Jet Ski Race Threatens Blue Whale

An ocean jet ski race was headed right towards a blue whale off Orange County, CA. Our captain positioned our boat between the racers and the whale.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• blue
• whale
• jet
• ski

[travelbytommy]

if the whale could hear the oncoming jet skis, couldn't he just dive down out of harms way?

[LagunaSlick]

I'm sure he would have if needed, but they didn't get that close.

[buffytariq]

aww bless it is sleeping on the surface. Was it ok?

[LagunaSlick]

The whale was just fine and stayed around and toyed with us for another hour.

[decotodd]

I was in Mexico and was kyaking surrounded by dolphins off the hotel. Suddenly, a pair of jet skiers came racing by and the dolphins left. Such a beautiful tranquil moment ruined by these assholes.

[K38rescue]

Whales have a great sense of hearing. They can hear you coming about two miles away. If they don't want you around, they will clear off. They can swim at about 30 knots and dive for 20 minutes - this means that if they don't want to be around you, they can dive and be ten miles away before they re-surface - well out of sight and not really trackable.

[mireiification]

YOU GOT TO RESPECT THE SEA OTHERWISE IT'S GONNA COME BACK TO YOU!! sooner or later.

[rotaxhippie]

pretty sure if the whale felt threatened it would go down below the surface :) it probably just wanted to watch the race, but there was a large boat obstructing its view

[tanoxxx123]

the hell with the whale....good for sushi.....go jetskier

[niska24de]

Hmmm, that's funny. The PWCs did not even come close to "your" whale. Chances are that most of the PWC operators in this video have a VHF radio on them. "Swarm of bees." Still pedaling the same, old propaganda from the 90's. Loud, 2-stroke, smelly, polluting. loud.

[niska24de]

You should become a thing of the past.

[RiverDave]

Jetski's have no propellers.. Qutie honestly even if they hit the whale at speed, it wouldn't do anything to it. Apparently you people know very little about nature, or machines. If that whale was bothered he'd leave.  As far as that captain "protecting" him. He'd be more likely to get a prop strike being that close to the whale then anybody that was coming at it.

[saxkid07]

I'm positive the jet skis couldnt hurt the whale as far as props go but the actual collision would probably depend on how much of the whale was exposed, skis only sit about 5 inches in the water and even less when they are planed. I'm not so sure it would threaten the whale's life, but I recommend not racing your water bike into a whale.

[udayan1510]

although whales are the largest mammals,they cant swallow anything much larger than algae..

but id love to see one of those stupid ignorant skiers gettin whippd by a whale..lol

[mylothefish]

can whales eat jet skiers!!! that would be cool. lol.

[Akab6]

seems like you should be protecting the jet skis from the whale. They have no propellers and that animal probably weighs 100+tonnes lol ;)