Dolphins and Our Dogs

December 29, 2023 - By Jill

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Today as I was going through gathering my photos for a blog post that will be coming up in the future, I came upon a bunch of photos and videos of dolphins and our dogs. I get asked a lot “What is it like on board our boat when we see dolphins and our dogs see them?”

So, today I thought I would share it with you. But first, let me explain where we were and where we were heading.

Comer Channel

On our trip heading south this year for hurricane season, we went through the Comer Channel in The Bahamas.

We started the channel just outside of Thompson Bay, Long Island. This channel takes you to the Jumentos and the ragged island chain. We were hoping to spend some quality time in the ragged island chain.

The comer channel is shallow. Charts show the depth at 6 feet MLLW. We are a deep draft boat. Our boat draws 8 feet. When we are in the Bahamas (which tends to be more shallow) we always pay attention to tides.

We did this on a rising tide so as we arrived at some of the more shallow spots we would have enough water under our keel. We did see zero on our depth gauge at one point.

That was very stressful, but we made it through with no issues.

We transversed the channel on a calm day not to much wind. The seas were pretty calm and the water was very clear. It was a beautiful day.

Dolphins

Within the first hour, the pups started getting excited and barking. Before we knew it we were surrounded by dolphins. The dolphins stayed with us for 20-30 minutes and then came back a little while later for another short visit.

It was a great day and trip through the channel. The dolphins made the experience all the better. I put together just a short video of the interaction between the dolphins and our dogs.

I hope you enjoy it. I thought this was a light and fun video to post this week. Especially being between Christmas and New Year’s and all the stress that the holidays can bring!