Hundreds of Dolphins Stampede Near Dana Point, California

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Capt. Dave's Whale Watching

A remarkable whale watching experience with a pod of around 300 common dolphins stampeding off the coast of Dana Point, California. There is a greater than usual number of baby dolphins at this time of year, so be sure to watch for them jumping alongside their mothers!

Dolphin stampede behavior can be described as porpoising out of the water at a high rate of speed. Porpoising is the fastest mode of travel for dolphins because there is less resistance in the air than in water.

It is not known exactly what causes common dolphins to stampede. It's thought that the dolphins could be evading a predator such as orcas, racing to catch a food source, or meeting up with another pod of dolphins.

Dolphin stampedes can happen without warning or anything frightening them. They are not scared of the boat.

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[Bayard]

1. Wowza!

That's amazing!

They're likely hurrying to catch their ship. Good bye, and thanks for all the fish!

[Aristus]

2. And we don't even get so much as a cut-glass bowl in return...

[2naSalit]

3. What's with...

the assholes in the other boat plowing itself right into the middle of them?!

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5. You can tell the guy taking the video is NOT happy with them.

They should've been cited for violating the MMPA.

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6. Hard to tell but both boats might've been in the middle of the herd.

But many feel dolphins are as smart as humans so they know how to get out of the way of a big ass boat.

[Arkansas Granny]

4. The baby dolphins jump in almost perfect unison with their mothers.

[ret5hd]

7. They gots the covid! They gots THE COVID!!! RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY!

[North Shore Chicago]

8. Way cool!

<---- I'm with nasty



So, we don't know the porpoise of this?