Huge pods offer an alternative to whale watching.
Passengers on Captain Dave Anderson's Dolphin Safari boat point out the dolphins off from Dana Point A Common dolphin swims by the Orange County coastline past Captain Dave Anderson's Dolphin Safari boat near Dana Point. A Bottlenose dolphin swims under the outstretched hand of a passenger on Captain Dave Anderon's Dolphin Safari boat in Dana Point. The ocean's surface appeared to be boiling recently as 500 common dolphins splashed, leaped, twisted and darted through waters the color of sapphire. Dave Anderson's face. Anderson is a San Clemente sailor who has created the first local company that focuses year-round on searching for the enormous pods of local dolphins, rather than just looking for the California gray whales that migrate past our shores during winter.