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2 hours ago, Josh said:

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too close for comfort 

I thought I was done for 

these swam under the boat about 5ft clear 

terrifying but most amazing experience 

the video footage is cool Iv just screenshotted some bits here 

 

 

 

Blimey so close they made your camera turn the wrong way up!! 
Is that sperm whales? 

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4 minutes ago, Saintly Fish said:

Blimey so close they made your camera turn the wrong way up!! 
Is that sperm whales? 

Fin whales apparently 

I thought Minke and a Hump firstly 

ha I kno poor photography as usual 

I did have some serious sausages though 

 

Big chilli ones 

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We used to encounter right whales while fishing south of the IOW, however they didn't approach us as close as these did to you. Here though we see plenty of whales daily, even my last trip out for a dive a pair came over to check my boat out. I like to keep my engine running when they are close so they can be more aware exactly where I am. Last year some friends had a whale fully breach, landing on their boat, which left the young lad (my sons school buddy) in a coma and various other injuries.

The whale in the bottom image looks to be feeding, where there any mackerel or large bait-balls of whitebait or pilchards etc about ?

These pics are from the weekend, though I didn't bother to much trying to get photos on this occasion.

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2 hours ago, JDP said:

We used to encounter right whales while fishing south of the IOW, however they didn't approach us as close as these did to you. Here though we see plenty of whales daily, even my last trip out for a dive a pair came over to check my boat out. I like to keep my engine running when they are close so they can be more aware exactly where I am. Last year some friends had a whale fully breach, landing on their boat, which left the young lad (my sons school buddy) in a coma and various other injuries.

The whale in the bottom image looks to be feeding, where there any mackerel or large bait-balls of whitebait or pilchards etc about ?

These pics are from the weekend, though I didn't bother to much trying to get photos on this occasion.

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Wow some incredible shots there

was stunning to see it all going on. 
that’s exactly what the tunas whales and dolphins were feeding on the white bait.

 

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On 8/16/2023 at 12:47 PM, Josh said:

 

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too close for comfort 

I thought I was done for 

these swam under the boat about 5ft clear 

terrifying but most amazing experience 

the video footage is cool Iv just screenshotted some bits here 

 

 

 

We had similar on Weds, fantastic sight 😍

A mate on another boat has some brilliant footage…

on a serious note a boat out of Milford Haven actually got lifted out the water by a breaching whale…. It caused quite a bit of damage (now fixed). I like to keep a healthy distance now, 40NM is a long way from home to get hit by a whale 😮😮😮😮

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3 hours ago, Odyssey said:

We had similar on Weds, fantastic sight 😍

A mate on another boat has some brilliant footage…

on a serious note a boat out of Milford Haven actually got lifted out the water by a breaching whale…. It caused quite a bit of damage (now fixed). I like to keep a healthy distance now, 40NM is a long way from home to get hit by a whale 😮😮😮😮

Oh yeah i saw the write up on it a couple month back

frightening !

initially I was cruising around filming then I stopped near and carried on fishing and as you can see he came right through he went under the boat and I braced for impact … not sure what for I’d be toast in a 165 if he did decide to lift me.

after he went through I moved off a bit felt uneasy.

 

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