Whale watching in Nigeria

After year of absence from Lagos, I was finally able to get a re-assignment. And the next thing i planned was to go back to Eleko Beach with my Pinoy colleagues.

I was a bit Eleko-phobic actually, after a bad experience last year. I almost drowned in Eleko beach, after getting trapped in the churning tidal water and being smacked down by giant waves...

This time, i stayed near the shoreline and made sure i have a companion nearby as we dive under the breaking waves.

An after, the entire beach went into a frenzy of fingers pointing into the ocean. At first, i thougt somebody is in distress (drowning). Suddenly in the distance, i saw something black came out of the water, and then a water spout appeared. It's a WHALE!

There were four of them, in pairs. The graceful undulating dives, punctuated with the release of water spout, and the splash of the tail fins really excited all of us.

Beachgoers came out of their cottages and into the water line, hoping for a better view. Digicams and video cams came out and everybody was snapping photos. My colleague also took photos, but forgot to zoom.

The 2 pairs of whales continued their rhythmic passage, seemingly following an unseen lane in the ocean, just on the edge where the shallow shore ends and the deep end starts.

It was not even a close encounter kind of thing, but the experience of seeing whales was really something. My friend joked afterwards that "somebody is going to write a blog about the whales in Eleko beach". Of course, he was refering to me.

Finally, i can relate my brief glimpse of whales to the shows of National Geographic in our DSTV.