Dolphin Survey report from Anna and audiopost by Larry:

As you can hear from Larry's audiopost, we had a fantastic day on the water! Starting up the Spy Hop is always a trick, and a
couple of folks at the dock told us that the day was going to be windy, so our expectations weren't very high as we motored out of Moss Landing Harbor. After a busy start (lots of marine mammal sitings) at the harbor mouth, we were cruising close to the surf and Sean spotted dolphins! There were five individuals including a calf/cow pair quickly traveling north. As we continued to look around, we spotted more dolphins to the north and south- at least 12 different animals. We followed them north of the harbor mouth and tried to keep track as they milled around, and then followed them south again. All of a sudden, they were much more interested in us. Most of the dolphins approached the Spy Hop to check us out, 3 and 4 animals bow riding at a time! At one point we had seven animals surfing in our wake! Sometimes, they were TOO close for photo id with my long lens! But it was neat that they were so close that I could see them swimming under the water and could easily time when their dorsal would break the surface. When the day was done, I had snapped 238 photos, all which had to be reviewed back at the house. Once we returned to Willow street, Larry and David got cracking on the data entry. They entered the entire survey log, and were so charged about the day, they stuck it out in the office for three hours, and reviewed all 238 photos. Way to go!