Some shots from the blue

A school of mackerel trapped at 10 meters deep, between the voracious school of Bonitos and the attentive eyes of the Cory´s shearwaters.




Finally, the feeding frenzy begins




Several dozen Bonito (Katsuwonus pelamis) start the chase forcing the horse mackerel up being completely trapped between the large school of predators and the band of Cory´s shearwaters .

While the predatory feast follows, a small school of Antognia capros, a characteristic species of the Azores Islands

The school begins to be separated into smaller pieces and begin as more predatores start coming.

Huge Bluefin tuna (Thunnus thinnus) join the feast

Before the school of mackerel is completely decimated, a boreal Whale (Balaenoptera physalus) arrives in time to proclaim its meal until the big blue back will calm down again into a day of rare conditions to shoot more than 20 miles from the coast.

A sincere thanks to Carlos Mendes, a scuba instructor and tour guide of the Hotel Ocidental, for giving us these fantastic pictures. Carlos is probably one of the most experienced when it comes to sight animals in the open sea.

Hope you like, David Ochoa and José Silva