Issi Swims with the Whales in Tonga

Issi swims with the whales

Issi returns from her trip to Tonga and can’t wait to share some of her pics and videos with the Mollymook Ocean Swimmers of whales and the reef and atolls, she writes that “they are all quite stunning”.

Issi continues to describe her trip: “My experience, being in the water off the Tongan Islands for about 40 min or so was quite unbelievable, to be about a metre at one point away from whales, under and on top of the water with these majestic huge wild mammals with fins and snorkel/mask, was unbelievable. We were making eye contact with them. At one stage the Tongan guide grabbed my fins and pulled me back, I was that close. To see the juvenile whale and mum interacting at such close view. I feel very very privileged and so lucky to have done this. We all felt the same. I’m still on a high. Also, from our rubber duckie we watched the most amazing breaching by a whale only about 10 mtrs away.”

To watch Issi’s video’s of the whales click on the following links: First Video. Second Video.