A Large Rare Species I've Never Seen Before. 

Never heard of these amazing dolphins before. Thank you, so much for bringing us this footage. mesmerising to watch.

Thank you for introducing me to this dolphin!! I thought it was going to be a Beluga at first. 🧜🏽‍♀💜🐬

This is actually the first time I see these magnificent mammals too, thank you very much for sharing this experience.

This channel really deserves a lot more subscribers!

I love your calm yet enthusiastic narration. Beautiful video!

So cool, apparently they can be up to 50% bigger than "regular" Dolphins. You are privileged to have these opportunities my dude! Long may they continue. 🙂

The clarity of the water is phenomenal!!! Love these videos.

beautiful footage. I've never even heard of this type of dolphin. Thank you for sharing this beautiful engounter.

Yet again, the beautiful cinematography just shines through! Not to mention the subject! Absolutely stunning mammals!

Gorgeous creatures... I had never seen this kind of dolphin before. Thank you for your education and awareness-raising efforts!

When I was young, I was obsessed with photographer Bob Talbot. Your videos remind me of the emotion I felt when I saw Talbot’s work. Thanks so much for posting your amazing work.

I've always thought they were beautiful, but never seen footage like this of them. What a fortunate encounter💙

This is absolutely the most joyful vlog I've seen in a long time. I hope it can be used to bring attention to this threatened species. Your heart must have skipped a beat when you first spotted it!

What an amazing dolphin! You always have that earning to learn. Your voice is so soothing and relaxing.

Thank you for sharing your videos. What a beautiful creature! I’m so fascinated about the ocean. Watching your videos I learn more about the ocean and the creatures that live there. Thank you again for sharing.

Wow, that's so cool for you to have spotted these dolphins off the CA coast! Makes me feel happy to know they are there and looking healthy!

Thanks for posting this. I believe I saw and photographed one of these jumping at Catalina Island about 3 months ago. I had never seen them before either and I have been an ocean goer for 50+ years. Beautiful creatures indeed.

What an honor. Thank you for sharing and explaining these beautiful dolphins. I have never heard nor seen of these magnificent creatures. Wow

That has to be one of the most stunning creatures I've ever seen, I can't believe I've never herd of them!

I have never heard of this kind of dolphin! Thank you for sharing your amazing footage with us!

That was amazing. Using a drone has given you some fantastic footage. I always look forward to your videos, there's something quite spiritual about them. Your enthusiasm is contagious.

How can scars be so beautiful? I've never heard of a Risso's dolphin, I even had to Google how to spell it (got it right first guess), but I know I won’t forget them now. Most marine mammals have amazing grace, at least in the water, but this is the Margot Fonteyn of dolphins. Stunning! Thank you so much for showing us this gorgeous creature.

I REALLY enjoyed this video, I have never seen this type of dolphin either. Thank you for your continual endeavors to make us aware of the beautiful creatures that live in our oceans!! ❤

Hope to see a full-blown documentary from you someday ☺️❤️ All your material is absolutely stunning and introducing known and unknown marine life from new angles. While your explanations are providing the most important facts and factors and remind us to protect what we see. Beautiful 💙💙💙

So beautiful, happy you experienced such a rare Dolphin!!! 🐋🤗👏💙 Thank you for sharing your adventures with us, amazing!

Just stunning creatures.. I also didn’t realise how large this species is .. thank you so much for sharing their unique beauty with us 🥰

AMAZING... I certainly love learning from YOU. This is especially wonderful to see an animal I never knew existed. I will be doing some research...but I'm very upset about all that scaring...it really looks like they fight for their existence a daily basis. Which of course forces my heart to know and do everything to protect them. Thank YOU for videos...makes my day.❤

I haven’t heard of these dolphins before either. They are big and majestic and wonderful to behold.

What an amazing sight. Thank you so much for sharing the details of these beautiful dolphins.

