Had a dolphin play with me on the foil yesterday. Swam under my board for about 1km. Must have been fascinated by the foil. Never made contact, which was amazing it was so close to the foil.

Where was that Matt?

Not so impressive as sharks or dolphins but here I've been surrounded by hundred of flying fishes while foiling.

I've been windsurfing in this area (South West of Mediterranean sea) for 30 years and never saw any.

I think the "silence" of the foil wing confuse them with a tuna fish and they fly out trying to escape.

Nice.

Ouch

bensen said..
I hid a seal or small dolphin 2 years ago (in Denmark)

Guessing it wasn't a dolphin, they're too professional to make contact.....

Sputnik11 said..

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Guessing it wasn't a dolphin, they're too professional to make contact.....

I've seen lots of dolphins up close in recent years. They all have lots of scars down their backs. Some you can see they have a series of propellor slices in a row.

I think they scratch their backs on the hulls of boats while they're fanging along and sometimes get it wrong.

Dolphins might be very intelligent, but in human terms they're probably as smart as the average surf grommet. They live a similar lifestyle. Surfing, Eating. Rooting. I wonder if dolphins get stoned?