This is the incredibly cool clip of dolphins swarming the coast of Newport Beach, California on July 11, 2020.

"We had an amazing whale watching experience today filmed aboard the Newport Coastal Adventure fast raft boat with a pod of around 2,000 common dolphins stampeding off the coast of Newport Beach, California. If you see a tiny dolphin next to a larger dolphin, that's actually a mom & it's baby - or what we call a 'cow-calf pair'! " said the filmer.

We had an amazing whale watching experience today filmed aboard the Newport Coastal Adventure fast raft boat with a pod of around 2,000 common dolphins stampeding off the coast of Newport Beach, California. If you see a tiny dolphin next to a larger dolphin, that's actually a mom & it's baby - or what we call a 'cow calf pair'!

We don't know exactly what causes common dolphins to stampede, but it's thought that the dolphins could be evading a predator such as orcas, or sharks, catching up to a food source, or they could be on the move to meet up with another pod of dolphins. Porpoising out of the water at a high rate of speed is the fastest mode of travel for dolphins because there is less resistance in the air than in water, which is why these dolphins move in this way when they're in a hurry. Southern California is one of the best places in the world to see large mega-pods pods of dolphin on a regular basis, as they are here year-round in Newport Beach.

Our whale watching & dolphin tours that depart daily in Southern California all year long. We offer multiple whale watching boat styles including larger passenger vessels, catamarans, and smaller 6-15 passenger zodiac tours. We are well known for our Pacific Gray Whale Migration from December to May, but actually see whales year round! Throughout the year we can see also see humpback whales, blue whales, fin whales, minke whales, bryde's whales, common dolphins, bottlenose dolphins, risso's dolphins and more!