Wild Dolphin Swims Hawaii with Roberta Goodman

Wild Spinner Dolphins Pass by Mantas!

2012-02-27T20:50:00.001-08:00

Roberta presenting at SETI Contact Conference

2012-02-22T22:39:00.000-08:00

Wild Dolphin Swims Hawaii's Roberta Goodman presenting a talk at

http://Contact-Conference.org

Love to see you there~!!!
Announcing CONTACT 2012

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CONTACT 2012 will be held on March 30-April 1 at the Domain Hotel in

Sunnyvale, CA. Friday sessions will be held at the SETI Institute. Our keynote

speaker will be SETI pioneer Frank Drake.

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Looking forward to working and playing together …

Participants:

Phil Aaberg, Karen Anderson, Penny Boston, Bill Clancey, Bruce Damer, Kathryn

Denning, Frank Drake, Donna Duerk, Dennis Etler, Chris Ford, Gus Frederick, Jim Funaro,

Roberta Goodman, Al Harrison, Randall Hayes, Jeroen Lapré, Rob McCann, Larry Niven, Gerald

Nordley, Jim Pass, Doug Raybeck, Reed Riner, David Sanborn Scott, Donald Scott, Michael

Kona Dolphins Circling Mooring Ball

2012-02-20T23:30:00.000-08:00

Valentine's Day Dolphin Swim

2012-02-14T18:00:00.000-08:00

Wild Dolphin Swim with Family & Stitches in Kona

2012-02-06T18:32:00.000-08:00

A pod of 200 dolphins thrills visitors, just one enchanting dolphin fulfills a dream and creates a lifelong memory to cherish.

Dolphin Dreams,
Roberta Goodman
Wild Dolphin Swims Hawaii

Heart of DolphinLand

2012-01-19T01:17:00.000-08:00

Bottlenose Dolphins Play with Fish Ball

2012-01-18T16:02:00.000-08:00

Bottlenose Dolphins Playing with Fish Ball

Catching a fleeting glimpse of a dorsal fin tucked away in a cove, we drove the boat over to find out whose it was. About five adult and 2 young bottlenose were playing with fish. I slid in to film. The water was quite murky from recent wave action. Adults were seriously tearing through the fish and spinning around them. The babies, about 6 months old perhaps, were watching and had time to check me out. When one adult caught a fish, the others gathered around. I think that this isnt a usual prey and the others wondered what it tasted like. Both babies came to nurse their moms right after, which is in the video.
After the catch I saw that there were two sharks on the bottom, perhaps sand bar sharks, quickly turning back and forth over the reef.

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Seeing dorsal fins popping up around the boat, we checked out what was going on. Below the boat we saw a huge dark cloud, turned out to be a fish ball. I got into the water to film.
Nine bottlenose dolphins were spending the morning playing with a school of fish. The dolphins weren't hunting, no open mouth attempts to catch the fish. The adult bots were doing what I was doing, scanning the bottom below us with long distance sonar beams. They created a safe playground for the young bottlenose.
The youngsters glided into and around the fish ball, stroking them almost and creating patterns. The fish didn't seem to mind the dolphins and the dolphins didn't seem to mind my presence.
My camera memory ran out, doggoneit! Later I found that most of my footage was out of focus unfortunately.
These fish are thought to be escapees from the nearby fish farm.

1-12-12 Cetacean Day

2012-01-12T13:22:00.000-08:00

Pilot Whales, Humpbacks, Spinners &Spotteds

1-12-12

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The seas were vibrant with life! Our guest on the boat trip noticed ‘rocks inthe water,’ dorsal fins, half a mile outside the harbor as we approachedhumpbacks in the area. A scattered podof 10 or so pilot whales were lying at the calm surface, barely travelingnorthward. There were a number of largemales, distinguished by much larger dorsal fins than the females. The first time I saw a large group of mixedmales, females, & young, was with John Lilly off Maui. I thoughtwe were seeing two different species together, three including the bottlenosedolphins also in the crowd, because the fins were so disparate in size.

It is said that fifty percent of thetime pilot whales are accompanied by Oceanic White Tip sharks swimming withinhalf a mile behind them. I have neverseen sharks with the pilots. Oceanicsare reputed to be aggressive and have investigated, hit, several photographersI know in Hawaii. Lee Tepley and Ifilmed a white tip at an offshore buoy for about 40 minutes before he gotnervous as the shark circled closer. I was nervous the entire time, and that’swhat photographing these large creatures entails, balancing control of irrationalfeelings and sensitivity to intuition. My goal was to film Lee filming the shark, and we did get that shot, butI really wanted to have the shark between us, to get a better idea of its size,and that didn’t happen.

