Tursiops truncatus surfing 2013 04-18 Zuma-136

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Tursiops truncatus 2014 05-01 SB Coast-MHS-b-013

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Tursiops truncatus 2 UW 2014 05-01 SB Coast-MHS-a-010

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Tursiops truncatus UW Goleta Bay 2014 05-01 SB Coast-MHS-093

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Quintessential Bottlenose Dolphin leap....in the surf - Zuma Beach.

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Tursiops truncatus Goleta Bay 2014 04-28 SB Coast-MHS - 074

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Tursiops truncatus surfing offshore winds 2013 04-18 Zuma-004

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Bottlenose dolphins surfing.

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Three bottlenose dolphins surfing: last of sequential shots.

Full throttle: bottlenose dolphin in wave.

Smiling power turn: surfing bottlenose dolphin. A second dolphin in the chase is barely visible underwater, behind the first, at the crest of the wave, upside down!

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Bottlenose dolphin rides a glassy wave at dawn. Zuma Beach.

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Tursiops truncatus & Macrocystis pyrifera 2012 04-09 SB Channel-a-025

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Offshore, leaping.

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Underwater smile.

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Playing with the kelp. The middle dolphin has wrapped itself with kelp while the dolphin below comes in to play with the streamer.

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Tursiops truncatus & Macrocystis pyrifera 2012 04-09 SB Channel-a-028

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Tursiops truncatus & natural surface oil 2012 04-09 SB Channel-a-021

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Tursiops truncatus & Macrocystis pyrifera 2012 04-09 SB Channel-a-023

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Tursiops truncatus & passengers & natural surface oil 2012 04-09 SB Channel-a-009

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Tursiops truncatus & passengers 2012 04-09 SB Channel-a-032

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Tursiops truncatus & passengers 2012 04-09 SB Channel-a-012

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Tursiops surfing, goes airborn to body-slam another dolphin in the wave. A third one is visible to the right. Agro!

Ridin' high! Surfing bottlenose dolphin.

Part 1 of a sequence of images of leaping Bottlenose Dolphins just outside the surfline at Zuma Beach.

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Part 2 of a sequence of images of leaping Bottlenose Dolphins just outside the surfline at Zuma Beach.

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Part 3 of a sequence of images of leaping Bottlenose Dolphins just outside the surfline at Zuma Beach.

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Part 4 of a sequence of images of leaping Bottlenose Dolphins just outside the surfline at Zuma Beach.

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Part 5 of a sequence of images of leaping Bottlenose Dolphins just outside the surfline at Zuma Beach.

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