This morning myself and four others, after observing several humpbacks cruising around the Nautilus Explorer, went out whale watching. We cruised towards the shore behind us at Punta Tosca searching for a few of the big guys we had seen flopping around on the surface. As we approached a group of three, they suddenly decided they were no longer interested in sticking around on the surface so they sounded and were gone. The whale watchers and I floated around for a few moments when a few more Humpbacks surfaced behind us. We turned and raced towards them but they too decided they had somewhere else to be. It was, to be honest, a little frustrating as there were whales EVERYWHERE but we just were not getting lucky enough to drop in the water with them for a quick snorkel. We decided to head towards the dive site and see if we could track down the huge group of the whales that we had seen earlier in the morning. This group of whales was 6 or 7 in total. I have never seen so many Humpbacks all swimming around together! It was like watching a small island plough through the water when they all came up for breaths together. Sure enough when we got close to the dive site, BOOM! Whales everywhere. They were cruising around just back and forth and I managed to sneak in beside them and the snorkelers jumped on in. They all got a good look at these massive creatures from the water and so did I from the skiff. A few cheers and hi fives later and we took off after them again, and again we got into the water with them! This time a few dolphins were riding the whales bow wake. Yes there were enough of the whales together that they were creating a bow wake. After that we decided it was enough and started heading back to the Nautilus. As we turned around and headed back, the whales turned too and we just had to go for it again! Third time in was the best. The snorkelers had to stop swimming and back up or they would have been ran over! 4 or 5 whales right in front of them and one dove right below them. They could have reached out and touched them! Woooo
Max AKA Baywatch
