An Aberdeen tour operator has been left shocked after capturing a 'golden shot' of a pod of dolphins playing with an unsuspecting windsurfer. Ricky Greenhowe who runs Aberdeen Harbour Tours, had been out with a group on Saturday watching a pod of dolphins when he began filming a windsurfer.
The skipper was left shocked after noticing that two of the cheeky dolphins had decided to knock them off of their board. Ricky, who has been running the tour for six years, said it was the first time he managed to capture such an incident on camera.
In the video, the windsurfer can be seen sailing in choppy seas before suddenly hitting the water. Ricky, 49, says it was only after watching the video back later he noticed two dolphins appear next to the man.
He told the Record: "I just seen the surfer out enjoying himself and I thought I'd take a video. It wasn't until I looked back that I noticed the dolphin had knocked him off and I thought 'wow'.
"You hear all these guys talk about the Golden shot, It's not often you get something on the camera. If you look closely you see the dolphin coming out the water as he comes flying off.
"You can see them going off and chasing him again after it. There were about 20-25 of them in the area at the time."
It might have been a one-off on camera, but Ricky said he has witnessed similar incidents including one occasion where a pod "knocked children off of paddle boards" before.
The area has been one of many in Scotland hailed for the high chance of spotting some porpoises.
He added: "I see the dolphins get up to nonsense all the time. Everyone is oblivious to what's going on, I don't think the windsurfer even noticed it was the dolphins.
"Aberdeen is one of the best places to get up and close to the dolphins They are always up to something they shouldn't be, we see them playing alongside our boat.
"They will try and throw salmon and seaweed over the boat and they will jump about and try and soak people, it's catching them on camera that's the fun part. They are only above the water for a split second."
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