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Indus blind dolphins (Platanista minor) are almost unmissable during a visit to Sukkur, the city built along the Indus itself.
It is the species' stronghold (Guddu to Sukkur) throughout its population in Pakistan and India (Beas).
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A park named 'Lab-e-Mehran' is on the banks of the Indus where one can easily sit down on its earthen banks and watch dolphins in the river right next to it. If there are less visitors in the Park and thus, less noise, you can even hear these Cetaceans taking a gulp of air through their blowhole and coming as close as 15 feet to the bank.

Eastern Tropical Pacific killer whales hunting bottlenose

My photos were taken off the coast of San Diego as this pod traveled roughly between Torrey Pines southward toward Mission Bay while we were observing them.

Group of 8+. Tried to upload them to individuals.

From Alvaro Jaramillo, "Regarding the Killer Whales (Orca), they are Bigg’s (Transient) Killer Whales, these are the ones that are the marine mammal foragers. I was told that the groups we saw are seldom seen. There are two parallel naming systems for the whales here. In the older system, they are known as : CA202s (Smiley's matriline), and the CA122Bs. In the newer system they are the OCT038s and OCT051s groups. The male is in the “sprouter” phase which means he is reaching adulthood and will soon grow the fin super tall. I think he is CA202A, is son to “Smiley” and was born in 2010. In the photo the matriarch “Smiley” is the big one, nearest to the camera. Then CA122 is the female adjacent to her. So two matriarchs traveling together with their pods. Josh McInnes of the BC research group noted that these are offshore Transients. He has found that transients are either inshore foragers, or forage near the continental shelf edge. Our groups are the latter, foraging in deep and productive water."