This video is from when Jeff and Sue Thomson were visiting. There is a picture back a ways of us in those lovley wetsuits. These are the little fellas we swam with in the Pacific - Hector's dolphins. They are native to New Zealand and are the smallest dolphin species and are very friendly. Sorry I couldn't get pictures of us swimming with them, because we were busy swimming with them. Go figure.
The water is so full of minerals and nutrients that you can't see down further than a couple feet. So, the only time you saw the dolphins was when they surfaced right next to you which was fun and nervewracking at the same time.
It was certainly an amazing experience. I have had friends swim with dolphins in captivity and thought it was pretty cool. But, I must say swimming with them in the wild is one or two notches up the cool scale.
Oh, when I say swimming, I mean more like bobbing in the water like a beach ball. The wetsuits were 5mm thick and very buoyant.
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