Humpback Whales

Lots of photos of blue water later and I eventually managed to capture some pictures of the whales we saw. Swimming in groups of three, four and five were mothers and babies who are in the middle of a feeding frenzy before they swim south to warmer waters. Bubble net feeding involves the females diving and blowing nets of bubbles around the herring to group them into a ball and force them to the surface. The whales then swoop up from below scooping vast numbers of herrings as they go. We watched for the gulls descending on one spot on the water which is a sign the herring have been forced to the surface and the whales are just about to appear.