Nothing short of explosive. I could see the water start to be worked, almost a whirlpool effect directly in front of me.
The charge was still unexpectedly swift. Look at the vast waves created by the animal. This was a full size adult so perhaps 12 feet (3.6 m) in length.
It was a good day of footage for the Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network video projects by Ramage Productions. I’m still not sure how many stills I came away with.
Sizable fish he or she is homing in on so I guess all the expenditure of energy pays off!
Sometimes there are dozens of fish flying around from a hunt like this, especially if more than one Dolphin charged. Also swimming behind a few meters are more Dolphins picking up the fish that escaped.