A Surprise Diving Encounter with a Giant Humpback Whale

An amazing encounter with a Humpback Whale in Moorea, French Polynesia

[heysatan]

I love how you can hear the divers screaming under water. I would have made the same noise! I'd be like OMG THIS IS BOTH EXTRAORDINARY AND TERRIFYING AT THE SAME TIME

[DimmVargr]

So I finally know where does the saying 'out of the blue' come from :)

[omanhs]

"HELLO TINY CREATURES I AM WHALE"

[westho]

The recording does not do justice to the actual sound. Seriously some of those sounds vibrated my chest. I didn't realize whales had such a wide frequency of sound. some were mid to hi frequency and some were very low. After he passed I was thinking will there be another one...It was the size of an underwater School Bus!
The dive master said that this is a rare event. Only happens about 1 or 2 a year and he dives over 1500 dives a year.

[KBizzy]

This video actually moved me. I can't imagine what it must have been like in person. It must have affected at least one of you emotionally in some way. Just awesome.

[DeathtoRaiden]

It's a beautiful moment but it just solidifies my intense fear of the deep ocean. How this massive thing can just materialize in front of them out of the endless blue void. And this is at the bottom of a "shallow" part, the dark void below is the worst.

[robinminkler]

I loved the "WHOO HOO!" smothered by snorkel in the background!

[legolasrnge]

Holy shit i knew whales made sounds but didnt expect it to be like a cow

[kovuqui]

2:23 fish posing for that camera ;) looking good.

[zhatar]

Sounds like my first time with the violin

[karibrasuka]

I could hear one of the guys screaming "Wooohoooo" lol

[westho]

Thanks for viewing one of the most amazing experiences of my life. I still can't believe it happened.

[nataliewinkler]

Holy cow! I would have gone crazy! I actually enjoyed listening to her sounds as she was approaching. Whale sounds are beautiful to me and i love listening. Now, once she appeared I was taken in awe of her. She is a beautiful whale, and extremely graceful.

[dru]

It amazes me how it just came out of no where, the ocean is such a beautiful place. One second they’re with little fish, then boom out of the deep blue comes this enormous creature. I can only imagine how it must’ve felt to experience this, being in THEIR home, THEIR habitat. They have complete superiority over us.

[mreis]

I feel like most people watched this more than once. How could you not! Such powerful footage!

[DougieBarclay]

EXCELLENT sound qualtiy. Nearly perfectly reflecting the actual sound of a dive in first person. What camera were you using?

[aslan]

I heard muffles of excitement from the divers awesome

[MissKeyMin]

Haha dory "hey there little fella" "oh oh BIG fella"

[westho]

Yes this was a life highlight for me to be sure. Many of you have asked about the coral looking dead. There was a cyclone in 2010 that hit French Polynesia. Much damage to the reef system happened then.
Plus we were diving at about 60-80 feet of water and much of the color was absent at that depth. It is always amazing what you see with a underwater flashlight.

We were not screaming at the end but Cheering!!! You can actually see me clapping at the end. Kudos to the dive master. It all happened so fast and then it was gone. I kept looking around for another pass by the whale but no such luck.

[darrenyoung]

Absolutely no reason at all for anybody to be terrified of this beautiful giant peaceful soulful whale. The song as it comes closer is beautiful and soothing like the whale is telling them " here I come, I'm coming to get a closer look at you"