Long-beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis) surfacing (note the blow behind head) in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.

Long-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus capensis, pair leaping near Isla Danzante, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Adult bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncatus, motion blur image off Isla San Pedro Martir, Baja California Norte, Mexico.

Adult snowy egret, Egretta thula, stalking prey in a stream near San Jose del Cabo, Baja California Sur, Mexico.

An aerial view of a small island off the northern Baja Peninsula on the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) side. Baja California, Mexico. (rr)

Long-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus capensis) pod in the calm waters off Isla del Carmen in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California Sur, Mexico.

An adult spinetail mobula (Mobula japanica) cruising the surface in the calm waters off Isla del Carmen in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California, Mexico.

Long-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus capensis) pod in the calm waters off Isla del Carmen in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California Sur, Mexico.

Adult bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) bow riding in the calm waters surrounding Isla del Carmen in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California Sur, Mexico. Note the people looking over the bow reflected back in the flat waters.

Long-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus capensis) mother and calf in the calm waters off Isla del Carmen in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja california, Mexico. (rr)

Young sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) surfacing in the midriff region of the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja California, Mexico.

Long-beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis) leaping at sunrise in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.

An aerial view of the Midriff region off the Baja Peninsula on the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) side. Baja California, Mexico. Foreground includes San Francisquito Harbor, then the midriff islands of San Lorenzo, Isla San Esteban, and finally Isla T

Long-beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis) mother and calf leaping in The Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico. (rr)

California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) Portrait of an adult in the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.

Long-beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis) surfacing (note the blow behind head) Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Mexico.

Sunrise over the calm waters of the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), Baja, Mexico.