Spectacular humpback breach caught off B.C. island

鈥楬yper-humpie鈥� puts on a show

Alistair Taylor
Jul 30, 2019 10:30 AM

17909944_web1_190802-CRM-humpback-breach2 — A humpback whale breaches right in front of Dreamspeaker 2, a 72鈥� sailboat owned by Robert Millington of Campbell River. The spectacular moment occurred off the south end of Cortes Island. Photo by Jos Krynen/Eagle Eye Adventures

Robert Millington got the show of a lifetime while out on his 72 foot sailboat Dreamspeaker 2 on Sunday.

While cruising off the south end of Cortes Island, a humpback whale breached right in front of the Campbell River-based vessel 鈥� numerous times. The spectacular sight was captured by Jos Krynen, owner and operator of , a whale watching tour operator based in Campbell River.

Millington is calling the whale a 鈥渉yper-humpie鈥� for how active it was.

鈥淚鈥檇 taken a group of friends out for a day trip, to sail for a bit and in search of whales. There were a handful of humpbacks in the area 鈥� we got lucky with this one鈥檚 performance,鈥� he said.

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17909944_web1_copy_190802-CRM-humpback-breach — A humpback whale breaches right in front of Dreamspeaker 2, a 72鈥� sailboat owned by Robert Millington of Campbell River. The spectacular moment occurred off the south end of Cortes Island. Photo by Jos Krynen/Eagle Eye Adventures

About the Author: Alistair Taylor

Alistair Taylor has been a writer and editor with Black Press since 1989, most of those years spent as editor of the Campbell River Mirror.

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