A routine search and rescue exercise off Howe Sound was crashed by hundreds of dolphins Thursday night.
Crews from the Royal Canadian Marine Search and Rescue's West Vancouver station were out between Fisherman's Cove and Bowen Island when the dolphins appeared.
Ian Grantham, coxswain of the West Vancouver boat, said, "We were just out training like we do every night. Next thing we know, we go 'Hey look, there's a dolphin.' And then someone goes, 'Uh nope, looks like there's about 200 dolphins.'" Grantham said the dolphins surrounded the search and rescue boat, chasing the vessel.
"They were jumping in and out of the wake, flipping around, going under the boat, having a lot of fun."
Grantham said he's never seen anything like that in his years with the crew.
