Orcas “spyhopping”, a Cetacean surfacing behaviour. Spyhopping is controlled and slow, and can last for minutes at a time if the whale is sufficiently inquisitive about whatever it is viewing. | LiFe MuSiC LoVe

Exuberant humpback calf breaching in front of the beautiful Santa Rosa Island in the Channel Islands National Park (Santa Barbara, California). 🎥: Delaney Trowbridge aboard Pacific Offshore. About 1/3 of cetacean species found worldwide can be seen in the Santa Barbara Channel. The 27 species sighted in the channel include humpback, minke, sperm, gray, blue, and pilot whales; orcas; Dall's porpoise; Risso's, Pacific white-sided, common, and bottlenose dolphins! 😮 🐋 🐬 💦 | Ocean Conservation