Posted on 08/04/2011 8:06:23 PM PDT by nuconvert
Passengers aboard the Manute'a got an eye full recently when an 80-foot blue whale surfaced alongside the boat, stole a breath and revealed its massive backside and fluke. But the best view was enjoyed by a paddleboarder who got breathtakingly close to the great leviathan (see video).
This occurred last weekend off Dana Point, Calif., and the video, shot by David Anderson of Capt. Dave's Dolphin and Whale Safari, was posted this week. The paddleboarder appeared to be trying to capture underwater footage of the mammoth creature -- blue whales are the largest mammals ever to inhabit the planet -- when he jumped into the water as the whale dipped beneath the surface.
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“Anderson said that on Monday alone his passengers saw 19 blue whales, three fin whales, one humpback whale and hundreds of dolphins. In a recent five-day period his landing tallied 110 blue whale sightings, and with krill still in great blooms beneath the surface from Santa Barbara to San Diego”
Great year for whale watching
Very cool.
I never get any work done on San Diego trips. I’m either whale watching or scarfing down pho.
Damn now you had to remind me of San Diego with its’ high temperatures in the 70s, while I’m baking here in DFW.
Thaaaaaaat’s reeeeeeallly cooooooollll! [/Finding Nemo]
Last week I was fishing in Mexican waters about 120 miles south of San Diego. We saw only one one whale, but hundreds if not thousands dolphin. The fishing was good too: six of us got 24 yellowfin and bluefin in one day of fishing.
Later
He’s looking for a mariachi band.
THey left out one whale, the one wearing a Breast belt. Species Michelleous Humongus Obamabus.
Ah,...pho one of my favorite meals. I love Vietnamese food.
My kids and I saw blue whales last week, off the Palos Verdes Peninsula. True, we had to use binoculars and look where a wise whale-watcher told us to look, but we really saw them spout and saw sunlight reflecting off their backs. We think we saw four of them, but it’s hard to tell, because they don’t exactly stand still to be counted.
I guess it’s the sort of thing one would check off on life’s bucket list.
Anyway, if they are abundant enough that even I can spot them, it must be a good summer for whales.
I was really hoping to see a right whale, especially exhaling through the double blow holes, but no such luck.
I was on Mission Bay in San Diego sailing a rental catamaran, was almost bored to tears with so little wind except it so nice being on the water.
lol. no pho in D.C.?
lol. that was an interesting video, too
That sounds like a once in a lifetime whale watching excursion.
I felt lucky to see maybe a dozen humpbacks and a few orcas on an Alaska trip.
BFL
pho?
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