Behind you, it is! Funny moment when a sly whale appears behind tourists who are looking the wrong way. A sly whale crept up just behind a group of whale watchers’ boat while they were looking the other way, almost causing them to miss the experience of a lifetime.
The whale watchers were visiting San Ignacio Lagoon in Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula. One of the whales sneaked up behind them in the water while they were scanning the open ocean for it. Fortunately, the group made a quick turn around to get a glimpse of the humpback whale before it vanished.
When a stealthy whale appeared right behind their boat while they were looking the other way, a party of whale watchers almost Iơst the opportunity of a lifetime. The crew was photographed patiently waiting with their cameras ready, but they almost missed the amazing encounter by looking the wrong way when the whale surfaced just a few feet away from their boat.
Fortunately, the tourists’ boat turned around just in time for them to glimpse the enormous humpback whale before she vanished back into the depths of the ocean, setting off scenes of joy on the skiff. The crew faces forward, pointing their cameras at the broad ocean in front of them in expectation as photos obtained from another vessel reveal the stealthy whale popping its rostrum out from beneath the water (pictured).
A second photo captures the whale watchers’ joy at the close encounter as they see the creature just in time before it vanishes back into the water (pictured). Thankfully, the tourists turned around in their boat just in time to witness the enormous humpback whale a few feet away from them before she submerged again. As the crew faces forward, pointing their cameras at the broad ocean in front of them in expectation, photos obtained from another vessel show the stealthy whale popping its rostrum out from beneath the water.
A second image captures the whale watchers’ joy at the close encounter as they saw the creature just in time before she vanished back into the water. While the other spectators sit with their mouths open in surprise and their cameras clicking away, one woman standing on the boat is seen raising her arms in the air in celebration. Eric J. Smith, a director and photographer, documented the whale watchers’ close call while visiting San Ignacio Lagoon in the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico. Pictured: A close encounter between two whale-watching boats and a sperm whale off the coast of Baja, Mexico. The whale “slowly and discreetly stuck her head up above the water to look about,” according to Smith, a 49-year-old Los Angeles resident. A few dozen feet distant on another panga, I was able to capture the action just as everyone began to realize how near she was.
Eric J. Smith, a director and photographer, documented the whale watchers’ close call while visiting San Ignacio Lagoon in the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico. The Los Angeles resident, 49, described how she quietly and secretly raised her head above the water to have a look around. I was on another panga a few dozen feet away and managed to capture the moment just as everyone began to realize how near she was.