We saw a large pod of them 3 days ago on a whale watching excursion out of Newport Beach. There seemed to be at least a dozen or more. We stayed with them for 20-30 minutes or so, watching them swimming and surfacing nearly in unison. We were told this was unusual, not only because they are rarely seen, but also because they are not known to “bow-ride” alongside boats (unlike other dolphins). Our tour guide was as excited about this sighting as the passengers!

Thank you! Something I’ve never seeing before. Your description and information are also appreciated.

Thank you !!! What a gr8 find!!! I always found Catalina to be full of surprises the few times when snorkeling or diving tightly around its coast! It was a joy to visit every time!

Thanks for the video, it actually helped calm my twins and had me fascinated seeing a species I’ve never seen before myself.

They are so amazing! Didn’t know these existed. Thank you so much for sharing! Your content brings so much learning to our world. Keep up the good work.

We not only take our "backyards" for granted. We take everything for granted concerning nature. I challenge everyone to pick up a plant ID guide and literally learn what's in your backyard. You'll be amazed at what is there. A new world will open to you. Rare species aside, get to know your neighbors, the common ones are amazing too.- from a former rare plant botanist

What an amazing species! I feel a little sad because this Rissos dolphin is alone. Thank you for sharing, I really miss the waters of the Pacific Ocean.

Seen ur videos being shown by others- so glad ur getting the recognition u deserve!❤

Wow! I’ve never even heard of them. How beautiful they are. Thank you for sharing these creatures with us.

Thank you for sharing this. I learned something new today. Risso’s Dolphins. They are majestic creatures.

WONDERFUL video!!! Your filming and narration are spectacular !

Beautiful dolphin. Thank you for sharing the sight of this gorgeous creature with us all.

I hadn’t heard of these Dolphins before, they are certainly majestic and amazing looking. What a wonderful experience to have seen them in person.

This is beautiful footage of a Risso. Their skin has less pigment and that's why the scarring can be seen so distinctive. They eat mostly squid and with their tentacles they can scar a Risso very heavily. They also get scars due to interactions with one another. Risso's live, just as the orca, in a matriarchal society. One female is the leader of the pod they live in. A family can be made of several pods. They are known to be the most sensitive of the Delphinidae. In Taiji, Japan they still hunt and slaughter all sorts of dolphins including Risso's. This year in the 2023 season they are allowed to slaughter 251 Risso's!!!!! I've watched it years live on the Ric O'Barry Dolphin's Project stream and it;s heartbreaking. One times they got a group of Risso's of 20 and the matriarch fought with all she had to keep her pod safe and get away from these batards of fisherman. The took a few babies away to throuw them back in the ocean while they will kill the rest. They don't take the babies cause there's not much meat on them, and they will die in the ocean without their mothers and family members. The matriarch, all covered in blood started screaming and crying when they took the babies away. And she kept on doing that until they took her under the tarp and killed her.

Wow that is a really awesome new Dolphin species I also have never seen/heard of before too!🐬 Your videos are very nice & inspiring. The high definition detail is unreal too. The imagery & way you always edit the slower moving shots, close-ups, etc. really makes a huge difference for me. There's many times when I feel almost as though I'm right there in person on location😄 🙏I'm very grateful for every1 of your videos. Almost always learn something new & your voice commentating each video is better than many of the most popular ones ya hear on BBC Earth or National Geographic 🎧 😊👍

Malibu Artist - your photography is stunning. Please keep going!

Thank you for introducing these amazing animal’s to me. I hadn’t heard of these specific dolphins. I love the pink dolphins too. We have an amazing world. Let’s try to keep it in that way.

Awesome creatures and beautiful filming. Thanks.

So interesting! Thank you for sharing

You are so right. I went to the lake we have here in the city (Belgrade) to dive a bit. And I saw little jellyfish. There were so many of them. When you dive through them it is like you fly through space. ♥ Thanks for sharing these creatures with us who live far from the ocean. Hopefully their habitats improve in time.

