Kaikoura - the woman who spoke to us and told us when the captain was going to fire up the engine so we had better sit down, also told us when the whale was going to go down to the bottom and give us a photo op to capture the dorsal fin. She was so good we got to trust her and when she said take the picture now we did. If the whale looks big and close he was. These were all male whales. The females are 33% smaller and can't take the cold NZ water. They live around Sri Lanka.