Rare Encounter With Killer Whales Caught on Camera in Gulf of California Natalie Shepherd - WFLA-TV
go to original April 27, 2013

The Howards said they were told this is a very unusual experience. The pod of whales has been spotted by locals several times in the last decade, but no one remembers them playing in the wake of a boat. (WFLA-TV)

Rich Howard has loved the ocean since he was a little kid. He became a certified scuba diver at age 13, and started taking underwater photographs in his 20's.

... It's a love he shares with his wife, Laura. So the couple decided to take a scuba diving trip to La Paz, Mexico to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary.

One dive took them to see a colony of sea lions. The Howards said they'd been diving and playing with the friendly animals for about 25 minutes, when the dive master told them the trip was over and they needed to get back on their boat.

Both Laura and Rich were a little frustrated their dive had been cut short. But that feeling quickly changed when they saw 4-5 foot dorsal fins breaking the surface of the water and heading straight towards them.

... It was a pod of 20 killer whales.

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