Orcas playing with swimmer at Hahei Beach, New Zealand (Original)
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Published 2018-12-11
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Filmed on 4 December at Hahei Beach on the Coromandel peninsular, New Zealand. I was watching a pod of orcas swimming up the beach, I saw a swimmer swimming along shore directly towards them, at this point I asked my partner to get my mobile phone as I wasn’t sure what would happen and I may have to call for help. The orcas circled her and she got quite the fright. She then got out the water as she was only 20m from shore. Some on lookers chatted to her about the experience and then to my surprise she got back into the water and swam back towards the pod, to I assume continue her training swim. I then launched the drone and filmed from a fair distance away making sure not to disturb the pod of orcas. What I witnessed was truly amazing.
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All Comments (21)
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Orca to its babies: “Don’t eat those, they’re full of chemicals and preservatives”
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The most dangerous creature swimming next to Peaceful Orca familly
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Imagine swimming and seeing a gigantic orca come up within inches of you. Simultaneously awesome and terrifying.
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Looks like the mother is actually trying to rescue the swimmer by redirecting her towards the beach...amazing.
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Orcas: "Look at the poor handicapped creature trying to swim"
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"Dont eat that son, its junk food and you dont know where its been"
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How the swimmer stayed so calm, that's truly amazing
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Look how majestic that swimmer is, it’s truly fascinating watching her swim in the ocean. You could tell how safe the whales felt with the swimmer keeping them safe from sharks.. humans are amazing creatures and given such a bad wrap. I love this.. I hope one day to see a swimmer in the wild.
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as long as you have orcas swimming with you, nothing will hurt you in the ocean
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Orcas are still up holding their 'no killing human' policy. They rock!
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It’s really amazing & quite beautiful, how gentle the mother orca is w the swimmer & how trusting she is, allowing those 2 calves to be so playful! Nature never ceases to amaze!
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The swimmer knew that he/she’s not on the orcas menu, so took it easy. Also orcas, just like dolphins, normally are friendly to humans. They are such beautiful, intelligent apex predators.
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I don't know how that swimmer just keeps swimming like it's a Tuesday.
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Humans go whale watching. Whales go human watching.
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I just love how she kept swimming, I mean the shore is right there and she didn’t feel in any danger. Beautiful.
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It's amazing how gentle orca really are. Most mothers of various species (especially elephants and bears) go into attack and defense mode if they see a human, but the orca just explores. Always willing to explore and learn something new. The orca know what's good.
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Seals are watching from shore and thinking, "why can"t I do that?"
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this would honestly would be the most beautiful and terrifying moment of my life.
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Now this is the way to see these magnificent animals, not in an aquarium but in the ocean where they are free. It is beyond magical when a completely wild animal chooses to interact and spend time with you like this, you feel so honoured and you realise how very special it is. I've been lucky enough to have wild seals and dolphins interact with me whilst diving, but never a whale, and orca are my favourite. Lucky swimmer, this is a unique experience to be treasured.
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See how incredible these animals can be when they’re not kept in a fish tank?! What a lucky swimmer to have such an encounter!
