A friendly humpback. These are curious whales and they've hung at
our boat for over an hour.
Imagine the experience!
Seen Spring ~ Late Fall Click on picture to
view a larger image. All Pictures by Heidi Tiura
or Steph Dutton
unless otherwise noted.
Two humpbacks give our boat Sanctuary a drive-by.
The eye of the whale. This is Mon Ami and she visited us many times in 2005. Teri Garcia photo
Breaching humpback by Christy Latham
How many people cast their shadow
on a wild whale in the ocean?
Humpback showing off by Princess of Whales.
Photo by Bill Adams
A double breach! Rarely seen, but these two did it over and over.
Steve Johnston photo.
It happens every once in a while,
but we never take it for granted;
a whale watching us!
Little wonder why we named this female humpback Nosey.
Nosey and her buddy. They showed courtship--if not mating--behavior this day, rubbing against each other and caressing one another with their long flippers.
Steve Maeller got this close breach.
Death is a part of life; a dead humpback on the bay (on its back; gases buoy the animal's pleated throat).
A cell phone camera, a video camera, a high-end camera; we see them all!
Jon Cronk photo.
Breaching humpback by Spanish Bay. Mike Mallett photo.
Friendly Humpback
Steve Johnston photo
Lobtailing by Mike Manning.
Friendly humpback whale. This photo of Heidi's was purchased for a nationally-used school book.
Jon Cronk got this shot of a
humpback.
When a whale approaches our boat, our engines are in neutral.
This whale is upside down! Note the bump on her lower body. Photo by Tammy Mallett.
Photo by Bill Adams
This is a female humpback; note
the melon-sized bump on the lower portion of the tail stock.
Whale snot on the lens!
What a thrill it is to see a whale breach! Photo by Marco Vaccari.
The mouth of a humpback whale.
The eye of the whale!
Photo by Verena Haeussermann.
Lunge feeding humpbacks.
Why do whales breach? To look around, having fun... who knows? Photo by David Tillotson.
Tony Coward reported this was a very lucky shot; he didn't even have the camera to his eye.
Lobtailing by Mike Manning. 
