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SNORKELLING WITH ‘SINGING’ WHALES

Whilst on our recent trip to South Africa hoping to dive on the Sardine Run, we were given a bonus encounter of these amazing leviathans of the sea. Whilst looking for the sardine bait balls in the waters at Coffee Bay, three humpback whales including a mother and her baby cruised by. There was no time to don scuba equipment, so with only snorkels and masks we all got in the water to take a closer look.

They were truly amazing and the sound they were making took us all aback. It was nothing like the high pitched whale song we had heard before, such a deep gutteral almost painful straining sound. WIERD!

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This was a truly memorable moment, especially when at one point when they came up from the deep so close to one of our group that he had to try to push himself away from the side of the huge animal. AMAZING!

Thanks to Roland Mauz and his team from African Dive Adventures who gave us this incredible encounter.

What do you think of their whale ‘song’?  Have you ever hard anything like this before?

For more, see our recent post Snorkelling with Humpback Whales at Coffee Bay, South Africa.

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[Video Footage by Tony Isaacson.  Video Production and Editing by Roger Barrett,  TraveThereNext.com]