Robin Nuber was shooting a couple’s engagement photos on the shore of Whytecliff Park when he noticed a large crowd gathering nearby.
As it turned out, a pod of dolphins were swimming just off shore, dazzling park goers on Sunday evening at the West Vancouver destination.
“Obviously it was a bit of a show … but I had to continue with our photo shoot,” Nuber said.
He continued photographing the couple from 6:30 to around 9:30 p.m.
After the engagement shoot wrapped, Nuber spent another hour taking photos and video of the dolphins.
“I was there until it was dark, and they were still going back and forth, back and forth,” he said. “Usually you might see something pop up and then it’s gone. But just being there for hours like that into the night was pretty crazy.”
With the moonlight adding a magical sparkle to the surface of the water, “it was definitely a vibe,” Nuber said. “I would’ve stayed for longer, but the mosquitoes were out in force.”
After he left, he sent the video to the couple from the photo shoot. Dolphins are the bride-to-be’s favourite animal, Nuber said.
“She also obviously took it very much as a sign that their wedding is going to be extra magical,” he said.
Nuber also posted a video clip to the , where it’s been viewed and upvoted thousands of times.
Dolphins were feeding or resting, marine biologist says
The animals in the video are Pacific white-sided dolphins, confirmed Anna Hall, a marine biologist with Sea View Marine Sciences on Vancouver Island.
They are relatively common in the Straight of Georgia, she said.
“Difficult to say what they were doing with a short video, but since they were there for such a long time, it is likely that they were feeding on something, or perhaps even just resting as the waters look very calm in the video,” she said.
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