A pod of Pacific white-sided dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) leaping and surfacing in Johnstone Strait, British Columbia, Canada, North America

A pod of Pacific white-sided dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) leaping and surfacing in Johnstone Strait, British Columbia, Canada, North America

Common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) - close up dolphin surfing at speed, with eye visible through a film of water. Hebrides, Scotland. (RR)

Heaviside's dolphin ( Cephalorhynchus heavisidii) surfing. Lamberts Bay, South Africa

Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenalla frontalis) surfing - two mothers with their young. Spots only appear after one year of age. Bimini, Bahamas.

Common dolphin (delphinus delphis) Common dolphins surfing in a large swell.Gulf of California.

Surfing dolphins off the east coast of the island, Fraser Island, Great Barier Reef, Australia

Surfing bottlenose dolphins, South Africa