Humpback whale with swimmers

Megaptera novaeangliae

Port St. Johns, Eastern Cape, South Africa

Nikon F100, Provia 400, Nikon 80 - 400 VR

Both occasions when our people were able to have extended encounters with whales in the water took place on a single morning. This whale - the second - continued to lob-tail after the swimmers entered the water, but it moderated its lob-tailing and seemed to be very careful not to raise or drop its flukes in the vicinity of swimmers.