Wow..I actually never heard of them!!! You taught me something today!! Btw ur a great teacher because u speak so clearly, intelligently and make things so easy for us to understand!! Thank you Malibu Artist

I know I'm repeating what others have commented, but I have never ever heard of these dolphins! Thank you for expanding my horizons! ❤

Beautiful -- thanks for sharing. I also haven't heard of Risso's Dolphin before this video. Awareness and appreciation of our ecosystem is a gift worth cherishing.

beautiful marine mammals nice to hear they’re not threatened with extinction ☀️🌊🐬🐋

Wonderful creatures and superb footage! Your channel is a treasure! Thank you!

Beautifully filmed and narrated. Thank you.

A creature so beautiful beyond words and a meaning message from you. Yes, appreciate. What a nice watch to start the day. Happy to learn about these dolphins. Thank you. ❤

Amazing footage, and what a lucky capture! I'd heard of these dolphins but had never seen footage of one until now. They really are beautiful. The scarring on their skin is fascinating, and I immediately followed this video up by googling the species and losing myself down an interesting rabbit hole!

Risso's dolphins, sometimes called gray dolphins. Awesome! ❤❤

I love your videos. Keep it up!

Amazing!! I saw my first Risso's Dolphin two years ago near Falmouth, Cornwall, UK. I've since seen them twice more. One occasion we mistook them for breaching tuna, they were having a blast. They are totally awesome creatures. Your footage is brilliant, it's fascinating to see them from a drones perspective

Wow, what a beautiful species of dolphin 🐬 ❤, you bring your audience the best videos and information of the oceanic world I’ve ever encountered. I truly appreciate your hard work; it’s well earned!❤ You certainly have found your calling of this world. Storytelling, videography, technology, art of the ocean, creatures of the ocean, oceanic video-pedia, love most of all for all manner of life. Thank you from the depths of my soul. ❤

Wow! I’ve loved dolphins my whole life but had never heard of or seen these stunning and elegant beauties of the sea. Thank you so much for this calming video that appeared just when I needed to relax! 😅

I love learning something new about our world. Thank you. This was wonderful.

*OMG! I've seen plenty of photos of Rissos but this is the first video of one! I'm no expert, but dolphins are one of my totem animals and that connection has been for several decades....LONG before dolphins became a rage. I've seen a plethora of clips, videos, footage, documentaries, etc. about dolphins and whales as well, and read volumes of information, but this footage is splendid! Thank you!*

Amazing. Thank you. Animals don’t deserve (many of) us - and (many of) us don’t deserve them. If you haven’t given up anything but line caught seafood, please do. Thank you, Carlos. 💕

Wow! What a beautiful dolphin. I've never heard of this species before. Thank you for sharing. Sending you much love from Oahu Hawaii 🌺🌈☀️🌴🥥

Beautiful images. I was very lucky to get close-up views of a Risso's Dolphin many years ago which had found its way up the River Clyde here in Scotland as far as Glasgow city. I watched and filmed it passing 12 feet below me from a footbridge.

They are beautiful. Thank you for sharing them with us.

Inspiring video as usual mate! Never seen these dolphins before and am BLESSED to have been able to see such a beautiful animal. Thank you for sharing you work with us, it's always such a highlight to experience. Thank you

What an amazing dolphin. I would love to see some. We must conserve and protect them!

Thank you so much for sharing footage of this beautiful but allusive dolphin, it was a joy to watch, keep it coming.

Thank you for the education. Your footage is clearer than ever! I could make out each distinguishing tentacle scar on the dolphin’s body. Breathtaking!

Awesome! This is the first time I've seen a live action recording of these yet another mind blowing marine mammal. Until this video, I'd only seen photos. Thank You so very much for sharing. ❇💜❇

Really enjoyed the non-shark content, always do - whether it be Grey Whales or Risso's Dolphins, the way you put together the video ensures captivation

Absolutely beautiful 🎉🎉 thank you for the footage and the words❤❤

what a beautiful animal, and a privilege to be able to see it through your video. thank you!

