A fabulous day at work...

Another stunning day in Kaikoura, clear blue skies, slight to moderate seas and mountains providing an incredible backdrop. At one stage we had 300/400 dusky dolphins, its pretty special to see so many at the surface, they are fast and very active swimmers and highly acrobatic at the surface.

The dusky dolphins were later joined by a pod of Hectors dolphin. This species is the smallest (and cutest) of the dolphin species. They are endemic to New Zealand, they are definately not as acrobatic as the dusky dolphins, but today they decided they wanted a swim, and were very inquisitive, they continued to follow our boat for a while. They are about 1.5m in length and barely break the surface.

In amongst the pod of dusky dolohins was a common dolphin, unfortunately i was unable to take a picture but it was good to see. I think tis particular individual thinks he's a dusky as its the second time iv seen a lone common dolphin in amongst the duskys.