MARYLAND – Have you spotted any dolphins on the water lately? These beautiful creatures have been reported all across the Chesapeake Bay this week including:
Potomac River- Patuxent River
- St. Mary’s River
- Miles River
- Choptank River
- Harris Creek
- Nomini Bay
Out on the water this summer? Keep your eyes peeled 
You might just spot these playful visitors exploring the bay!
Seen a dolphin? Report your sighting through our Chesapeake DolphinWatch app or website and drop a comment below to share your experience! 
Remember: If you spot dolphins, observe from a safe distance and never attempt to touch or feed them. Let’s continue to keep our marine friends safe and happy!
Report your dolphin sightings
Join 14,600 DolphinWatchers in and around Chesapeake Bay by signing up and logging into the app via iPhone, Android, or the ChesapeakeDolphinWatch website. View the locations of recent and past dolphin sightings on a map, as well as images DolphinWatchers have submitted. By tracking the occurrence of dolphins and their movements, we’ll gain a better understanding of how bottlenose dolphins use the Bay and how to protect them in our local waters.
All photos from the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science website.
Seasonal Pattern of Dolphin Sightings
In this video, you get a sense of the seasonal pattern of dolphin sightings. As the waters warm dolphins move into the Bay and northwards. By August of each year dolphins head south and back towards the Lower Bay and Atlantic Ocean. Each dot is a verified dolphin sighting. The colors of the dots change each month.
The video begins with orange dots showing sightings in June 2017. As the map changes to display a new month of sightings, the colors of dots change. The map will display verified sightings by month over 6 years so each year on the map takes about 11 seconds on the video. You can see the years list on the bottom of the screen.
