Australian Windsurfer Slams Into Massive Whale During Wild Ocean Ride

A windsurfer received an surprising shock whereas hitting the waves in Australia this week … a large whale body-slammed him whereas he was mid-ride — and for a second, he thought the ocean creature was going to kill him.

All of it occurred when Jason Breen was boarding off the coast of one in every of Sydney’s northern seashores on Wednesday morning.

The 55-year-old was cruising on the water on a good looking day … when abruptly, he smashed proper right into a breeching whale.

You may see in video caught on Breen’s GroPro cam … he hit the mammal laborious — and in an interview with Windsurfing.TV hours after the incident, he stated he feared his life was over.

“It did drag me down sort of 20-to-30 feet,” Breen stated. “The only thing that saved me was my leash. The webbing completely ripped out. And if it didn’t, I probably wouldn’t be here. It was only the snap of that leg rope that actually saved me.”

Breen stated he believed the whale dragged him beneath the water for round 20 seconds … telling 9News, “I thought it was all over.”

Breen, although, was in a position to snort about all of it after he escaped … after which he came upon a bystander, Paul Nettlebeck, really occurred to catch the second on digicam from a couple of hundred yards away.

In actual fact, Nettlebeck was so nervous after witnessing all of it, he stated referred to as authorities in Australia to hunt assist.