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What this video covers

A humpback whale swim in Aitutaki, Cook Islands draws Captain Steve, Meghan Fabulous, and their cruising friend Hannah from the boat Katari.0:04 Meghan is openly nervous before entering the water, and Hannah warns that the experience can move people to tears.0:10 The encounter is framed around the whales' seasonal migration through ancestral waters.0:10 The video breaks off before the swim itself is described, so no detail of the underwater encounter, whale behaviour, distance, or duration is recorded here.

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