It looks like the whales have decided to staycation off the coast of West Cork this summer, as yet another great video reported by Cork Beo shows just how relaxed the ocean giants are in our waters.
A group of locals and visitors out whale watching with Baltimore Wildlife Tours found themselves getting very close to a group of humpback whales that were feeding in calm seas.
And one of the crew from Ocean Research and Conservation Ireland got a great bit of video of one of the whales coming right up to the boat, chasing a "bait ball" of little fish that were about to become lunch.
The whale performs a very tight circle, just by the boat, and then lunges to the surface for a bit of seafood before slipping beneath the waves again.
There have been some incredible whale encounters off Cork in recent months, during what has proved to be a stellar summer for wildlife in our sea.
As well as saying hello to a super-rare White Tailed Eagle, fledged in Glengarriff Woods, the summer has also seen one fisherman knocked out of his boat by a clumsy whale and another group of whale-watchers see a humpback bigger than a double-decker bus perform a full breach or leap out of the water.
The whales are likely to linger for the next few weeks as they feed in our rich waters. And to find out more about the huge marine mammals that seem to be everywhere off West Cork this summer - you can visit the Ocean Research and Conservation Ireland website to learn all about Ireland's marine megafauna.
