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Spectacular humpback breach caught off B.C. island

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A humpback whale breaches right in front of Dreamspeaker 2, a 7291Ƶ 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 91Ƶ 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 91Ƶhyper-humpie91Ƶ for how active it was.

91ƵI91Ƶd 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 91Ƶ we got lucky with this one91Ƶs performance,91Ƶ he said.

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A humpback whale breaches right in front of Dreamspeaker 2, a 7291Ƶ 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


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