WATCH: 2 humpback whales hide from orcas next to whale watching boat

WATCH ABOVE: Video taken by Prince Rupert Adventure Tours

VANCOUVER – A group of tourists recently got the treat of a lifetime on a whale watching tour, when two humpback whales hid from a pod of orcas right next to a whale watching boat.

A group from Prince Rupert Adventure Tours was out on a whale watching tour on Saturday. They were near the Green Island Lighthouse, at the northeast end of Dundas Island, when they spotted some humpback whales feeding in the distance.

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“When they feed they come up and down,” said Jared Davis, vice president of Adventure Tours. But the group then spotted a pod of orcas heading right for the humpbacks. The other humpbacks took off, except for two, who came around the whale watching boat and stayed for about an hour-and-a-half.

“They had to wait because you can’t turn the engines on if the whales are by your boat,” said Davis.

They probably didn’t mind too much, however.