Humpack whales, Tonga

Hey guys. Had a fantastic encounter today with a mom and calf in Vava'u, Tonga. Visibilitity wasn't the best, but I'll take what I can get!

mamma humpback whale and young calf

mamma humpback whale and young calf

a curious humpback whale calf approaches

ok. i am officially close to the calf here.

bye bye, whales!

Special thanks to Tony Wu for being my host here!

So what Eric...we do that all the time over here

You certainly are very fortunate to travel around the world doing stuff like this all the time Eric....

damn you cheng.. going to start calling you whale boy....

Wow. Looks like fun.

Hey Eric, Awesome shots. Which boat were you on?

Anthony.. read his blog at www.echeng.com rather funny...

I wonder what the shortest time record is between swimming with humpbacks in the Indian Ocean and then in the Pacific.

I love 1, 2 & 4. Hell, they are all amazing.

Alex

Ahh - thanks Mike - reading it now...

i would like to know what is the longest distance for pulling a boat, and if tony and eric were pulling in opposite directions.. hahahahaha

what a pisser!! now I don't feel nearly so bad.

Eric - you really earned those whales!!!

Got a few more. Actually, got nearly 800 frames more. Different mom and calf, two days later. Here's a teaser.

I realy have no words for this...absolut amazing

It looks like the viz is better too.

WOW!! what a bashterd! (800 more blah blah blah)

Amazing shots eric...

Right! i am leading a trip to Tonga next year... who's comin with me!?!

Awesome mate!!

Gagging for more.

Talk about flipper power Eric...

Nice shots Eric lucky bugger...

wow! they're all great shots. My favorite is #2 of the second set.

Right!  i am leading a trip to Tonga next year... who's comin with me!?!

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Are Aussies invited?

Eric,

That's awesome. Must make your heart pound and make you humble at the same time.

Great work.

Mike would be happy to have any one who was going top subsidise his expedition !!!

Hey do they have beetlenut in Tonga ?

Right!  i am leading a trip to Tonga next year... who's comin with me!?!

Bonus points for a reflection of a calf in Veitch's shiny head.