Humpback Whale Treats Boaters to Extraordinary Up-Close Encounter in Hawaii

Storyful
2 年前

Whale watchers enjoyed an extremely up-close encounter with a humpback off the coast of Maui, Hawaii.

Video taken by a Hawaii Ocean Rafting employee, who said it was filmed on February 15, shows the whale submerged near a boat of onlookers.

“Humpback whales are protected in Hawaii, and we do not approach them closer than 100 yards. But sometimes the whales decide to come to our boats, closer than those 100 yards, making for a rare occurrence called a ‘mugging,’” a representative of Hawaii Ocean Rafting told Storyful. Credit: Hawaii Ocean Rafting via Storyful