I've had many encounters with the wales on the west coast, Truely Awsome experience to have, I've had a young hump back come within 10 feet of me at Dana Point, I did't even see it comming up from the depths, I just saw a large blacked out spot on my sonar, at 70 feet and then about 30 seconds later it came up for a look. I've had some Close calls in La Jolla Ca also.