Giant Whale Approaches Unsuspecting Paddle Boarder 

The sense of his body is crazy. Even as such a giant he knows exactly where he is and can control it's movements. Whales are true beauties

Incredible intelligence and gentleness. We have no idea of the magnitude of privilege these beautiful creatures gift us with by being willing to interact.

Wow, that is a once in a lifetime moment.😮 And I had one last summer. Me and my wife went on vacation to St. Petersburg, FL. I was walking along the beach and decided to look for sand dollars near the jetty. I was in ankle to knee deep water when I heard people yelling and pointing on the jetty. I thought at first, maybe a shark! But they said it was a large manatee about 20 ft in front of me. So I went on out towards it. And just held my arms out. It came up to me and rubbed up next to my arm, swam behind me, and came on the other side. This gentle giant was huge! But they are vegetarians. The people on the jetty went silent and started taking pictures. I gently rubbed the manatee each time it came next to me. We played together in the water for at least 15 minutes, then it swam away. That was the best part of my vacation and my once in a lifetime moment.❤😊❤

That is beyond incredible. The whale even knows to be gentle. Amazing.

😊❤Das ist ein so wunderschönes Video. Vielen Dank dafür!!

Lovely gaint. Really spectacular, special, splendid. 🐟🐟🐟🐠

Great masters of civility. We humans should learn from them.

Perhaps they arent hungry or whatever. It gave me chills.

Beautiful! Awesome!! It brought tears to my eyes. What a lucky encounter!! Truly, once in a lifetime.

“Evil woman refuses to pet whale”

i simply wouldve jumped in with him, i wouldnt be able to resist such an opportunity to swim with such a giant

Such curious beauty ❤

I'm in awe after watching this video. The whales are obviously intelligent, gentle, and cognizant when interacting with this paddleboarder. Amazing!

Southern right whales are extremely playful and friendly. They love getting near the boats when people go sightseeing, they bump them a little to play and stretch their fins and tails out. When they play with their babies they'd take this arch position? And babies will jump over them. And they sing and chat all along. I've been lucky enough to witness all this, they're so beautiful and lovely!

I would have passed out! She did a great job staying very calm. 🥰

I would cry right after. We need to protect these beautiful and intelligent creatures for the next generations. We must protect them

Kudos to the lady for staying calm! My heart would have jumped out of my chest!!

Imagine if humans were this gentle and respectful to the planet and all sentient beings!!! I can dream….

I love the little push! It's so adorable to watch.

Gentle giants they know their strength and are so kind and playful to the little hoomans! Beautiful ❤🐋 🐋

It’s just really touching that it knows it needs to be gentle if it wants to play with a creature so much smaller than it is

Animals are far more intuitive than we give them credit for. What beautiful moments for the lady on the board. She will carry the memory of that encounter forever

I was kayaking off the coast of Cumbria UK once and a dolphin came along side and nudged the boat and gave me a look that seemed almost human, he/she then looked at me and I had the feeling it was looking into my very soul. It was an experience I will never forget.

I think we all agree that whales are the most forgiving species on this earth for being so gentle with us despite how cruel we are to them. This is truly a heartwarming video

What for a privilege and honor to have been approached, so very gently and respectfully, by this magnificent being, this beautiful whale.

This is breathtaking! What a magical few minutes in this person's life! Such intelligence, curiosity, and gentleness! They have the ability to do such harm and damage to us, but choose not to! What does that say about them? We could learn so much. This was mesmerizing and beautiful!❤❤❤❤

Sometimes I feel like whales are not really aware of how massive they are which goes to show how humble and gentle they are making them even more magical

We have to protect what’s left of this magnificent and incredible creatures. What a beautiful interaction ❤ I’m in awe of how calm the paddle boarder was through this.

Man your heartbeat increases when you see him closely and the size can be terrified you when you are on skateboard

I don't know how she fought the urge not to touch it! Such a beautiful creature being so gentle! 🥰

This interaction was beautiful between the whale and paddle boarder and how gentle he was not at all aggressive even the friend that joined in wasn't.

This is amazing, especially considering that right whales are so rare. WE are always told that whales are gentle, but if I was that close to the animal, I would be terrified.

0:54 Is it that near the coastline where you can find whales? Little confused

The gentle push of the board just did it for me. How beautiful, they are so strong and powerful, if that whale wanted to knock them off the board, they would do so with such ease. But he chose not to. Because they clearly have more respect and intelligence than most humans do. In my opinion

This literally made me cry. There is a point in this video where it mentions the whale demonstrating intelligence, gentleness, curiosity and respect - all admirable traits for sure - yet ones that far, far too often humans fail to demonstrate to wildlife. Still, I am grateful that I was able to watch this.

This is INCREDIBLE. What an amazing encounter

😂❤ Like a toddler in the bathtub playing with the toy boat 😂❤❤❤❤ How cute!

