Use the arrow keys to guide the whale. Left-right and up-down work as expected. Press A and Z to swim towards the front or the back. Press K to shift between keyboard and mouse control mode. Press T to turn off the twisting behavior (it's fun but a little glitchy).
thanks to ivan321 for the idea, I love this game and thought it was so cool I had to make one for myself. thanks bro! I changed how smooth the motion of swimming is, its hard to tell, but its there.