Forget paparazzi, Jeff Bezos’ $500 million sailing yacht is so grand that even dolphins race to catch a glimpse of it. In Costa Rica, the 417-foot-long Koru created such a clean bow wave that it lured dozens of dolphins into putting on a rare nature show for Lauren Sánchez

It is very common for superyachts such as Koru to attract attention everywhere they go. They do it in most ports, where onlookers, locals, and tourists often gather, and these luxury vessels are no strangers to attracting eyeballs and grabbing headlines. While Koru has created plenty of stir in tabloids, yachting stories, and scenic ports around the globe.

It is not uncommon for dolphins to utilize the pressure wave created by a yacht’s massive hull to surf with almost zero effort. That is where hydrodynamics come in, and that is what makes this moment so interesting. It was not the glamour or price tag of Jeff Bezos’ yacht that drew them in, but the clean, steady bow pressure wave created by a vessel of this scale, shape, and speed.

So while Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez were clearly in full vacation mode on their lavish Costa Rica getaway, the dolphins too seemed to be enjoying the side effects of the 416-foot megayacht and its 15-knot cruising speed. Koru is a full-displacement, steel-hulled vessel boasting a volume of 3,500 GT.

She does not rise above the water like a planing motor yacht. She pushes a massive hill of water in front of her bow. In addition, Koru, the world’s largest sailing yacht, is a classically styled three-masted schooner with a clipper bow. The result is a bow wave that is substantial, fast, and clean, offering dolphins a very elegant ride. The yacht’s sheer size matters, of course, but so do hull form, steady speed, and the quality of the wave being created. That combination is what turns a passing megayacht into a temporary playground.

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez are clearly in full vacation mode, spotted heading off on their lavish Costa Rica getaway.

After a series of transfers — first from a helicopter to the support vessel Abeona, then by speedboat to their superyacht Koru — the couple finally came… pic.twitter.com/0MCvd5pDjn

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The pressure created by this mammoth vessel is what, in all probability, prompted common bottlenose dolphins and pantropical spotted dolphins, both common sightings along Costa Rica’s Pacific coast, to rise and rejoice on the surface, a moment beautifully captured on camera by Sánchez.