2013 11-07 Zuma

A thin layer of high clouds on an otherwise sunny day with very calm seas. This was our first ever sighting of a pod of Risso's dolphins from the beach research station.

Image sequence: shot #1 of 4 - A Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus), a very rare sighting off the beach at Zuma, is seen breaching several times in a row.
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Image sequence: shot #2 of 4 - A Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus), a very rare sighting off the beach at Zuma, is seen breaching several times in a row.
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Image sequence: shot #3 of 4 - A Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus), a very rare sighting off the beach at Zuma, is seen breaching several times in a row.
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Image sequence: shot #4 of 4 - A Risso's dolphin (Grampus griseus), a very rare sighting off the beach at Zuma, is seen breaching several times in a row.
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A living Brandt's cormorant (Phalocrocorax penicillatus) hunting in the surf zone.
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A deceased Brandt's cormorant (Phalocrocorax penicillatus) found washed up on the beach.
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Image sequence: photo #1 of 3 - A Pacific harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) swims through a very clear wave.
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Image sequence: photo #2 of 3 - A Pacific harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) swims through a very clear wave.
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Image sequence: photo #3 of 3 - A Pacific harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) swims through a very clear wave.
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Image sequence: photo #1 of 2 - A bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) plays with some seaweed debris.
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Image sequence: photo #2 of 2 - A bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) plays with some seaweed debris.
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Dunno what's going on with the beach profile pole....just resting, perhaps?
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A glassy wave with bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in back.
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A breaching bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).
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A breaching bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) - part 2.
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Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) cruise along the surf zone.
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wave
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2013 11-07 Zuma