You my friend have been in the right plce at the right time lately.Thank you for being a protector and book of knowledge about our ocean wildlife.

What fascinating animals. I never saw them out there, either. Of course, that was the pre-drone era. 😊

Great video. As always, perfectly filmed & edited. Thank you man, you're great

Wonderful! Thank you for such a beautiful presentation. Raising awareness of the inextricability of all members of the ecosystem is so vital🙏🏽

Just beautiful, thank you for always showing us what the Pacific Ocean has to offer 🐋

That's a new species for me thank you 👍✌

Wow, those garden rake scrape marks seem strikingly similar to the spacing of an Orca bite. It's a testament to the epic battles this magnificent creature must have endured. Encountering such large animals in the wild is always an awe-inspiring experience. Personally, every time I come across whales while boating, it gives me an adrenaline rush that's simply unparalleled. It's a common yet thrilling experience in the Pacific Northwest. And let me just say, this is some fantastic photography, brother! By the way, I'm working on a film project and I'm wondering if you'd be interested in capturing some shots for it. Your talent would be a great addition

Awesome video capture and my appreciation for the video share. ❤

We see them off the coast of San Diego occasionally. Sometimes in groups up to 50 individuals. Each sighting is special, but the first sighting of an animal is something you never forget. I have been volunteering on whale watching boats for 13 years on a regular basis and last year we saw something I had never seen before - False Killer whales!

I can see where the Hawaiians get the inspiration for their tribal tattoos.

Wow!. I grew up watching "the Under Sea World of Jacques Yves Cousteau", have an M.S. in fisheries biology and more than an average interest in marine biology and yet I had never seen this species of dolphin before. You are doing great work! Now I want to see underwater footage of this dolphin.

Thank you so so much for sharing this video! It was very informative. You have such a nice and kind speaking voice. 😊 I just had to find out more about these Gorgeous dolphins, who I've never seen or known about, as other commenters have stated. The scaring is also from them tussling with each other, not just from preditors. They mostly feed on squid, octopuses, and fish. It was also interesting to know that they have no teeth in their upper jaw and only 2 sets of teeth in their lower jaw. The risso dolphins generally swim in packs of 10 to 50. But they can also be in Mega Packs of 100 to 1,000! Wow! I'd love to see that! Since they're so big though, I'd like to see them from a Big boat! 😂😅😂 Love, Light, and Blessings to all. 🥰

Your videos and narrative are phenomenal.!!!! I think they had a few of these dolphins at SeaWorld San Diego. But that was almost 40 years ago.

Always beautiful and amazing footage. Thank you for showing us the beauty of nature 😊

So thankful for the biodiversity of our planet! So happy that this species is alive and not extinct.

Omg Im absolutely blown away by the stunning beauty of this, the metaphor in its battle-scarred skin and its message as an indicator species. Thank you so much for putting your skills into environmental education.

I have also never heard of this species before. It was a joy to learn something new. Keep it up.

Wow! I did not know about these dolphins. 50 yrs. They are lovely to watch. I really loved this. Thank you!

Thanks for sharing, the water looks increadible and the dolphin gave a great views

What an excellent and educational video. Very informative. Also, a very beautiful, well done video. Thank you so much for sharing this information with all of us. Your videos are so great to see. Pls keep them coming. ❤

I’m 73 yo and have never heard of this dolphin species before. Thank you for sharing your adventure!❤

I'm so happy for you. I believe you deserve this experience as you care deeply about marine life.

I’d never heard of these dolphins before, thank you for the video and your commentary is spot on. I may never see one in real life before I die but it’s going on my bucket list anyway

Always enjoy your videos! Thank you for sharing with us what you see - the magic of the ocean!