It had been several days since they watched this storm. On the cards it was perfect, a strong North / North West swell exceeding 6 meters with a Hawaiian period of 18 to 20 seconds, all the ingredients together to wake up the monster!
Surfers & drivers : Benjamin Sanchis, Eric Rebiere, Rémi Arauzo, Leo Havion, Julian Reichman, Pierre Rollet, Francisco Pinho, Jao Guedes
What lies beneath? Well in this case it’s a juvenile Gray Whale just cruising through the line up. Check out this sublime footage when mama nature throws her beauty into the mix.
A juvenile humpback whale graced the line up in Western Australia playing in the waves with dolphins and surfers.
On this day the dolphins were playing around in the waves for a while so I decided to throw my drone up and capture the dolphins from the sky. To my surprise a large shadow appeared, which turned out to be a humpback whale. At this spot along the coast we often see humpbacks breaching out to see but rarely in this close to the surfers and waves.
The whale and dolphins seemed to have a connection and were happy interacting with each other inside the break. This allowed a few surfers to experience some magical moments with the large mammal.
After about 4 minuets a large set came through breaking on the whale. This seemed to spook it, unfortunately causing the whale to dive off back into the depths of the Indian Ocean. This can be seen in the last clip of the video.
This was a memorable encounter for me and one where I was just in the right place at the right time with my drone.
Alasdair Evans
A young group of surfers came out of the water after a morning session in Victoria Bay, SA. They noticed a baby shark struggling by the rocks eventually heading down to see what they could do to help with the help of local life guards. After a few failed attempts they managed to get the shark back out to sea and witnessed it swim away. Not your average mornings surf session by any means, balance in the universe has been restored once again. #itsnicetobenice
