RE: Sì, Silly Sicily: Dolphinless Cruise
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This story reminds me of a trip, decades ago (around 1978), at the Pacific Rim National Park, British Columbia, Canada.
I was out with my son on a fishing cruiser from the port of Ucluelet, a whale watching tour with Pacific Princess. In those days, all I had was a cumbersome analog camera (a 'inexpensive' East German model Praktica). We seen it all, sea eagles, sea lions etc, and then the captain informed us the he seen a whale on his sonar, and the whale is following us. Eventually, he was just under our vessel. So I fumbled around with my camera, the whale surfaced right beside us, a big curious eyeball winked at us - and my camera malfunctioned! Next shot was a distance away, his tail splashing. But what I got (no zoom capabilities) looked like a speck of fly poop on the picture of waves and the distant coast line.
Would be great to take a tour like that again with the kind of equipment I got now. Unfortunately, that resort does not run the fleet anymore, nor does the good old Canadian Pricess boat exist anymore, where you could book a cabin to stay and dine in the on board restaurant.
However, there is a company right out of Victoria, BC which offers such cruises: Prince of Whales - whale watching
Well, I guess you can still do these things in the Mediterranean area :) Rumor has it that several seals live in caves on Greek islets for instance :)