Fisherman spots rare ocean creatures off Florida coast. ‘I think they are camera shy’
Anything can happen out in the open ocean.
For Florida brothers Jay and Alan Charron, the ocean brought a once-in-a-lifetime sighting.
The brothers, along with other anglers, were out on Alan Charron’s boat, the Corkscrew, on Sept. 11, about 100 miles offshore, according to a Facebook post from Jay Charron.
Alan Charron, a Fort Pierce, Florida-based charter captain, brought the group out on a mission to find yellowfin tuna, Jay Charron told WOFL.
But then they started to see water blow up from the waves, followed by large black fins.
Just a few hundred feet from the boat was a pod of orcas.
Jay Charron shared photos and videos of the sighting on Facebook and said, “I think they are camera shy.”
“When the whale comes up out of the water and blows its thing up like that, you see the dorsal fin – it’s unmistakable,” Jay Charron told WOFL. “It’s something you see at SeaWorld, never out in the world and definitely not on the East Coast.”
Alan Charron also shared videos on his Instagram page.
Orcas, or killer whales, do make the rare appearance off Florida’s coastline, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
However, it’s more common to see the whales in colder climates, NOAA says, like the Arctic, Norway and Alaska.
Fort Pierce is about 130 miles north of Miami.
