Orcas hunting dolphins in Monterey Bay

Imagine you're swimming along...when all of a sudden, a huge tail appears beneath you and catapults you 60ft into the air.
This orca s/b in the friggin Olympics!

Great now i need to figure out how to mount a harpoon on the front of my kayak.Any ideas? Ha Ha

they are just playing their version of volleyphin

I agree with FisHunter...crossing paths with a GWS doesn't worry me that much, but seeing one of these guys pop up next to my yak and eyeball me would most certainly leave me with a squishy lump in my wetsuit. 

Man, these are amazing creatures. The punchline of this vid doesn't come until 2-3 mins in, but it's worth it.

I've read that the reason we see whales so close to shore in Monterey Bay is that they try to get in shallow to avoid crossing the trench where they and their calves are in greater danger of being attacked by killer whales.  And that the k.whales hunt in packs and have very clever tactics.

Great just great,

I gotta deal with the transients in downtown Santa cruz and on the water too!

I'd rather deal with the latter.....

Stoggie

  That show I saw talked about that very scenario, the whales staying in close, their sound gets lost in the kelp forests and wave action, so the KW's can't hear them.  Only when they enter the open waters, will the KW's be able to hear them, then go get them.