Among the group were northern right whale dolphins, a famously elusive species that usually keeps to deeper waters away from the coast.

Off the coast of Monterey Bay, California, an extraordinary marine spectacle unfolded as more than 2,000 dolphins gathered in an exceptionally rare superpod. The pod, consisting of Northern right whale dolphins and Pacific white-sided dolphins,

A California boat captain has captured rare video of a super pod of more than 2,000 dolphins breaching off the coast of Monterey Bay, including the more elusive northern right whale dolphin. Courtesy:

Northern right whale dolphins are often spotted farther away from shore and in deeper waters, but Evan Brodsky, a captain and videographer with private boat tour company Monterey Bay Whale Watch, encountered the mammals last week about 11 miles from the harbor.

A California tour boat captain captured this footage of more 2,000 dolphins breaching off the coast of Monterey Bay, Calif. The pod includes jet-black northern right whale dolphins, an elusive species not usually seen so close to shore.