Orca encounter..part 2

[pixc]

This story is 2nd hand..because I wasnt there....GOD DAMIT!!


My BF had the courage to go back out fishing today in his kayak. The bugger was soo keen he was gone by 5 o'clock in the morning. I got a very distorted call from him while I was at work, he sounded excited, i couldnt understand anything he was yelling at me..but I assumed he must of caught a really big fish or something.

Later on he called me again, this time he was in his van about to come home.

He told me he that him and his mate had paddled out about 2kms out before they anchored. They caught a heap of decent snapper. He looked up and saw a pod of whales infront of him and his mate pointed out another pod behind them. He said at this stage he wasnt felling very comfy. A huge bull with a smaller female headed straight towards them. When they were about 30 metres off from them, the orcas went down. He lost site of them until he saw the bull go under his kayak sideways. He said it was soo close he could have poked it with his paddle. About 30 metres or so past them, the bull leapt right out of the water. He said the Bull was "FARKING HUGE", and that seeing them on the tele' does them no justice.

I had shown Dan the vid of a orca leaping onto the kayaker earlier on, and he said this was all he was thinking about.

The man was like he was on speed..even when he was telling me about it.

Anyway, guess what we had for dinner tonight

[Timber020]

Anyway, guess what we had for dinner tonight

Shit stained Kayaking pants?

Had a whale scare the crap out of me off Punakiki, be nice to say its was one of those wonderful times of a mix of beauty and amazement, but for the most part it just scared the tar out of my mate and I. Made a great tale afterwards and it was something I will never forget.

[Guitana]

Massive animals up close are'nt they!!! I was diving in port gore near the lermetov wreck and when we surfaced we were surrounded by orca's it was fucken scary but we werent in any danger!!

[mitchilin]

one day ,small ground swell coming in,I was in about six to seven feet of water.A quick look for the next wave and I seen a fin poking out and the fin kept getting bigger til it was about five foot high.I thought "fark this I'm outa here " and started paddling in.The Orca I saw was a big male and as I paddled in I noticed I was going towards Mum and her calf.People think Orcas are friendly big dolphins and shit but I felt I was on the wrong end of the food chain.My paddling turned to crap and I was a whimpering mess.Being between Mum and Dad orca is a scary thing and different to scaring yourself on a bike.On a bike it's often over before you know it.Paddling away from Orcas(there was about fifteen)seems kind of cool ten years later but I was freaking.