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Rocker

Imagine that you are out whale-watching for the first time and you see big splashes of white water way off in the distance.

It seems to take the boat forever to get to that area, but as you get a little closer you see a black body in the air and then the white water.  Get even closer and you see white flippers, a mostly white belly, the big black body and an even bigger splash!

If a humpback is breaching over and over again, it just might be Rocker.  He is called the "Breaching Champion" due to his extraordinary breaching displays of 30-40 seemingly effortless jumps in a row!

How much energy do you think it takes to leap 35 feet out of the water when you weigh 80,000 to 90,000 pounds?

Rocker is a co-star on  Salt & Friends, (60 minutes) a Telly Award winner and said to be the best nature program in the world.

Rocker's History

Pictures of Rocker

How can I see more of Rocker?

Rocker on DVD ($18.99)

Salt & Friends: Humpback Whales With Names

The story of Rocker is three minutes in length.  Rocker was named for the curved mark on the upper left side of his fluke.  While he is famous for breaching, Rocker is also a curious whale and often comes very near to boats on what is called a close boat approach.  Keeping in character, Rocker stays active near boats by spyhopping, flippering and turning on his side to get a look at the boat and the people watching him.

Rocker on VHS (Each title just $12.95)

Salt & Friends: Humpback Whales With Names

(Same program as on the DVD above)

Your Favorite Whale: Rocker ($12.95)

Rocker is also on several of our tapes in the eleven volume series "Wonderful Whales"

Rocker is on Wonderful Whales Volumes 6, 10 and 11

(All Volumes $12.95 each, Volume 1 Special $10.00)

Volume 6 (Rocker breaches very near the boat, see picture above)

Volume 10 (See Rocker kick feeding beside the boat, lobtailing and breaching.  Rocker is also seen feeding with Apex, a known grandmother and the mother of Shark.)

Volume 11 (Rocker is feeding on small fish called sandlance with Reflection and Abrasion)

A Real Whale Watch Trip-Sept 18, 1991 ($12.95)

We left the pier and 40 minutes later sailed into the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary.  We were delighted when we spied Rocker off in the distance breaching.  We got as close as safe practices allow and just enjoyed the show, more than 40 breaches, exactly what we could expect from Rocker.

A Real Whale Watch Trip-July 3, 2000 ($12.95)

On this day, Rocker just wanted to hang out with our boat.  For 15-20 minutes, Rocker was blowing bubbles, slashing his tail, spyhopping, trumpeting and rolling over upside down.  To first time whale watchers this may look like aggressive behavior, but we know this is just Rocker's way of approaching boats.

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