Watch what happens when a surfer gets in a dolphin's way

Surfers often face dangers like sharks, rocks and giant waves. Some even set themselves on fire like in the video above. However, you don't normally think of dolphins as a threat to surfers. The cute animals that populate the sea are actually a danger when they bump into you at full speed, as happened in a video that Matt Minch posted on Facebook after surfing at Hermosa Beach, California.

Here is the footage that shows the surfer calmly watching a wave form when he spots a group of dolphins in the water. One of them is heading straight in his direction:

See photos from when surfer Mick Fanning survived a shark attack:

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