Great
family fun!!!
Dolphin watching on "Toninos"
Departs
daily at 0815 and 1100 from Real World Diving's dock to observe the local
spinner dolphin pods in their natural habitat. From there we cruise to one
of Guam's beautiful coral reefs to snorkel among colorful tropical fish! After
years of study, we pioneered this tour about 11 years ago and it has become
one of the most popular family tours on the island. Give it a try!
Hotel PU/dropoff, mask, snorkel, safety vest and drinks provided.
Note: tour schedule is subject to change due to weather conditions.
Lunch
is an option for $5 extra. Please let us know at time you make your reservations.
Adults ~$65 * Child ~4-11 $35 * under 4 free
Try the snuba combo for $50
additional for adults!
Dolphin Watching news
Melonhead whales
Once again, my
dolphin watching boat crew called and said there was something I should see
if I had time. There was a pod of melonhead whales moving by offshore. I grabbed
my cameras, family, a small boat and headed out. After taking a couple of rolls
of film from the surface I decided to see if I could get any photos from underwater.
As always, being quite leery of getting in the water with large toothed whales
I slowly approached a few in the pod. At first, they were more worried about
me than I was of them, but very quickly decided to take a closer look at this
"2 legged thing". For the next 2 hours the whales in this pod took turns coming
within .5 meters of me. Three or four of them would slowly swim in front of
me, daring me to touch them and then moving their tails at the last moment.
On four different occasions I was able to sneak a quick touch, at which all
of them would zoom off about 20 meters and talk about what had just happened,
and then come back for more! This was really hilarious and would have made a
great video, as they were making a lot of noise and obviously very excited about
being touched. When I would get back in the boat to change film these whales
would wait for me to finish and then resume where we left off. Even sticking
their tails out of the water like they were waving at us. My children who run
off at the sight of a gecko had no worries at all about sitting on the bow while
these "beasts" jumped only centimeters from their feet. This was a very rare
and special experience, but I wish everyone could have a chance as it would
play a big part in saving the whales and dolphins on our planet.
