I'm a wildlife cameraman but 'special' rare sightings can still take me by surprise

THE THING NOBODY EXPLAINED PROPERLY IS THAT A HUMPBACK WHALE WAS JUST RECORDED OFF THE WELSH COAST WHICH ALMOST NEVER HAPPENS AND A WILDLIFE CAMERAMAN NAMED DAN ABBOT WHO GOES BY SHARKMAN DAN WAS TWENTY-FIVE MILES OUT IN THE CELTIC DEEP ON A SHARK SNORKELLING TRIP AND THEY WERE WATCHING DOLPHINS AND BLUEFIN TUNA FEEDING WHEN A GUEST SAW A SPOUT AND HE THOUGHT OH THAT IS PROBABLY JUST A COMMON FIN WHALE BUT THEN IT SURFACED AND HAD WHITE PECTORAL FINS AND BARNACLES AND RAISED ITS TAIL RIGHT OUT OF THE WATER WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE SEA TRUST SAYS HUMPBACK SIGHTINGS THERE ONLY HAPPEN EVERY TWO OR THREE YEARS SO FOR A NORMAL PERSON IT IS INSANELY RARE AND HE WAS COMPLETELY BLOWN AWAY! OK WAIT IS THIS OUR SONG?

HONESTLY I HAD TO CHECK IT WAS NOT A JOKE BECAUSE ONCE EVERY TWO OR THREE YEARS IS THE ENTIRE FREQUENCY FOR THIS IN WELSH WATERS WHICH IS TOTALLY MAD CONSIDERING A WILDLIFE CAMERAMAN NAMED DAN ABBOT WHO GOES BY SHARKMAN DAN WAS FINISHING A FOUR-HOUR SNORKELLING TOUR TWENTY-FIVE TO THIRTY MILES OUT IN THE CELTIC SEA AND THEY HAD ALREADY SEEN MULTIPLE SHARKS AND WERE WATCHING DOLPHINS AND BLUEFIN TUNA AND GANNETS FEEDING WHEN SOMEBODY SPOTTED A BLOW IN THE DISTANCE AND HE ORIGINALLY THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A FIN OR MINKE WHALE BUT THEN HE NOTICED WHITE PECTORAL FINS AND BARNACLES ON ITS HEAD AND THE THING LIFTED ITS TAIL CLEAR OUT OF THE WATER CONFIRMING IT WAS AN ACTUAL HUMPBACK AND AN AQUARIUM MANAGER FROM SEA TRUST SAYS THAT IS INSANELY RARE EVEN FOR REGULAR CREWS OUT THERE! ANYWAY I WILL SEND YOU THE LINK TOMORROW.

Wildlife cameraman Dan Abbot captured rare footage of a humpback whale during a boat trip off the Welsh coast in the Celtic Deep.

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