Rare display of Bryde’s whales wows tourists in Andaman Sea

Tourists enjoying a boat trip yesterday were treated to a rare display of a pair of Bryde’s whales showing off in the Andaman Sea off Phang Na province.

According to Lertsak Ponklin, the president of Phang Nga Tourism Business Association, the two giant sea mammals were spotted frolicking in the Similan Islands National Park.

The tourists aboard the Wow Andaman boat had just left the island of Koh Kao yesterday morning when the whales surfaced close to the boat, reported The Nation. The tourists quickly grabbed their phones and cameras to snap photos of the rare sight, and the whales obliged them by hanging around on the surface for about 10 minutes before diving back into the deep. The boat then continued its trip to the nearby Surin Islands.

Bryde’s whales, which are identifiable by the three ridges on their forehead, were listed as a protected species in Thailand in 2019….