Humpback Whales

 on saturday, we took a boat trip to bird island. on the way there, we saw humpback whales swimming in the water. it was very cool seeing their fin pop out and go back under. later in the day, we see two more humpbacks breaching! we sped over to the location and got a wonderful show. we think they are the same whales from earlier, but aren’t 100% sure. we stayed and watched for a while, i had to keep reminding myself that it was real life and not TV. i’ve never seen whales that close before, let alone breaching ones. it was so surreal and became a core memory. not many people are lucky enough to stumble across something like that. -kristen 

(photos taken by Sharon Cruz, not me)



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