

Mother and calf

Humpback mother teaching calf breath holding

Spy hop

Calf surfacing for breath

Curious Calf

Mom and Calf

Mother and calf often travel with unrelated companion
Whales have an uncanny sense of your position to them in the water. In this sequence, Mom realizes her calf has stopped following her. She does a u-turn, lifting her pectoral fin over me, as she reverses course to reclaim her calf.











Images taken by government permit















