Humpback Whales Bubble Ring Feeding

This video was from July 2009 on a whale watching trip near Juneau Alaska. We saw many whale pods that day, this one had probably 35 or more whales in it. The whales dive deep down below a school of krill, herring or salmon blowing bubbles in a circular ring. This creates a wall of bubbles that entrap the small fish. Here you see the whales scooping up their meal surprising we who shall attempt video and grab snapshots (I’m preferential to snaps as you will notice) a close up view some of us hadn’t anticipated.