I swam with wild dusky dolphins in the open Pacific Ocean! I'll tell you all about them on one condition, you read along.
Introduction to dusky dolphins
Not a lot of people know about dusky dolphins but you will you soon! Dusky dolphins are a dolphin that when I think about them, they look like a halve mix ice cream. A swirl of chcolate (black) and a swirl of vanilla (white). They are known for their amazing acrobats and for traveling in pods of 500-700 dolphins! They live off the the coast of New Zealand. When you swim with them you get four tries to jump off the boat. That closes up our introduction on dusky dolphins! Have fun in the rest!
Gear Getter
Before plunging into the cold water you have to get on ton of gear. You have to put on flippers, a wetsuite, goggles, snorkel, wetsuite top, and a hoodie. OK I think I'm done, that is a lot of things. Before I got in the water I didn't get why they made us put on all this crazy gear. But when I got in the water I understood why, IT WAS FREEZING!!!!!!!!!!!!🥶 If you don't believe me, try swimming with the dolphins in your bathing suit. You will turn in to a icicle.
NEXT UP: I'M A JUMPING ICICLE.
I'm a jumping icicle
When I dove into the deep cold water I was surrounded by dolphins. I was too cold to put my face in. But then daddy told me that I had to put my face in. So on the next jump I put my face in the water and I was glad I did. It was amazing. If I wanted to I could reach out and touch the dolphins. On the 2nd or 3rd round I saw a dolphin poop. It is white flakey stuff and we had to swim through it. EWWWWWWWWWWWW!!💩=🤢. Sorry I have to end on a gross thing.
Breaking news: a pod of duskys adopts a bottlenose dolphin
There is a bottlenose dolphin that has bean adopted by the duskeys! The bottlenose dolphin had a lot of scratches on it. Remember the 💩 stuff I said earlier? He was the one who did his business in our face. At first I thought that he was a whale because of its scratches, and mommy thought it was a shark but it was just a dolphin. OK I think we are done with the poop talk because next up is feelings.
I think this is the bottlenose!
How I felt
When I saw the first dusky dolphin I found my new favorite animal. Seeing the dusky dolphins is a once in a life time chance so do it while you can. I personally think that it is better when you are young because your memory is not all stuffed with other stuff. Stuff like, is my kid about to fall in the water then you miss a dolphin doing a double backflip. I feel really happy that I got to swim with the dusky dolphins.
Signing of for now, Ginny!!!!!👩🏼
The water sounds so cold! Just thinking about it makes me shiver😰 And the poop was gross
OMG I swam with dolphins last year (not as cool as your swim, but still...) and I'll never forget it. Did you get to touch them? The ones I touched felt so smooth and so muscular. Amazing.
We miss you all! But now that it's 2024, you'll be back before we know it. We're starting to plan next school year and I'm happy that we will have Rourkes "filling a spot" in kindergarten, 3rd grade, and 5th grade.
Well Ginny, you have just given me a new bucket list idea! What a treat to swim with the Dusky dolphins! I was laughing at your "dress code" for swimming but it sounds like it was a good idea! Thanks for sharing your trip with us! I love reading your entries!