Epic Whale Experience

Yesterday was one of the most amazing experiences I have had with wildlife. Having a friendly whale spend time with us for about 30 minutes was truly amazing.

I’m visiting Moss Landing California and was on a private tour with Slater Moore Photography. https://www.slatermoore.photography/.

A website called HappyWhale.com accepts photos of whales and keeps track of where they journey, along with their names and gender if they have it. This friendly whale is called Vishnu, a humpback whale, his/her gender is unknown but I included a map of his/her journey.

When I was packing for the trip I thought, “Nah, I won’t need my wide angle lens, the whales won’t be that close.” I was wrong. Glad I had my phone to capture video of the close connection.

We started with 3 whales, two left while Vishnu stayed to played. As you can see the whales are larger than the boat. Vishnu had his/her head on one side of the boat and tail on the other side and never touched us. S/he was extremely gentle and caring with us.

The only time s/he touched the boat was when s/he got ready to move on, s/he gave a purposeful, gentle nudge with her dorsal fin as if to say, “See you later” and moved on to connect with the people on the High Spirits boat.

If you don’t know this about me I love to know who the Being is that I photograph, I like to learn about their personalities and get to know them, so this was truly a dream come true.

Stay tuned for videos and photos!

After playing with us for 30 minutes he moved on to the other boat to play.

A map showing where the whale has been.