Spyhop Photos

Pacific Harbor Seal spyhopping, La Jolla.
Species: Pacific harbor seal, Phoca vitulina richardsi
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 39365  

Pacific Harbor Seal spyhopping, La Jolla.
Species: Pacific harbor seal, Phoca vitulina richardsi
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 39366  

Southern Right Whale Calf Spyhopping, raising its eye out of the water to observe what is above the water, Eubalaena australis. By permission of the Government of Argentina, Chubut, permit # 51 / 2025-SsCyA.
Species: Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australis
Location: Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina
Image ID: 41326  

A curious Pacific bottlenose dolphin leaps from the ocean surface to look at the photographer. Open ocean near San Diego.
Species: Bottlenose Dolphin, Humpback Whale, Tursiops truncatus, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 07167  

Gray whale, Laguna San Ignacio.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 03399  

Gray whale, Laguna San Ignacio.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 03389  

Gray whale, Laguna San Ignacio.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 03400  

A Rissos dolphin spyhops, lifting its head above water for a look. Note distinguishing and highly variable skin and dorsal fin patterns, characteristic of this species. White scarring, likely caused by other Risso dolphins teeth, accumulates during the dolphins life so that adult Rissos dolphins are almost entirely white. Offshore near San Diego.
Species: Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 07598  

Gray whale, Laguna San Ignacio.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: San Ignacio Lagoon, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 03390  

A curious Pacific bottlenose dolphin leaps from the ocean surface to look at the photographer. Open ocean near San Diego.
Species: Bottlenose Dolphin, Humpback Whale, Tursiops truncatus, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 07159  

A curious Pacific bottlenose dolphin leaps from the ocean surface to look at the photographer. Open ocean near San Diego.
Species: Bottlenose Dolphin, Humpback Whale, Tursiops truncatus, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 07166