Mark Carwardine / Dusky dolphin breaching {Lagenorhynchus obscurus} Kaikoura, New Zealand

Brent Stephenson / Short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) breaking the surface and leaping from the water. Off Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.

Brent Stephenson / Dusky dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) somersaults from the water, Kaikoura, Canterbury, New Zealand. February.

Brent Stephenson / Dusky Dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) porpoising as they swim beside a boat. Off Kaikoura, Canterbury, New Zealand, October.

Hiroya Minakuchi / Dusky Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) pair, Kaikoura, New Zealand

Todd Pusser / Southern right whale dolphins porpoising {Lissodelphis peronii} Kaikoura, New Zealand

Todd Pusser / Hector's dolphins below surface {Cephalorhynchus hectori} Kaikoura, New Zealand Pacific

Todd Pusser / Dusky dolphin doing backflip {Lagenorhynchus obscurus}, Kaikoura, New Zealand, Pacific

Todd Pusser / Dusky dolphin group bow-riding {Lagenorhynchus obscurus}, Kaikoura, New Zealand, Pacific

Todd Pusser / Dusky dolphin playing with kelp {Lagenorhynchus obscurus}, Kaikoura, New Zealand

Flip Nicklin / Dusky Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) jumping, New Zealand

Flip Nicklin / Dusky Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus obscurus) jumping, Kaikoura, New Zealand