Blue whale videotaped diving off Dana Point

August 8th, 2008, 6:05 pm · 3 Comments · posted by Gary Robbins, science writer-editor

Fullerton College marine scientist Sean Chamberlin videotaped a majestic blue whale shooting water from its blow hole then heading into a dive off Dana Point, where four of the creatures came near a sightsighting boat of Friday.

Please enable Javascript and Flash to view this Flash video.“It was a great day for blue whales!,” Chamberlin says. “In our short, two hour tour off Dana Point today, a group of 46 whale watchers, including me and my mom, saw four blue whales, a mother-calif pair, and two 75-foot behemoths, one of which stayed on the surfaced and lounged around for several minutes.

“We got within spraying distance of its blow, really close at one point … The other one showed flukes at least three times. The crowd cheered. Some folks got spectacular shots.”

Chamberlin videotaped the whale while traveling aboard Ocean Adventures, a catamarran out of Dana Point Harbor.

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