Video shows pod of humpback whales surfacing simultaneously in Resurrection Bay, Alaska

TWO men out fishing on an Alaskan bay got the surprise of their lives when a pod of humpback whales surfaced simultaneously, just metres away from their boat. Watch the video.

TWO men out fishing on a remote Alaskan bay could not contain their excitement when a pod of humpback whales breached simultaneously, just metres away from their boat.

Brad Rich and Tony Flanders were in Resurrection Bay, south of the state capital Anchorage, when they had the unique encounter.

The men told local TV station KTVA that they had spotted the whales at a distance before the pod suddenly surfaced to feed just by the boat.

“I knew that humpbacks do this group feeding. So I knew what was happening as soon as it happened,” Mr Rich told KTVA. “But to be in the middle of that, to actually experience that as to just watching it, it was the most awe-inspiring thing, it’s the most amazing thing to have ever happened to me.”