The moment an Orca smacked a seal underwater

They circled the area and, while I was looking through my lens, I noticed a seal (I think Common Seal) head bob up. Calling out to the rest of the boat to let them know, we knew it wasn’t in a good place. No sooner had I called ‘seal’ then the tail of one of the Orcas smashed through the surface of the water into the poor seal. We couldn’t see the hunt as it took place underwater, but when seabirds like gulls and terns started to hover and dive to get scraps we knew they’d been successful. This kept the Orcas, now estimated to be either 6 or 7 individuals, in the area for around 30 minutes. It was an incredible sight! As if that wasn’t spectacular enough, when they had finished feeding they appeared to make a move up the coast…