[kellyhound]

A humpback whale breached just a few metres away from a small boat dock in Alaska in an incredible moment captured on camera by one lucky fisherman.

Fisherman Cy Williams captured the humpback whale swimming near the surface of the water before it breached to the surface, rising magnificently from the water to feed on fish in Knudson Cove Marina, Alaska.

Williams said the friendly giant has been coming to the dock three days earlier to feed before he was lucky enough to capture the incredible footage on May 2.

Scientists believe whales breach as a form of communication because they create noise underwater that can be heard at long distances.

[neilwatt]

My god you really just don't realise how big these creatures are