Humpback Whale swam under our dive Boat

[kenneth.hall@voith.com]

When my wife and I were going out for our OW check out dive in Destin FL., we were on the Sea Cobra owned by Scubs Tech in Destin. On the way out a Humpback Whale swam under the boat and played around us for about 1 hour. Long time Owner and Boat Captain said it was her first. Someone had a camera and took pictures which made the local Deston paper and may be in the Pensicola paper too. This was on May 25, 2008.

[Sasha_K]

Good for you!. I've watched a documentary (from somewhere far east) where people go on trips to swim with them. I'm surprised noone jumped in :-) . Now that I think about it, I probably wouldnt either :-)

[Athena2c]

Very cool! That's a pretty amazing check out dive experience!

[SkuaSeptember]

Awesome! You'll be spoiled for life now!

[diver-wife]

some times we can get spoiled by seeing a cool experience on one of our first dives, then all others are a small let down, but glad you enjoyed it, now you will get hooked like the rest of us

[matt151617]

Awesome! Don't bother going on any whale watching trips now, you're ruined for life!

[mike_s]

There are a BUNCH of pictures of this on Scubaboard in a thread there.

actually I think there are two seperate threads on it.


Humpback Whale Spotted in Destin on Saturday - ScubaBoard - Scuba Diving Forums and Social Network

Humpback visits Destin - ScubaBoard - Scuba Diving Forums and Social Network

[Martin2]

What an awesome experience! Especially on your OW dives. You'll be a bit spoiled, I'm sure.

[Aussie]

Don't you see many Humpbacks in the states????

We are at the start of the Humpback season here and we have lots of whales moving north to breed. It is a common sight around here this time of year.

Couple of years ago we had a group of intro divers met face to face with a humpback calf. They werent even certified and their first dive was with a Humpback!!!!

I always seem to miss them. Skipper keeps on asking if I saw them underwater as they must have been right above me. I hear them all the time in winter. I brief my divers that if I cup my hands around my ears it means stop and listen for whales.

Hopefully I might get a pic of them underwater this year but I am not holding my breath. They let you dive with the Humpbacks in Tonga in the south pacific. We have a code of conduct placed upon us with whales. So we cant drop divers off infront of oncoming whales like they do in Tonga.

Aussie

[Black-Gorrilla]

thats awesome!! a few months ago (if that) there was that one whale shark on the spiegel grove for like 2 days (if memory servers me well) and now this!! you got pretty lucky.