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'Dancing' Humpbacks Wow Whale-Watching Tourists In South OC: Photos
A group of whale watchers were treated to a once-in-a-lifetime performance when humpbacks appeared to dance for them off the south OC coast.
DANA POINT, CA — Passengers traveling aboard a whale-watching tour that departed from Dana Point were treated to the performance of a lifetime by two humpback whales.
On Thursday, the Ocean Adventures vessel with Dana Wharf Whale Watching approached two humpback whales that were curious about the boat.
For more than a half hour, the two humpback whales "mugged" the boat — meaning they showed interest in the boat, got close and behaved "curiously" around it, COO of Dana Wharf Donna Kalez said.
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The two whales then swam around the boat and rolled, showed off their tales and peeked their heads out of the water — a motion known as "spy hopping."
“Watching them glide through the glassy water seeming to look at us as we watched them was magical,” Kalez said.
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Drone footage from the encounter shows the two whales floating upright, as if engaging in a ballroom dance for the passengers aboard the boat.
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