Orcas Check Out Paddleboarder

A pair of orcas wowed a paddleboarder with a close encounter as he was paddling off the coast of Castor Bay, New Zealand, on Friday, March 22.

“An orca came up from behind and was incredibly friendly, rolling upside-down underneath me,” Justin Huege de Serville told Storyful, adding that he was then approached by a second orca, which he described as “very inquisitive.”

The footage he captured shows the friendly duo emerging out of the blue and encircling his board. Credit: Justin Huege de Serville via Storyful

Video transcript

- Whoa! Beautiful. Beautiful. Hello. Hello. Hello, gorgeous. How are you? Hello, darling. Hello. Look at you guys wanting to say hello. Oh, come on. Hey. Beautiful. Hey. Look at you, darling. Whoa! Hey. Whoa! Hello, beautiful. Hello. Hello, gorgeous. How are you? Hello, beautiful. Oh. Come to play. Oh, hello. Oh, beautiful. Sweetie, look at you. Wow.