FINALLY, after 5 long years!

I cant tell you how long I have waited for the day to see and film a Humpback whale in the water.  Today my wish came true.
We just disconnected from the mooring at the LCU when Capt Randy again spotted a whale about 200 yrds off the bow.  With engines cut off, we drifted as the juvenile humpback whale just lingered at the surface. As if curious, the whale then slowly approached the boat.  Lucky for me, we had drifted around so the stern was facing the whale.  I quickly grabbed my camera and got on the swim step.  Christie (Capt Bruce instructor) and I must have looked funny with our heads in the water but we were given a show of a lifetime.  The whale made about 7 passes almost directly under the boat, like it was checking us out.
This video is just a portion of the 5-10 minutes total footage. 
Please enjoy  it and remember to respect all laws regarding protected species, as much as I wanted to, no body entered the water.

We guess, 20 -25 ft long and sex is unknown.

Special thanks to Capt Bruce's Scuba Charters, thats twice in a row for me and whales from "The Beach"  Way to go Randy, you rock!

Comments

[-D.]

That was amazing. Thanks for that one! And thanks for that nice reminder at the end. Most people don't even think about stuff like that, but it makes perfect sense.

Rock on wit' your blog self!

[Gabe]

NOW YOU DIE VIDEO GUY! Man that was epic....

G

[Jeff & Dawn]

Ok - now that's really cool!