Haley’s video of the magic:
We set the code zero with a light breeze as we pulled out from the marina just in time for the wind to die altogether. Before we conceded the point to the slick and glassy sea and turned on the engine, Wyatt and Diana decided to get cooled off on the swim platform. Just as Wyatt put his leg in to test the water, a humpback whale surfaced not fifty feet on the stern and blew. His first ever whale encounter was straight out of the script for Jaws. What we wouldn’t have given for a hydrophone to listen to them chuckle at their little whale prank, so perfectly timed. It took just a couple heart thumping minutes for everyone to decide it was time to get in the water with masks and snorkels. The two humpbacks stayed with us, playing and dancing and nosing curiously out of the water for almost three hours as we took turns gazing down into the magnificent deep at these amazing creatures.