Video: Whale Swallows Kayaker in Strait of Magellan
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Last weekend, a whale swallowed a kayaker who was out for a paddle with his father in the Strait of Magellan, briefly engulfing him and dragging him underwater before letting him go.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chilean national Adri\u00e1n Simancas was on an excursion Saturday near the San Isidro lighthouse, about 40 nautical miles south of Punta Arenas. As his father Dell Simancas was taking a video of the outing, the whale emerged from below and took both Adrian and the small kayak in its mouth. After a brief moment, the whale decided to spit out the unusual meal; the humpback’s usual diet is krill and small bait fish, and it is unequipped to eat large prey.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dell yelled to his son to grab the boat and stay calm, and the whale disappeared below the surface. Dell towed Adrian back to safety on shore; despite the shock of the ordeal, his son was unharmed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nWhale swallows whole a 20-year-old man in Chile, along with his kayak, while his father watches and films the shocking encounter.<\/p>\n
Thankfully, the whale spat him out quickly and he was fine.<\/p>\n
The father kept calm the whole time and coached his son to safety. pic.twitter.com\/YPt3TPpijX<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Paul A. Szypula ???????? (@Bubblebathgirl) February 13, 2025<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
“I saw something blue and white passing by my face, and I did not understand what was going on. And then I went under and I thought that he had eaten me,” Adrian told local media after the accident.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A similar incident happened off Avila Beach, California in 2020: a humpback surfaced and nearly swallowed a kayaker and a small yellow kayak, then let the human go. A GoPro video taken by the kayaker in that incident shows that the water was boiling with small fish just before the whale surfaced – suggesting that the humpback was chasing food when it breached the surface.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nTalk about a close call! Two kayakers were almost swallowed by a breaching humpback whale ???? off Avila Beach, CA. It capsized the kayak but luckily they are okay. Check it out from two amazing points of view. pic.twitter.com\/D6VvyA211H<\/a><\/p>\n
\u2014 Pattrn (@pattrn) November 4, 2020<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n
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