Out of the blue, photographer captures 'oh wow' moment as whale breaches close to boat

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Out of the blue, photographer captures 'oh wow' moment as whale breaches close to boat
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An amateur photographer says she is 'stoked' after capturing a stunning picture of a whale breaching next to a boat off Coffs Harbour in New South Wales.

An amateur photographer says she is "stoked" after capturing a photo of a humpback whale breaching close to a boat in Coffs Harbour.Photographer Carly Adams can't believe her luck, capturing a breaching whale close to a boatExperts say whales, especially younger ones, can breach multiple times

Carly Adams, 26, said she had never taken a photo like it in the eight years she had been taking photos of nature. Ms Adams said she walked along the southern wall at Coffs Harbour each day, especially during the whale season. "I was going down to see if I could get some shots of the whales and I was stoked when I got that," she said.Ms Adams said she was tracking the whale with her camera just after 11am on Sunday before it suddenly breached four times.Carly Adams captured the whale breaching off the coast of Coffs Harbour."It just came out of the blue and I thought the people [on the boat] would have had a massive shock.

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