| What's to do in Tonga? Let's go whale-watching! And let's get in and swim with them!! |
| Barb and Bob prepare to jump in. Ready, set, GO! |
| The humpback just blew in preparation to dive beneath us |
| This whale cruised within a few feet of us |
| The humpback's classic hump back |
| This is what we saw underwater not more than 25 feet away! |
| Unfazed and unperturbed by our presence on the surface above them |
| Diving into calmer water below |
| Just a flick of the fluke and they're out of sight |
| Had so much fun, we went again! Here the boat parallels four whales for a while to let them get used to us |
| They cruise mostly underwater, coming up necessarily to breathe |
| This one had its own signature style of coming up sideways in a half-breach, getting a good look at us |