Robyn Spencer was waiting to board a dolphin watching boat with her family in Rudee Inlet Saturday morning when a large gray animal poked its nose out of the water.
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Looking to see dolphins on the water? Dolphin-watching may be the activity for you
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and last updated 2021-05-02 14:12:37-04
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Tourists aren t the only ones coming to Oceanfront as the weather gets warmer dolphins are, too. In fact, they are already off the coast of Hampton Roads You ll have someone that will see a dolphin, jump up and get excited,â Alexis Rabon said.â You have people that this is a bucket list item for them, so they re checking that off.
Rabon is a naturalist and researcher with Rudee Tours, a tour and fishing company that takes people onto the ocean for ocean-related activities like dolphin watching. She sees dolphins constantly with every group of sight-seers she takes out on the water.
Photo courtesy of Rudee Tours
Here’s a type of pod to get excited about: January and February are traditionally the best months to see migrating whales off the shore of Virginia Beach. And some whale-watching boats this winter have been spotting the giant creatures almost every day they go out.
“We can’t guarantee wildlife and what they will do, but I can tell you that over the past four weeks, we have had close to 100 percent, if not 100 percent, sightings of whales,” says Michael Mizell, the boat coordinator at the Virginia Aquarium, which will run two-and-a-half-hour whale-watching excursions seven times a week through March 7.