Stunning footage of humpback whale just yards from boat

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Published on July 27, 2020 - Duration: 01:30s

Stunning footage of humpback whale just yards from boat

A fisherman captured this stunning footage of a humpback WHALE breaching just yards from his boat.Skipper Chris 'Cece' Clarke, 24, was out fishing for whelk on board the Penglas and had been at sea for around 48 hours when he made the sighting.He said he'd had very little sleep and on Sunday evening, after working through the night, three whales started circling his boat.Then suddenly one came near and leapt straight out the water, before landing again and making a huge splash.Chris said: "We'd been up all night working and we saw them going past, we were all really tired and it woke us up a bit."Two of them were a way off but one swam right past us, and leapt out the water."Chris had set out from Brixham, Devon, on Friday, July 24, and was about 14 miles off the coast of Lyme Regis in Dorset when he saw the whales.He continued: "I've seen lots of dolphins and seals, but I've never seen a dolphin before. "I never thought I was desperate to see a whale but I'm really glad that I have."


Stunning footage of humpback whale just yards from boat

A fisherman captured this stunning footage of a humpback WHALE breaching just yards from his boat.Skipper Chris 'Cece' Clarke, 24, was out fishing for whelk on board the Penglas and had been at sea for around 48 hours when he made the sighting.He said he'd had very little sleep and on Sunday evening, after working through the night, three whales started circling his boat.Then suddenly one came near and leapt straight out the water, before landing again and making a huge splash.Chris said: "We'd been up all night working and we saw them going past, we were all really tired and it woke us up a bit."Two of them were a way off but one swam right past us, and leapt out the water."Chris had set out from Brixham, Devon, on Friday, July 24, and was about 14 miles off the coast of Lyme Regis in Dorset when he saw the whales.He continued: "I've seen lots of dolphins and seals, but I've never seen a dolphin before.

"I never thought I was desperate to see a whale but I'm really glad that I have."

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