Amazing Eye-To-Eye Video Of Gray Whale Underwater

California whale watchers had the rare opportunity to get eye-to-eye with a playful gray whale while it swam the “backstroke” with a pod of bottlenose dolphin off the coast of Dana Point, California.

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This seemingly happy gray whale was on its annual migration from the cold waters off Alaska to the warm lagoons of Baja, California, when it paused to have some fun with bottlenose dolphins, whale watching passengers, and crew. We watched the whale rolling over on its back and swimming upside down trying to entice the dolphins to slide across its belly. It then came over to look our naturalist in the eye!

Bottlenose dolphins are seen year-round off the coast of Southern California. They are one of the most well-known dolphin species due to their popularity in marine parks and the television series “Flipper”. They average about 8 to 10 feet in length and can weigh over 1,000 pounds. Intelligent, playful, and curious, bottlenose dolphin often interact with whale watching passengers and love to bow ride with boats.