humpback whales

Jean Tresfon filmed 200 Humpback Whales feeding on Krill off the coast of South Africa. The pod are amazing because they are feeding outside of the Antarctic.

 

Jean Tresfon filmed the most incredible thing we have ever seen. The footage is of over 200 Humpback Whales feeding on Krill. Some of the footage is so close we thought Jean might get swallowed whole.

We have never seen anything this spectacular before. It gave us full body chills, especially the part where one whale swims by and opens its giant mouth to take in the Krill. The detail of the action is so fast we had to catch out breath.

Jean said this experience was one of the most incredible ones he has ever had in his 28-year career. Take a look at the video below.

“There are some experiences in life so astounding and unique that they are just impossible to capture accurately in words or images. Explaining the undersea world to my surface dwelling acquaintances is difficult enough, but this was something different, a highlight in over 28 years of diving and incredible marine animal interactions!”

“In 2011 cetacean scientists started observing groups of humpback whales gathering in huge numbers off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa, to feed far from their summer feeding grounds in the Antarctic. These feeding aggregations, dubbed “Supergroups”, consist of up to 200 individual whales in tightly packed groups feeding on krill.”

“Around this same time I was lucky enough to shoot the first aerial images of this phenomenon and subsequently both Steve Benjamin and I were invited by Claudio Velasquez Rojas to join him as part of the Homebrew Films crew over several trips in 2016/2017 to document the behaviour from both above and below the surface.”

“This short video, the second instalment in my “Between Worlds” series, produced in collaboration with the super talented Taun Healy from Blue Owl Media, is an attempt to portray the reality that Steve, Claudio & I experienced.”

“To best enjoy the footage make sure the sound is on, the screen is set to full size and quality is on HD… Please note that all whale species are protected in South African waters and may not be approached closer than 300m without a permit. All footage was obtained under a filming permit from DAFF/DEA.” – Jean Tresfon      

Between Worlds // The Supergroup from Taun Healy on Vimeo.


Sources: Vimeo
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