Glassy Calm Conditions

As a cetacean biologists, we live for the calm days where sighting conditions are ideal for visual surveys.  Sometimes it is so calm, you can imagine tiny animals riding tiny glassy wavelets.

Clearly I have been at sea too long!

 

Cowabunga! Surfable wave for a copepod!

Cowabunga! Surfable wave for a copepod!

 

Calm Sea. Absolutely perfect sighting conditions.

Calm Sea. Absolutely perfect sighting conditions.

 

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Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins ride our bow-wash in the lagoon at Cocos Keeling Islands.

 

So Beautiful. Whale Song in the lagoon at Cocos Keeling Islands. Crystal clear water, abundant coral and Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins – all set!

So Beautiful. Whale Song in the lagoon at Cocos Keeling Islands. Crystal clear water, abundant coral and Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins – all set!

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A cow/calf pair of humpback whales rest in the calm waters of Lalang-garram/Camden Sound Marine Park in the Kimberley, WA.

 

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