Divine Dolphin

07/07/2026

🐬💙 Two species of dolphins… one unforgettable day. 💙🐬

Yesterday’s tour was one of those days that reminds us why we love what we do.

We began with a large pod of our beloved Pantropical Spotted Dolphins, traveling with them as they flowed in and out of sub-pods—coming together, spreading apart, then gathering again in an ever-changing dance across the ocean.

Then we found our big, beautiful Bottlenose Dolphins… affectionately known as the Bottle Loves. 🥰

They were in an especially social mood—surfing the bow wave, leaping from the water, looking up at us, and sharing the kind of joyful energy that Bottlenose Dolphins seem to radiate so naturally. Every encounter with them feels like reconnecting with old friends.

As if that weren’t enough, on our way home we found another small pod of Spotted Dolphins… and with them was the tiniest baby, only days old. So small. So precious. Watching that little one stay close to its mother was the perfect ending to an already magical day.

We also had a wonderful group of guests on board who shared in every smile, every leap, and every unforgettable moment.

Every tour tells a different story, and we’d love for you to be part of the next one.

Come join us in Drake Bay, Costa Rica, and experience the magic for yourself. 🌊🐬✨

08/06/2026

🌊✨ World Oceans Day ✨🌊
A Sacred Invitation from the Sea
Today, we don’t just celebrate the ocean—we remember our connection to it.
The vast blue is not separate from us. It is our mother, our mirror, our medicine.
Here in Drake Bay, we are blessed to meet the ocean’s most sacred messengers—dolphins and whales—in their wild, natural home.
🌀 These beings carry ancient wisdom.
🌀 Their songs vibrate through our cells.
🌀 Their presence calls us back to wholeness.
Every tour we offer at The Divine Dolphin is more than an adventure—it is a ceremony of reconnection.
A moment to feel small and infinite all at once.
A chance to listen—not just with ears, but with spirit.
💙 On this World Oceans Day, may we listen to the sea.
May we protect what is sacred.
May we remember—we are not visitors here. We are family.
🐬 Join us in Drake Bay for a life-changing encounter with the Divine.
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24/05/2026

Bottlenose Love is real... and it goes both ways. 🐬

Join us for some Bottlenose Love in Drake Bay, Costa Rica 🌴

11/05/2026

Many sunscreens are toxic both to you and to the ocean. Check out this guide for reef and human safe sunscreens.

Discover which sunscreen ingredients are safe for coral reefs and marine life—and which ones aren’t. Get our free science-backed guide.

10/05/2026

Happy Mother's Day to ALL Mothers! 💙

09/05/2026

Some places you visit…

And some places become part of you forever. 🐋🌿

Imagine spending your days surrounded by wild humpback whales in one of the most biologically intense places on Earth…

Leaping whales. Tail slaps. Pec slaps. Mothers and calves. Close encounters that leave you speechless.

And when you return to shore…

Rainforest trails. Scarlet macaws overhead. Jungle sounds at night. Warm tropical air and the rhythm of the ocean all around you.

✨ This is “Among Whales” Week in Drake Bay, Costa Rica
📅 August 16–22, 2026

A nature experience of a lifetime.

Budget, midrange, and luxury options available.

Can’t make those dates?
Custom itineraries and additional dates are available too 💙

🐋 Learn more:
http://bit.ly/AmongWhalesCR

26/04/2026

The vote is scheduled this week ‼️Tell Congress to vote NO on the ESA Amendments Act (H.R. 1897). This bill would delay protections for already declining species, limit the habitat that can be protected, weaken science-based decision-making, and fast-track harmful development. Extinction doesn’t happen all at once. It happens through decisions like this.
It takes one minute to speak up. Contact your rep here:

Make sure your Representative hears from you to VOTE NO on the ESA Amendments Act of 2025, for the sake of our nation’s wildlife!

24/04/2026

🐬💙🐳

YOU were loud and made a difference! This is what happens when we stand together to protect our animals and the planet. This victory is because of everyone who contacted their reps and expressed their concerns with removing protections from endangered species. This victory is because you took two mins to speak up for the voiceless. The power we have when we work together is unmatched.

Let’s celebrate the bill H.R. 1897 not moving forward and use this momentum to save the Vessel Speed Rule that protects North Atlantic right whales. (speak up here: https://endangered.quorum.us/campaign/159842/)

We have a responsibility to create the world we need and to be the species who safeguards the delicate balance of biodiversity which keeps our planet healthy. It doesn’t happen overnight, but we must begin somewhere. What better time than now?

24/04/2026

▶️Orcas have brain structures you don't have.

Neurobiologist Lori Marino's MRI work on killer whales identified a fourth cortical segment called the paralimbic lobe. It sits next to the limbic system and handles emotion and social awareness. It doesn't exist in humans or in any land mammal. In orcas, it's so elaborated it erupts into the cortex.

Their cortical limbic lobe, the region handling self-awareness and social processing, is exceptionally developed. Their brain weighs roughly 12 pounds, four times the mass of yours. They have spindle cells, the same neurons that let humans reason about other minds.

When an orca surfaces and locks eyes with you, it's running a social assessment with neural hardware specialized for exactly that. It knows you're a separate being. It knows you're watching it back. It's evaluating you.

Here's what should recontextualize the clip. In all of recorded history, wild orcas have killed zero humans. Zero documented fatalities. One surfer was bitten off California in 1972, and the orca released him the moment it realized he wasn't a sea lion. A 12-year-old was bumped in Alaska in 2005. The orca approached, touched him, turned back.

Orcas hunt great white sharks. They coordinate wave attacks that sweep seals off ice floes. They take down moose swimming between islands. They have every capability to kill you. They have never chosen to.

Marino's explanation: the orca neocortex is developed enough to instantly distinguish a human from prey. Other researchers point to orca culture, the traditions passed through pods across generations, in which humans simply aren't food.

That look is recognition and restraint. From a mind built for social cognition at a scale your brain can't reach.