Rare video captured a super pod of more than 2,000 dolphins off the coast of Monterey Bay, California, including the elusive northern right whale dolphins, according to the Associated Press.

Jerry McArthur is a B.C.-based entrepreneur who has dedicated his career to exploring the ocean. A recent encounter in Howe Sound, north of Vancouver, reminds him of why. McArthur was out on his electric hydrofoil — a propeller-driven ocean glider that he designs and sells — when he was suddenly surrounded by dolphins.