Tuesday saw some real aerial acrobatics from the dolphins of Cardigan Bay starting with a mother and calf putting on a show for the tour boats. A solid ten minutes of half body breaches and full on leaps in the early evening off the fish factory made the last few trips of the day something to remember. If that wasn’t enough an hour later a group of no less than 6 adult bottlenoses dolphins put in an appearance at the same spot and proceeded to leap spectacularly into the air, one explosive jump reaching over 2 meters out of the water. Leaping by dolphins is thought to be an energy saving tool while fast swimming but may also be part of social interaction or simply having fun. Bottlenose dolphins can breach up to 4.9 meters into the air and spinner dolphins have been seen to breach up to 5.4 meters
By John Ball
