“P Sherman, 42 Wallaby Way, Sydney.” While this might have been where Dory and Nemo’s dad were heading in the movie Nemo, that’s not where this surfer in the video below was headed. He wasn’t able to get where he wanted to in Sydney before he was crushed by a whale on the way there! Don’t miss the action below.
Check Out the Crazy News Footage Below!
Whale Sighting in Sydney
Wipeouts are expected by people who live for the thrill out on the water. However, the reporter in this video said this was not a wipeout this surfer saw coming. Jason Breen, 55 years old, was windsurfing in Sydney, Australia when he abruptly crashed right into a whale!
Breen later reports, “I thought I was gone, to be honest …I thought for a few seconds, ‘This is what it’s like to die.’”
Luckily, Breen had a GoPro that filmed the entire interaction with the whale. Breen had seen the whale slowly come up out of the water. It was like an inevitable car crash that was on its way, and there was nothing he could do to stop what was about to come.
The whale took him down deep, and Breen reported it felt like he was there for a lifetime. Suddenly, at the right moment, Breen’s armband that was hooked to the board snapped. He was able to swim to the surface alive and well.
The Guardian reported, “Breen said he was lucky it was a juvenile whale. If it was an adult, he doesn’t think he’d be alive to tell the tale.” Breen said, “There’s no way I’d be here like I’d be gone for sure.” he said. “It was a one in a million.”
How Many Species of Whale Live in Australia?
Killer whales can weigh up to 16,000 pounds.
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Australia is approximately 2.97 million square miles. The Indian Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, and the Southern Ocean all surround Australia. According to the Australian Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment of Water, there are 45 species of whales, dolphins, and porpoises are found in Australian waters. Check out the summary of whales found in Australian waters below.
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|---|
| Sei whale | Balaenoptera borealis |
| Pygmy right whale | Caperea marginata |
| Antarctic minke whale | Balaenoptera bonaerensis |
| Dwarf minke whale (subspecies) | Balaenoptera acutorostrata |
| Southern right whale | Eubalaena australis |
| Sperm whale | Physeter macrocephalus |
| Pygmy Sperm whale | Kogia breviceps |
| Dwarf sperm whale | Kogia sima |
| Gray’s beaked whale | Mesoplodon grayi |
| Andrews’ beaked whale | Mesoplodon bowdoini |
| True’s beaked whale | Mesoplodon mirus |
| Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale | Mesoplodon ginkgodens |
| Cuvier’s beaked whale | Ziphius cavirostris |
| Hector’s beaked whale | Mesoplodon hectori |
| Shepherd’s beaked whale | Tasmacetus shepherdi |
| Arnoux’s beaked whale | Berardius |
| Longman’s beaked whale | Indopacetus pacificus |
| Blainville’s beaked whale | Mesoplodon densirostris |
| Strap-toothed beaked whale | Mesoplodon layardii |
| Southern bottlenose whale | Hyperoodon planifrons |
| Killer whale | Orcinus orca |
| Pygmy killer whale | Feresa attenuata |
| False killer whale | Pseudorca crassidens |
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