-- 'When a whale is in the water, it is like an iceberg: you only see a fraction of it and have no conception of its size.' On September 12, 2015, Tom Mustill was paddling in a two-person kayak with a friend just off the coast of California. It was cold, but idyllic'until a humpback whale breached, landing on top of them, releasing the energy equivalent of forty hand grenades. He was certain he was about to die, but they both survived, miraculously unscathed. In the interviews that followed the incident, Mustill was left with one question: -- How to Speak Whale We're about to find out.