Rare sighting of humpback whale

DESTIN - Divers aboard the Sea Cobra on Saturday got a close-up look at the breaching humpback whale that was sighted about a mile off of Crystal Beach.

"We got word that it was out in the Gulf," said Steve Powell, manager of ScubaTech, which ran the dive excursion. "They spent the next hour and a half just tracking along with it.

"Everybody was thrilled," he added. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said the whale was about 35 to 40 feet long, traveling east between the East Pass and Henderson Beach. The whale did not appear to be in poor health, according to FWC officers.

"That's kind of like a once-in-a-lifetime type of experience," Powell said.  

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