A trio of Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) escorted by Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) and California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) as they hunt and feed in Magdalena Bay, Baja Pacific, Mexico.

Seeing whales underwater for the first time was definitely the highlight of a snorkeling trip to Magdalena Bay with Nautilus Liveaboards.

Nikon Z8 w/8-15mm @15mm fisheye lens, f8@1/250s iso640, Natural light

Wow, what a spectacular moment and a great image to remember it by!

Really nice shot!

Magdalena Bay really paid off. We splashed on several mother/baby pairs like this a few times over the week.

Running the customs scam gauntlet was a risk but worth the journey.

Great images captured must have been quite the experience.

Great images, that must have been an amazing experience.

Wow!!!!

A couple of Marlin, Sealion, and Baitball photos!

Amazing images again, Dave

Very happy for you getting this experience...and capturing it with pics too!!!

A final Whale-Tail goodbye image from Magdalena Bay.

@david_hicks

Lucky mate. We did 5 full days snorkeling at Magdalena end of October/beginning November landbased from Puerto san Carlos due to short notice cancellation of our liveaboard (18h previously departure, very bad experience) based at San Jose los Cabos.

We didn't have close encounters with the whales . Just one calv during snorkeling, but a little bit far. Anyway Magdalena was amazing.

Br from Germany

Markus

49 minutes ago, Muellema said:

@david_hicks

Lucky mate. We did 5 full days snorkeling at Magdalena end of October/beginning November landbased from Puerto san Carlos due to short notice cancellation of our liveaboard (18h previously departure, very bad experience) based at San Jose los Cabos.

We didn't have close encounters with the whales . Just one calv during snorkeling, but a little bit far. Anyway Magdalena was amazing.

Br from Germany

Markus

Close enough for an awesome photo!

And a little white balancing will greatly improve that image! I know all my whales needed WB work even though I was 1-2 meters away from some of them as they tried to run me over!