Gonna need a bigger boat! Whale rams boat and knocks woman overboard

During a boat ride with my daughter and her family off the coast of the Big Island we were surprised to find our self surrounded by a pod of humpback whales. We immediately shut down the boad engine and just watched them of about twenty minutes. It was truly amazing. We surmised that there were four or five females, at least two calves, and one huge mail. They all spouted nearby and the male breached more than the femails with a graceful demonstration of his tail splashing. As they passed on by we saw the male come near the surface and could discern the crown of his head and one eye. They really are fascinating giants.

Because boats are not allowed to closely approach or pursue the whales we didn't restart the engines until it was clear that they were at a safe distance away. It probably only lasted a few minutes but we were so fascinated that it felt like we were among them much longer.
 
We were on a sunset boat ride in Cabo San Lucas. It was overcast, so no sunset. A couple of whales came along and put on a show for us.

On a different occasion we were enjoying libations in a beach side location and we were treated to a sunset with a bright green flash.
 
On my way from Hawaii to Alaska in June, my boat hit something under the surface. It was jarring and rocked the boat hard. It scared me. My partner came up through the hatch and we scanned the water around us, but saw nothing. Now there is a lot of junk out there, and not all of it floats on the surface. Sunken logs, ships containers, etc. My partner guessed a whale, which was not unreasonable. In June the humpbacks and their newborns are migrating back to Alaska for the summer. While I was in the waters of Alaska proper, I saw hundreds of humpbacks.
 

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