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Divers on tour boat got close-up look at 35-foot animal during Saturday's sighting
May 26, 2008 2:30 PM
DESTIN – Divers aboard the Sea Cobra on Saturday got a close-up look at
the breaching humpback whale that was sighted about a mile off of
Crystal Beach.
“We got word that it was out in the Gulf,” said Steve Powell, manager
of ScubaTech, which ran the dive excursion. “They spent the next hour
and a half just tracking along with it.
“Everybody was thrilled,” he added.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said the whale
was about 35 to 40 feet long, traveling east between the East Pass and
Henderson Beach.
The whale did not appear to be in poor health, according to FWC officers.
“That’s kind of like a once-in-a-lifetime type of experience,” Powell said.
