Anyway last Sunday (17th) I was on a 1.5 hour trip around the Farne Islands when my friend Ron gave me a shout saying that he had seen 2 dolphins at the Blue Caps.
I was nearly at Staple Island and I was praying that they would wait for us to arrive. By the time I got there they had been around all the boats and even a diver of Toby's boat said that one of them swam straight past him.
As I got closer I could see about 6/7 Seals playing on the surface and then the 2 Dolphins came jumping out of the water.
I could not believe what I was witnessing and in my wildest dreams I never thought dolphins and seals would play together, but it looked like they were having so much fun until I turned up.
The pair left the seals and started to bow ride the boat. At first they were way ahead of the boat so I went a little faster and they seemed to enjoy it a bit more. They were really showing off so I went a little bit faster until I was doing 20 knots and they kept up with the boat. Now that is some speed and I don't know how fast they can go but whatever the speed is 20 knots is very impressive.
They stayed with us for a while and then disappeared, so we turned around and headed over towards the seals.
Once we arrived back at the harbour I was praying that they would still be there for our next guests and as we steamed out of the harbour I noticed my cousin pointing at the bow of his boat. As I looked to see what he was meaning the dolphins jumped out of the water. They had followed him all the way back to the harbour and as I stopped they just followed him into the harbour. I could not believe they were actually in the harbour.
Another boat turned up and then another and at one stage we had 4 boats viewing the 2 dolphins swimming around us all.
I have never in my life seen dolphins in the harbour and to make it even better it was Common Dolphins, which have never been seen in Northumberland since 1989 and a first for the Farne Islands.
As I finished my last trip of the day and they were still outside the harbour until dark. A great record for the Farne Islands and hopefully not the last.
Sorry as all my pictures were taken on a mobile as I left my camera at home.
A video taken from my mobile. Sorry the quality is not very good.
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