours but it felt like 20 minutes.

I cant beleive that I didnt care about sharks when I was in the water, I normally freak out about sharks and we were so deep in the ocean and I didnt even care, or maybe I was just to wrapped up in what was going on around me. There have been a few shark attacks lately too.

I love whale time too, I try to go on a whale watch boat at least once a year, I love them, they are so huge but so graceful, they just take my breath away. I saw one really close to the boat once and he had barnicles all over his body which suprised me because they look so smooth from a distance. The whales are coming in about June to November for feeding and mating on their way to Antartica.

What type of whales do you get up there? Are they feeding and mating too?

[LuKi]

WOW, that is sooooo cool!!!!! When we were in Destin we rented waverunners and went out and found a lot of dolphins also, we didn't swim with them but they were right next to us!!! I will have pics soon too!!! AMAZING!!

[ozi-chichi's]

LuKi Posted: Wed Mar 24, 2004 3:27 am Post subject:

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WOW, that is sooooo cool!!!!! When we were in Destin we rented waverunners and went out and found a lot of dolphins also, we didn't swim with them but they were right next to us!!! I will have pics soon too!!! AMAZING!!
I cant wait to see your pics Mandi

[Luckys Mom]

that looked like so much fun...

[Romans Mom]

[/quote]Hi Barb :wave:

What type of whales do you get up there? Are they feeding and mating too?[/quote]

They're Gray whales. I could be partly wrong here, but I believe they have mated down south in Mexico in the warm waters and are now on they're way back north to Alaska. We watch them feed just right off the beaches and so close sometimes. They get beached sometimes, poor whales. Sometimes they save them, but it's not always possible even as hard as everyone tries to save them.