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About 10 days ago, off Playa Larga, we saw a fin break the water that was so close to shore, we thought it could only be a dolphin. Then it did a roll, and it was a fairly large humpback. It then swam out to deeper waters, but still much closer to shore than is normal. It breached once, rising quite high out of the water, then did 10 or 12 tail slaps over a 5 minute period, and disappeared. Quite a show.

Aww, man! What a scene that must've been! By chance, did you get any photos?

Unfortunately, no photos. I'm not exaggerating how close this whale was to shore. We've seen dolphins many times at Playa Larga: they typically cruise just a few meters out past where the waves break. That's where this whale was, when we first observed it. It was only when it made a full breathing/diving cycle that we saw the size of its blowspout, its full length, and the distinctive tail, that we realized this was no dolphin. And when it went out deeper, (but still much closer to shore than any other whales we've ever seen at Playa Larga), its tail slaps created such a splash that we could tell it was huge.