Dolphins or not?

[nlktx49]

Just back from an 8 day cruise to Key West and Bahamas. On Friday my husband was out on the balcony when he opened the door and told me to hurry, come out, dolphins! There were a lot of them swimming around, jumping up into the air, plopping back down into the water.

 

I don't think they were dolphins. Much smaller but couldn't see much detail. They did have a fin like a dolphin that showed when they were swimming just under the surface of the water.

 

Anyone know what these were? They weren't flying fish. We were just below the middle of Louisiana.

 

Thanks for any help in identifying these. My husband insists they were dolphins. 

[bguppies]

We have dolphins swimming in the harbor here in Charleston, SC  all the time. (crazy watching them chase a school of fish into the shallows as a group and have themselves a massive buffet)

 

I've seen them from my balcony on ships out of Tampa and Port Canaveral before.

 

So I don't know why you couldn't see them in the Gulf.

[ColeThornton]

Possible could be porpoises but without providing a picture, who knows?

[nlktx49]

4 minutes ago, bguppies said:

We have dolphins swimming in the harbor here in Charleston, SC  all the time. (crazy watching them chase a school of fish into the shallows as a group and have themselves a massive buffet)

 

I've seen them from my balcony on ships out of Tampa and Port Canaveral before.

 

So I don't know why you couldn't see them in the Gulf.

There are always dolphins swimming around the ship in port in Galveston, so I know what a dolphin looks like - dark grey, the pointed nose, the size. If my husband wants to think they are dolphins, fine, I just don't think they are and I'm curious to find out what else they could be.

[ThaNectar]

They could be "spinner dolphins" ..they are a smaller version of the regular dolphins.

 

But.. I have never seen them in that part of the ocean.

[ThaNectar]

Just checked on this.." spinner dolphins"  they are located in the Gulf.. 

[sparks1093]

2 hours ago, nlktx49 said:

There are always dolphins swimming around the ship in port in Galveston, so I know what a dolphin looks like - dark grey, the pointed nose, the size. If my husband wants to think they are dolphins, fine, I just don't think they are and I'm curious to find out what else they could be.

You might be able to find out what they were by looking at a lot of Google images.

[Buckeyefrank100]

3 hours ago, nlktx49 said:

There are always dolphins swimming around the ship in port in Galveston, so I know what a dolphin looks like - dark grey, the pointed nose, the size. If my husband wants to think they are dolphins, fine, I just don't think they are and I'm curious to find out what else they could be.

There are 49 different species of dolphins of all sizes.  They were most likely a dolphin.

[sunonfire]

My last cruise we saw a manatee.

[dolphinsfan246]

I was lucky enough to see 2 pilot whales swimming in tandem with Carnival Freedom back in April. At first I didn’t know what they were, looked like a dolphin or a maybe a killer whale, upon researching I found out they were definitely pilot whales. It’s so cool to see wildlife at sea! 

[Joebucks]

I hate to use this word, but can almost guarantee you can see dolphins on any cruise, as long as you look hard enough (or get lucky).

 

On our last Mexican Riviera cruise, not only did we see dolphins in multiple occasions, but also whales at Cabo.

[HEATH3913]

2 hours ago, sunonfire said:

My last cruise we saw a manatee.

That was me in the pool, not a manatee. 

[ProgRockCruiser]

On 9/20/2022 at 1:52 PM, HEATH3913 said:

That was me in the pool, not a manatee. 

It sure as heck wasn't me - manatees eat lettuce...

 

I might have been mistaken for an out-of-shape orca, though...

[Theosprey247]

Mermaids

[nlktx49]

On 9/19/2022 at 2:22 PM, Buckeyefrank100 said:

There are 49 different species of dolphins of all sizes.  They were most likely a dolphin.

So now I have to tell my husband he was right? I hate when that happens, makes him so smug.😁

[nlktx49]

On 9/20/2022 at 10:18 AM, dolphinsfan246 said:

I was lucky enough to see 2 pilot whales swimming in tandem with Carnival Freedom back in April. At first I didn’t know what they were, looked like a dolphin or a maybe a killer whale, upon researching I found out they were definitely pilot whales. It’s so cool to see wildlife at sea! 

Wow! Where was this? 

[Buckeyefrank100]

1 hour ago, nlktx49 said:

So now I have to tell my husband he was right? I hate when that happens, makes him so smug.😁

Well you know us husbands are right some of the time 🙂

[ldubs]

12 hours ago, Buckeyefrank100 said:

Well you know us husbands are right some of the time 🙂

 

Some of the time for me is from 4:00 to about 4:15.  😃

[dolittle]

We go to the beech almost every weekend in New Jersey and see dolphins every day sometimes as many 10 at a time. Florida does have flying fish but they are small .

Edited September 24, 2022 by dolittle

[Mary229]

On 9/21/2022 at 8:17 PM, Theosprey247 said:

Mermaids

End of discussion!

[wcook]

Definitely take the Dolphins and the points. The Bills look good, but home dogs tend to be good bets. 

[K32682]

On 9/22/2022 at 10:52 AM, Buckeyefrank100 said:

Well you know us husbands are right some of the time 🙂

 

"Well, even a stopped watch is right twice a day," would be my wife's response.