A diver had an amazing 'all too close' encounter with a huge humpback whale after it surfaced just yards from him in search of an easy meal.<br /><br />Dan Senior was filming orca in Norway's Arctic region when the killer whales rounded up a huge bait ball of small fish - with the group of divers - inadvertently in the middle.<br /><br />The humpback surged towards them with its huge mouth gaping wide open before it scooped up the small fry and headed back down into the deep.<br /><br />Videographer Dan, 29, originally from Middlesborough, was in Skejvoy filming orcas when his group were ambushed by the hungry whale.<br /><br />He said: "Out of the six nights, three days I saw everything - and three days nothing. <br /><br />"This particular day, the orcas were hunting the herring, and they had scared the fish into a bait ball - easier for them to eat.<br /><br />"We didn’t realise we were in the bait until the last second when humpback whales started flying up from the depths with their mouths open."<br /><br />Dan, who is based in Bali, added: "I film sharks as my work, and got the chance came to go film some orcas with orca Norway. <br /><br />"I flew to Oslo and then it took three hours to get the Artic to then get on a bus to go another four hours to where the orcas have been seen."<br /><br />Despite being up close with the huge humpback and the killer whales, Dan said he wasn't scared at all and it was just another day in the office for him.<br /><br />He added: "I wasn’t scared. I was shocked we were in the middle of the bait ball.<br /><br />"I’d spent three days prior filming orcas so I was surprised when the humpbacks turned up it and I was buzzing."