Pilot whales also have an aggressivereputation among fishermen in Hawaii. Bysome reports they may attack spinner dolphins. I’ve had quite comfortable encounters with them while in the water, andtimes I have huddled next to the boat and had others get immediately out of thewater. Check this video out!

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This time, I stayed on the boat.

Revisiting the Humpback whales

then moving north to find the spinners,we were delayed by a pod of Spotted dolphins!

Spotted dolphins are sightedoccasionally traveling with the spinners along the coastline. This group was a little further offshore,also headed north. It’s great seeingbabies and there were a couple in this pod. Here’s a mom and baby having fun on the bow of the boat…

A full day of Cetaceans before reachingthe pod of Spinners! Nice to let the sunwarm us up first on this exceptionally clear and cool day.

Love from Dolphinland,

Roberta

University of Hawaii foreign exchange students swim with dolphins! Manta Rays! and a Shark!

2011-10-10T12:30:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Wild Dolphin Swims Hawaii brought 20 foreign exchange students out on a big boat! I do this trip every semester and it always turns out so well! The dolphins were all stirred up in a circle as we observed them, lots of excitement, several porpoised past the boat. All the students got in, 9 for their first snorkel ever! The dolphins were everywhere you looked. Lots of new babies, three went under us that were only about 2 weeks old.
Then my focus found something different among all the dolphins, right below us --quite a large shark was strolling around down there! I signaled the captain, with a hand placed upright in the center of my head, and he brought the boat a little closer as the students caught on and gathered close around the boat. Some students were too fascinated to leave. My swim guide, Jan, and I held hands and kept between the shark and our group. He was so close to the surface, not bothered by us at all, and dolphins were darting in to take a closer look.
Bigger than the dolphins, Jan did some research & figures what I was told was a sand shark, seems to be a "bar shark" and this one about 10ft. I've seen these sharks before in the same area, sometimes 3-4 or them together. It was fun to watch the dolphins. They moved quite quickly around it, but didn't startle the shark, the shark just gracefully moved around all the commotion. Our students stayed calm and started coming back towards the shark as Jan and I herded it, or thought we were herding it, away from everyone. It moved off, out of our sight, and the captain said the big male dolphins had moved in around it. That was the second most interactive shark I've been with!
Then we went up to see the giant manta rays at a cleaning station and were lucky -- 3 large mantas hovered under us and over the reef for as long as we were in the water, about 20 minutes. Koie, a 12' female was among them. A highlight for many of the students. We got in again with the dolphins coming our way, and a group of students got to swim with 4 spotted dolphins too!
Quite a day, the weather and waves calm and bright!

False Killer Whale Encounter Today!

2011-08-20T20:11:00.000-07:00

Encountered a pod of pseudorca, false killer whales, today on the way out to swim with dolphins! This one was bowriding while whistling and turning over to look at us. Capt Karl steered straight and slow while the pseudorca played in front of our boat.
Gorgeous day on the water, with dolphins and mantas too!

Baby Wild Spinner Dolphins

2011-07-23T02:08:00.000-07:00

Baby Spinner Dolphin born this week!
Late July or early August begins Spinner dolphin births here in Hawaii. Today I filmed the first baby of the season that we have seen in daily trips this month! Born this week. We can assess the approximate age by looking at fetal folds, which are quite apparent for 4 days or so, and any curvature in the dorsal fin and flukes which straighten quite quickly. This one still has fetal folds, but the little one's dorsal fin is upright and his flukes are pretty straight across, so he's a few days old & less than a week.

Children, Autism, & Dolphins

2011-06-10T19:56:00.000-07:00

A story of a young autistic boy speaking for his first time after being in the water with me and surrounded by dolphins is on the website http://www.wilddolphinswimshawaii.com/.

This is the film that made that event possible, while filming a segment with Daryl Hannah.

It will be shown June 15th on Maui.

Come to the World Premiere - Introduced by Megan Fox & Director Jonathon Kay

Maui Film Festival Wed. June 15

Celestial Cinema

http://www.mauifilmfestival. com/tixSYS/2011/xslguide/eventnote.php?EventNumber=0909

NA NAI'A Legend of The Dolphins is a mind-expanding feature film documentary which celebrates the spectacular beauty of the dolphins, their message to humanity, their power, their wisdom, their fun-loving nature, and the importance of their global conservation. This film has a wonderful consciousness-raising message about the importance of the international conservation of the environment of the oceans, and rivers of our planet.

NA NAI'A Legend of The Dolphins has been filmed on location in Hawaii, Bimini, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, South Africa, and Mozambique.

