Alligator spotted at Alabama beach amid the waves

An alligator swims up to the beach on Dauphin Island, near Mobile, Alabama (Matt Harvill via AP)

An alligator has been spotted riding the waves on Dauphin Island, Alabama, bobbing calmly near beachgoers.

Matt Harvill, a 27-year-old Mobile resident, came across the lengthy alligator while at the beach taking pregnancy announcement photos with his girlfriend earlier this month.