my dad and grandfather were sailing up the coast from santa cruz to half moon bay and found themselves in the middle of a pod of feeding humpbacks. they were about two miles from shore in around 120 ft. of water a little south of pigeon point lighthouse. now i think whales are some of the coolest creatures on the face of our awesome planet, and it would be just my luck that i missed out. but, he did get some pics. it was hard to time it right, but there’s some neat pics. my fave is the one with the seal in mid leap right next to the massive head of one of the humpbacks. one day i’ll see it first hand. one day…
wow, that IS an amazing picture! the only time i went whale watching, i threw up off the back of the boat the entire time. but i did get to see some whales.
damn dude, ive always wanted to check out some wales. its like watching dinosaurs or something. and that one with the seal is pretty rad. what was that wale trying to do? looks like it was trying to eat the birds. ha.
Amazingly, these humpbacks work together to make a bubble net; swimming in circles beneath the small fish and blowing bubbles which push the fish to the surface where seals and birds benefit from the bounty. The humpbacks swim up from underneath and get a mouthful of food–this guys ‘cheeks’ are bulging with lunch. Sometimes the dolphins get into the act helping to herd the prey into the bubble net.