OCEAN CITY Passengers on a
tour of Ocean City's coast got a rare
surprise this weekend when an en-
ergetic humpback whale approach-
ed a Paradise Watersports' boat
Saturday.
Though spotting sea life like dol-
phins, turtles and manta rays can be
an almost daily guarantee when tak-
ing an ocean tour, encountering a
humpback whale up close is decid-
edly less common, according to
Paradise owner Tyler Barnes.
"We usually see a whale or two
once during the summer season,"
he said. "But usually off on the hori-
zon. And we're not usually able to
identify what type of whale it is."
There was no mistaking the iden-
tity of the whale that broke the wa-
ter's surface multiple times Satur-
day. It was clearly a humpback, a
larger species than is usually en-
countered so close to shore near
Ocean City. It was just luck, said
Barnes, that one of his boats was so
close to the whale when it decided
to get some air.
"Two of my boats were out less
than a mile from shore between
15th Street and 30th Street and they
had their parachutes up and all of a
sudden the whale was just breach-
Humpback Whale
Dazzles Customers
A humpback whale is pictured below some parasailers while crews of Paradise Watersports document the rare ap-
pearance.
Photo by Paradise Watersports
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August 2, 2013
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