(KRON) — Whale watchers shouted with excitement as a whale breached directly next to their boat in San Francisco Bay Saturday.
Video of the sighting shows the group whale watching near Golden Gate Bridge at 10:51 a.m. when the whale surfaced.
The whale seen in the video is a humpback, San Francisco Whale Tours told KRON4 News. Humpback whales have a distinct hump on their dorsal fin, according to the Marine Mammal Center. The animals also have white, wing-like flippers, which span a third of their body…