Dominica: A haven for Whales & Dolphins (Watch Video)

Published 6 years agoon September 24, 2019

Dominica has long been famous for it resident population of Sperm Whales. It is the whale watching capital of the Caribbean. On our recent trip on assignment for Dive Travel Adventures we were lucky enough to join a whale and dolphin watching tour with Dive Dominica.

You can get a permit to dive with the Sperm Whales of Dominica, but the permits are limited, highly prized and expensive. But anyone can go and see the whales by joining one of the tours that watch them from a respectful distance at the surface.

We were lucky enough to meet up with Steven and Patti Rendell from Salisbury Hill Productions who were filming the tours and who give Dive Dominica customers a video to remember their day. Steve was using an interesting bit of kit to film the cetaceans; an Aqua-vu HD101 Pro camera on a long pole to record underwater interactions. Watch their highlights video below:

Video courtesy of Salisbury Hill Productions / Dive Dominica

We were lucky enough to experience both a pod of dolphins enjoying the bow waves and two Sperm Whales at the surface. It was an amazing way to round off our time on this beautiful island. You can read more about our trip to Dominica in the upcoming issue of Dive Travel Adventures and watch out for more blogs about Dominica coming soon.

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Nick and Caroline Robertson-Brown

Nick and Caroline (Frogfish Photography) are a married couple of conservation driven underwater photo-journalists and authors. Both have honours degrees from Manchester University, in Environmental Biology and Biology respectively, with Nick being a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, a former high school science teacher with a DipEd in Teaching Studies. Caroline has an MSc in Animal Behaviour specializing in Caribbean Ecology. They are multiple award-winning photographers and along with 4 published books, feature regularly in the diving, wildlife and international press They are the Underwater Photography and Deputy Editors at Scubaverse and Dive Travel Adventures. Winners of the Caribbean Tourism Organization Photo-journalist of the Year for a feature on Shark Diving in The Bahamas, and they have been placed in every year they have entered. Nick and Caroline regularly use their free time to visit schools, both in the UK and on their travels, to discuss the important issues of marine conservation, sharks and plastic pollution. They are ambassadors for Sharks4Kids and founders of SeaStraw. They are Dive Ambassadors for The Islands of The Bahamas and are supported by Mares, Paralenz, Nauticam and Olympus. To find out more visit www.frogfishphotography.com