Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae breaching next to a Monterey glass bottom boat, about a mile off San Carlos Beach - Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae breaching next to a Monterey glass bottom boat, about a mile off San Carlos Beach - Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae breaching next to a Monterey glass bottom boat, about a mile off San Carlos Beach - Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae - Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

The sun is reflecting off the dorsal fin.

Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae - Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae - Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

A Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, and some of the hundred + California sea lions feeding on anchovies - Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae - Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Two Humpbacks a California sea lion feeding on anchovies in Monterey Bay.

Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae - Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, "spy-hopping" -

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae - Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae - Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae - Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

A Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae that had been struck by a boat, probably at a young age. It would have been a barely survivable injury - Monterey Bay.

Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae - Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae - Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae - Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae with a whale watching boat arriving on scene - Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae - Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae tail slapping -

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae - Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

This is what a few of us call an "after-breech."

Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae lunge-feeding off Moss Landing -

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Humpback Whales, Megaptera novaeangliae lunge-feeding off Moss Landing -

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae breaching off Moss Landing -

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae lunge-feeding off Moss Landing -

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae lunge-feeding off Moss Landing -

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Humpback Whales, Megaptera novaeangliae lunge-feeding off Moss Landing -

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Humpback Whale calf, Megaptera novaeangliae lunge-feeding off Moss Landing -

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae lunge-feeding off Moss Landing -

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae lunge-feeding off Moss Landing -

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae off Moss Landing. This whale is swimming at us. The small bumps are hair follicles. A lucky anchovy is on the whales back (at right.)

Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae, with sea gulls, off Moss Landing -

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae lunge-feeding off Moss Landing -

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae diving off Moss Landing -

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Humpback Whales, Megaptera novaeangliae diving off Moss Landing -

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae taking a breath, off Moss Landing -

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae diving off Moss Landing. Another whale is "blowing" in the background - Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae diving off Moss Landing -

Shearwaters and a gull are circling. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae diving off Moss Landing. The "rake marks" on the flukes were caused by Orcas - Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

Up to twenty Humpback Whales, Megaptera novaeangliae feeding on anchovies in Stillwater Cove, Pebble Beach, CA - Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, 09/17/2014.

Humpback Whales, Megaptera novaeangliae feeding on anchovies in Stillwater Cove, Pebble Beach, CA -

Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, 09/17/2014.

Some of the twenty Humpback Whales, Megaptera novaeangliae

feeding at sunset on anchovies off Stillwater Cove, Pebble Beach, CA, 09/17/2014.

Two Humpback Whales, Megaptera novaeangliae, and hundreds of pelicans and gulls

feeding at sunset on anchovies off Stillwater Cove, Pebble Beach, CA, 09/17/2014.

A Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae breaching at

sunset while feeding on anchovies off Stillwater Cove, Pebble Beach, CA, 09/17/2014.

A Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae breaching at

sunset while feeding on anchovies off Stillwater Cove, Pebble Beach, CA, 09/17/2014.

A Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae breaching at

sunset while feeding on anchovies off Stillwater Cove, Pebble Beach, CA, 09/17/2014.

A Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae diving at

sunset while feeding on anchovies off Stillwater Cove, Pebble Beach, CA

A Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae diving at

sunset while feeding on anchovies off Stillwater Cove, Pebble Beach, CA