Awesome video, great footage and lighting. The whales could disappear anytime but looks like they were totally into socializing with you and playing under your boat. Thank you for posting this. Delete rude comments, great job filming a incredible encounter. We need more people like you to prove there is still sea life just off the California coast. Thumbs up
@MrTunaVic It turned out that the one guy who left the rude comment did that to lots of people on YouTube and Spearboard. He closed his YouTube account afterward. I guess some people can't be happy.
Wow! What an amazing, unbelievable and magical encounter you guys had! You never know what treat Mother Nature may have up her sleeve and on this day she sure pulled out an incredible surprise for you. Thanks for sharing this footage and your encounter, so we can all see an example of wildlife and nature at it’s best.
It's obvious the orcas were approaching many boats--one mother even bringing her baby right up to the side of the boat. I didn't see anyone engaging in bad behavior; they were just the luckiest people in the world that day! Thanks for sharing this special moment.
Alisa Schulman-Janiger, director of the California Killer Whale project and Gray Whale Census and Behavior Project for the American Cetacean Society was on the bow of her boat photographing the Orcas. If anyone was harrassing them, she would have stopped them.
(A) The term "harassment" means any act of pursuit, torment, or annoyance which—
(i) has the potential to injure a marine mammal or marine mammal stock in the wild; or
(ii) has the potential to disturb a marine mammal or marine mammal stock in the wild by causing disruption of behavioral patterns, including, but not limited to, migration, breathing, nursing, breeding, feeding, or sheltering.
At no time did any of the three boats charge any Orcas. The only time I moved my boat was to get the Sun behind us for better video. Watch the video again and you will see that the Orcas were coming toward us, even going under the boat. We were never moving while they were close. All of my shots were taken from the driver's side window or from the rear deck. The dolphins continued to feed, mate and frolic all around us.
@jamesfelp At no time did any of the three boats charge any Orcas. The only time I moved my boat was to get the Sun behind us for better video. Watch the video again and you will see that the Orcas were coming toward us, even going under the boat. We were never moving while they were close. All of my shots were taken from the driver's side window or from the rear deck.
Awesome video, great footage and lighting. The whales could disappear anytime but looks like they were totally into socializing with you and playing under your boat. Thank you for posting this. Delete rude comments, great job filming a incredible encounter. We need more people like you to prove there is still sea life just off the California coast. Thumbs up
dolphinDog 2 months ago
Very cool! Thanks for the video,sorry you have endure rude comments from some.
MrTunaVic 2 months ago
@MrTunaVic It turned out that the one guy who left the rude comment did that to lots of people on YouTube and Spearboard. He closed his YouTube account afterward. I guess some people can't be happy.
pacificcoast101 2 months ago
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@MrTunaVic yes
lockthetv 1 month ago
@jamesfelp You are a dumbass. Quit trolling spearboard and youtube to cry about a bunch of fish and whales. Suck my balls.
CoolEthankills 2 months ago 4
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rodngun762 2 months ago
Wow! What an amazing, unbelievable and magical encounter you guys had! You never know what treat Mother Nature may have up her sleeve and on this day she sure pulled out an incredible surprise for you. Thanks for sharing this footage and your encounter, so we can all see an example of wildlife and nature at it’s best.
MrRJCtube 2 months ago
It's obvious the orcas were approaching many boats--one mother even bringing her baby right up to the side of the boat. I didn't see anyone engaging in bad behavior; they were just the luckiest people in the world that day! Thanks for sharing this special moment.
scrubjay93 2 months ago
Alisa Schulman-Janiger, director of the California Killer Whale project and Gray Whale Census and Behavior Project for the American Cetacean Society was on the bow of her boat photographing the Orcas. If anyone was harrassing them, she would have stopped them.
pacificcoast101 2 months ago
(A) The term "harassment" means any act of pursuit, torment, or annoyance which—
(i) has the potential to injure a marine mammal or marine mammal stock in the wild; or
(ii) has the potential to disturb a marine mammal or marine mammal stock in the wild by causing disruption of behavioral patterns, including, but not limited to, migration, breathing, nursing, breeding, feeding, or sheltering.
pacificcoast101 2 months ago
At no time did any of the three boats charge any Orcas. The only time I moved my boat was to get the Sun behind us for better video. Watch the video again and you will see that the Orcas were coming toward us, even going under the boat. We were never moving while they were close. All of my shots were taken from the driver's side window or from the rear deck. The dolphins continued to feed, mate and frolic all around us.
pacificcoast101 2 months ago
@jamesfelp At no time did any of the three boats charge any Orcas. The only time I moved my boat was to get the Sun behind us for better video. Watch the video again and you will see that the Orcas were coming toward us, even going under the boat. We were never moving while they were close. All of my shots were taken from the driver's side window or from the rear deck.
pacificcoast101 2 months ago
Amazing footage! Thank you for posting!
caroldporter 2 months ago
Sweet Jesus! Incredible footage! I don't know who got more pleasure out of the mating, the ones in the act or the ones watching :)
Frankpro1 2 months ago 2
The diving in Southern California has been so good, these orcas are coming to get theirs!
hcdiveteambrian 2 months ago