Bottle-Nose Dolphin?!

Our guides have been spotting dolphin exhibiting some wonderful and rarely-seen behavior called strand feeding behind Folly Beach and Morris Island.
Strand feeding, or stranding, occurs when dolphin school baitfish in the shallow water next to a mud bank. One dolphin rushes at the bank, creating a wall of water and carrying herself out of the water and onto the muddy bank. During the beaching, the baitfish wash up and flap around on the bank. The "stranded" dolphin wriggle about the bank to snatch up a quick bite and then return to the water to switch places with another dolphin.
This type of feeding can only be found in the South Carolina Lowcountry and the areas in and around Charleston's barrier islands are alive with this activity.
Please give our office a call to set up a dolphin adventure of your own at 843.884.7684.
Photo courtesy Luke Pope-Corbett