A Male Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) spouts.
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A Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis) races alongside the Condor Express.
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A group of leaping Common Dolphins (Delphinus capensis).
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Mother and calf - Common Dolphins (Delphinus capensis).
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Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis) imitates a torpedo...or does the torpedo imitate the dolphin? Hmmm.
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Common Dolphins (Delphinus capensis).
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A long line of fast moving Common Dolphins (Delphinus capensis).
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A closer look at the long line of Common Dolphins (Delphinus capensis).
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An even closer look at the long line of Common Dolphins (Delphinus capensis). All the dolphins were racing east in the Channel. Could it be because the Killer Whales were in the area?
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More leaping Common Dolphins (Delphinus capensis).
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Whalers on board the Condor Express are surrounded by Common Dolphins (Delphinus capensis).
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Leaping Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis).
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A Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) with UCSB in the background.
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Killer Whale (Orcinus orca).
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Risso's Dolphin (Grampus griseus).
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Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) near the East Channel NOAA Weather Buoy.
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Killer Whale (Orcinus orca) spouts close to the Condor Express.
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Tall dorsal fin of a male Killer Whale (Orcinus orca).
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Killer Whale (Orcinus orca)
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A spouting Risso's Dolphin (Grampus griseus).
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A spouting Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).
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Three Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus).
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Two Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) visit the whalers.
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Side view of a Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).
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Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).
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Four playful Bottlenose Dolphins (Tursiops truncatus).
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A well-photographed Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus).
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A raft of California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus) relax on water near Santa Cruz Island.
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Leaping California Sea Lions (Zalophus californianus).
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Body surfin' California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus).
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