The team’s mission here is to ride alongside the dolphins and record their surfing behavior in closer details. And never before. These are treacherous seas. So the film crew enlists local professional surfers to guide them. But this year, the waves are bigger than anyone had anticipated. A daunting prospect for surf cameraman Chris Bryant. Yeah, I’m feeling pretty nervous. It’s a big swell out there. Really big swell. Like there’s 20 foot waves out there and yeah, this will probably be the biggest thing I’ve ever been adding. No risks, no reward. I guess. Chris has a high speed camera to shoot. Super slow motion action in the waves. The challenge is to get as close to the wave riding dolphins as possible. The good news is that the dolphins have been spotted on. The horizon and. They said this is going to be the the biggest swell of the year. And, hey, I’ve never seen anything like that. This is much bigger than I had possibly imagined. In these waves, the only way to get out to the dolphins is with a jet ski. There’s going to be enough of a challenge for them just to kind of weave their way out. At last, the driver’s detailed knowledge gets them safely through the massive breakers. But the dolphins are nowhere to be seen leaving the crew to face the hair raising task of getting back to shore. Oh, that was pretty wild. Yeah. The the wave actually hit the back of the sled, and I was like, I can’t get out of here. Just get out of here. You had a big bump and almost bounced off trying to hold the camera and just rode out of that. But yeah, it was hectic. Just another day at the office. The next day brings a sudden change in conditions. Plenty of dolphins, but a calmer see the complete. Lack of any wave of school. Look out. Look out of. So often in the ocean. If you know you’re in the right place, you just need the patience to wait for the perfect moment.
