A miles-long cluster of dolphins has been filmed leaping and gliding across Carmel Bay off the central coast of California, forming an unusual "super pod" of more than 1,500 of the marine creatures.

Colleen Talty, a marine biologist on the trip to track the annual migration of Gray whales headed to breeding lagoons off Mexico's Baja California coast, called it “pretty amazing” to see more than ...

Talty said some dolphins were even swimming at the ... The area’s underwater submarine canyon means they may swim much closer to shore than in other parts of California, said Talty.

The Monterey coastline is a particularly ideal location to spot the dolphins because they prefer extremely deep water. The area's underwater submarine canyon means they may swim much closer to ...

The bay extends from shallow pools to a submarine canyon that reaches depths ... Gray whales but were amazed to see over 1,500 dolphins swimming around their boat. “They were just having a ...

They were jumping out of the water, swimming close to the ... common in the Monterey Bay due to the submarine canyon drop-offs. This brings the Risso dolphins closer to shore than other areas.

Marine biologists have captured a rare sight of a giant pod of over 1,500 dolphins leaping and swimming off the California coast. The “super pod” of Risso’s dolphins was spotted in Carmel Bay, off ...

The Monterey coastline is a particularly ideal location to spot the dolphins because they prefer extremely deep water. The area’s underwater submarine canyon means they may swim much closer to shore ...

The Monterey coastline is a particularly ideal location to spot the dolphins because they prefer extremely deep water. The area’s underwater submarine canyon means they may swim much closer to ...