Last week, we had our first day out on the water without whale sharks. The port was closed in the morning but we were desperate to be on the water (the wind had been keeping us indoors)! The port opened in the afternoon and we ventured out in somewhat stormy weather. We searched for the sharks for a bit and finally just jumped in the water for a swim. Once we were back on the boat, we headed back into shore.
I was staring out at the bay thinking about how we didn't see a single fish that day when all of a sudden a massive humpback breached just to the side/front of the boat. No one was looking that direction and apparently my eyes got huge, all I knew was I was screaming "Humpback!!!!!". It jumped out of the water again and gave us a beautiful splash with a breach. We were all wicked excited and we started moving the boat a bit closer to see if we would see it again.
We then saw it come up to breath and realized it had a second smaller whale at it's side. We believe it was a mama humpback and her calf. They were in very close to the shore and just swimming around the bay. We watched them for a while and another boat checked them out for a few minutes before leaving us alone with the whales. The baby tried to breach which was adorable, it didn't quite make it all the way out of the water. We were also able to capture some video when the whales decided to check us out and showed up right next to the boat. Ashley also got stung by a wasp but she was okay, she just had to focus her attention on the whales. I still don't know why Darren called us the wolunteers. Enjoy the video! -Nicole
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