VIDEO: Feeding whale greets woman paddleboarding in Half Moon Bay

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Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Feeding whale greets woman paddleboarding in Half Moon Bay
Incredible video shows a woman paddleboarding in Half Moon Bay when a juvenile humpback whale leaped out of the water and into the air right next to her.

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (KGO) -- Incredible video shows a woman paddleboarding in Half Moon Bay when a juvenile humpback whale leaped out of the water and into the air right next to her.

VIDEO: Up-close video of whales feeding in SF Bay

Viviana Guzman is a concert flautist and Grammy-nominated musician. She posted the video to YouTube and said, "I play my flute for the whales, and they come!"

Guzman and a friend caught two angles of the feeding whale jumping out of the water.

VIDEO: Whales frolic off the coast of Pacifica

Guzman spoke with ABC7 News about her improbable success story during an interview in 2015, right before she was scheduled to speak at the TEDxBerkeley at Cal.

We've seen a lot of incredible close encounters with whales recently here in the Bay Area. Click here for full coverage!