This film is extraordinary in that it presents the story of the dolphins from their point of view, using fantastic film sequences that we have filmed around the world, in conjunction with amazing music and voiceover narration that's been recorded by a variety of artists.

KATE WINSLET, MEGAN FOX, WHOOPI GOLDBERG, ELLEN PAGE, CHEECH MARIN, JAMES FRANCO, JULIAN LENNON, DIEGO LUNA, ISABELLA ROSSELLI and GERARD BUTLER have each participated as narrators of various countries in this film and have supported this project in order to encourage international conservation of the dolphins and the environment of the oceans of the Earth. Daryl Hannah appears in the film and participated in an underwater film shoot on the Big Island of Hawaii, with the Hawaiian Spinner Dolphins.

See the Trailer of the film at:

http://www.youtube. com/watch?v=pYdOTEpYIfg

YOKO ONO provided her consent for use of the song IMAGINE performed by John Lennon

THE ROLLING STONES have provided the use of the song BEAST OF BURDEN

in the film on a gratis basis, in support of the wonderful message that the film provides in helping the dolphins and encouraging the global conservation of the oceans of our planet. RINGO STARR has also participated on this documentary. Award winning Hollywood Composer RANDY EDELMAN has composed the original music score for the film, and it sounds FANTASTIC. Randy composed the scores for THE MASK, BILLY MADISON, BEETHOVEN,THE MUMMY and about a hundred other films.

The film is expected to reach a diverse international audience and to receive substantial press and publicity through its worldwide distribution in theatres, on DVD, and on television.

Roberta's Dolphin Swim Boat Trips July 18-August 18th

2011-06-02T15:05:00.000-07:00

The dates for the dolphin intensive have changed to mid July to mid August. They are still a bit flexible.
One focus will be looking into the healing/ life altering/ positive effects of dolphin contact. We have an R.N. assisting with that perspective of our encounters.
This will be a good time for group leaders who are thinking of including dolphin encounters in their workshops here to become familiar with the dolphins & logistics. If you would like to bring a client for a dolphin healing intensive, please contact me.
This is also a rare opportunity to book day after day of dolphin encounters if you are traveling alone.
The day after the tsunami, we traveled with a huge pod of dolphins, about 400. They were exuberant! Dolphins may positively affect our immune systems purely through the joy we experience being with them in their natural state.

ROBERTA GOODMAN & WILD DOLPHIN SWIMS HAWAII KONA COAST BOAT TRIPS

2011-05-26T17:50:00.000-07:00

ROBERTA GOODMAN & WILD DOLPHIN SWIMS HAWAII ANNOUNCE 4 WEEK PROGRAM OF KONA COAST BOAT TRIPS

Come to Hawaii and help create the basis of a new kind of friendship, with dolphins that remain wild & free. The dolphins allow us to join their pods in play or travel while continuing their wild lifestyle in front of our eyes and all around us. Join our boat trips right along the Kona coastline to observe the dolphins’ behavior among themselves and interactions with us.
Occasionally their mood shifts to include us more closely ~ watching our play, testing our responses, challenging us. It’s such a privilege to not only be able to observe the dolphins, but also to be the focus of their attention for a few moments. We are fortunate to be among them as they live free in the wild, displaying natural behavior in pods of 100 or more.
When new findings of the physiology of dolphins are applied to what we observe, we find we have a window into possibilities for the future of our human relationships and societies. We have so much to learn from the cohesive nature of dolphin pods ~ it’s a revelation!
You can be a part of this unique phenomena of being accepted into the wild dolphins’ home and bringing back to your life and our humanity what you have learned from an extraordinary friendship with another species.
Six students of dolphins will join me for the month of July. We will go out on a boat 5 days a week for 4 hours each day to encounter the dolphins. Our chances of finding them everyday are 99%. With great respect and immense curiosity, we shall join the pods by boat and in the water. Combined with unparalleled stories and knowledge from my 30 years of study and dolphin encounters, we will expand our understandings of dolphins and ourselves.
The Big Island has amazing natural beauty and a powerful cultural heritage which you will have time to explore and enjoy.
Please consider joining this small group in July 2011 for the experiences of a lifetime! If you are sincerely interested in this program, please contact me so we can decide if it is a fit for you.
The price is for all the boat trips, gear, and lunch aboard. Housing, food, transportation, and other costs are separate. Shared housing and transportation with the other guests may be coordinated. The cost is $2800 per person.
I am looking forward to hearing from you and the experiences we will have in July!
With much aloha,
Roberta
roberta@wilddolphinswimshawaii.com

2011-01-05T00:45:00.000-08:00