Beautiful. And the woman was so very respectful of those magnificent creatures. She only used the paddle when they were not directly around her board, likely to neither threaten them nor discourage the interaction. A fascinating and once-in-a-lifetime moment for this fortunate woman.

What an incredible experience. She and the person filming are over the top fortunate. This should help us with the motivation to help save the ocean and all these beautiful animals.

No words can express the wonder of this. How blessed that person is to have such an experience, and how blessed we are that there was a person to document it.❤

It's almost as if they are making sure she is okay. Like encouraging her to move to shore, beautiful 💝

It's almost as if this whale knew that this human chose to leave the human domain, join the whales domain, while the human completely exposes itself, helpless. This whale knew this and appreciated it. Beautiful.

Now, if only nations could behave in this manner humanity just might succeed. You can learn a lot from animals. ❤

I believe that any time a "wild" creature chooses to interact with us will change our perception of the world around us. It's a moment of awe and wonder we could never imagine happening, but also a moment we will treasure for the rest of our lives.

So big yet so gentle! Unbelievable..

How wonderful, we humans have a lot to learn from them. Imagine if the mainstream news showed stories like this all the time - it would be a different world.

Reminds of that one video where a whale gently pushed at a diver and moved her under his flap to swim away from an oncoming shark the diver didn’t see!

You can never really imagine just how big these absolutely beautiful animals are until you see them interact with a person.

The whale is 100% aware of every inch of its body❣️ so gentle ♥️♥️♥️ what a phenomenal occurrence! Lucky woman.

My heart was beating so fast watching this.. I don't think I could be that calm

Как кит осторожен! Ему интересно кто это, но он осознает свою силу и очень деликатен! Я потрясена, что он исследуя доску (извините, не знаю как этот предмет называется), совсем легонько ее подтолкнул! Если бы он хотел, то один удар хвоста... И всё... А 🐳 только осторожно подтолкнул доску плавником! Память на всю жизнь у этой девушки. Невероятные эмоции!

What an amazing and also I'm sure very scary experience. I'm sure she will never forget that. All God's creatures are wonderful 💓

It's just two baby whales, very curious and playful. Yet inteligent enough of their power and force and interact to the paddle boarder accordingly. Incredible creatures.

I cant help but imagine how wonderful it would be to be able to hear the communications between the two whales while they swam away from the paddle boarder.

Awesome, in the truest meaning of the word: to inspire awe! To have a whale swimming so close while you're completely vulnerable on a paddleboard must be frightening. Yet, the whale inspected the craft & the person on it, never forgetting to be gentle. Truly awesome.

The respect there was well demonstrated, such a gentle giant indeed.

Life isn't worth living if these animals and moments cease to exist

Watching this made me realize that any animal with a high level of intelligence most get bored if alone too much. That may be the reason why they would like to make some kind of interaction with someone. A beautiful and memorable experience.

It's even more amazing when you take into account the fact that these individuals appear to be pretty young. One would expect them to be rather rowdy, as young animals (and humans) tend to be, but they appear to be very aware of their size and the damage they could cause if they weren't careful.

This is unbelievably amazing. These creatures are clearly so intelligent. I just wish we had a way to communicate with them. I know that woman will never forget this experience. She was just approached by not just one but TWO incredible giant creatures, two Right whales. Who can say that?

O cuidado que ela teve de empurrar a prancha devagar... não tem como não dizer que não é um animal com uma inteligência absurda. Eu me sentiria muito privilegiado com essa interação.

This was one of the most precious things ive ever seen. Brings tears of joy to my eyes. What beautiful, gentle and intelligent mammals they are. I loved this, and who ever recorded it must have been overjoyed to have captured such a incredible interaction. So amazing and unforgettable, I had to see it again! Thank you so much for sharing it ~

This whale could have easily knocked her off the board and dragged her to the ocean floor if he wanted to. But this just goes to show you how gentle and respectful they are of us humans. Amazing! ♥️♥️♥️

The amount of empathy these creatures have for us when we're in the water is incredible.

Какие деликатные и дружелюбные животные! Ведь киту перевернуть лодку - одна секунда. Но он не просто размахивает плавником, а аккуратно помогает лодке плыть. И как медленно они двигаются! Чтобы воду не волновать! Милые киты, как же я вас люблю!

Such a beautiful and amazing experience and the buzz of not knowing if you might accidentally get injured or worse. Fantastic that it was filmed and filmed so well. Thank you for sharing.

We encountered whales a couple times commercial fishing in Alaska, where I'm from. Even had them lift it's tail out of the water beside our 45' boat. There are no words to describe how incredible and gentle they were with us. Far nicer than the 12' shark that tried to take my arm off. And whales are far smarter than we realize. Whales are just......fantastic. It was a humbling experience.

OMG the whale gently pushed the paddleboard like playing with a toy in a bathtub :)

I cried when I hand fed a wild fox years ago, it felt really special, it was special. This whale interaction though must be life changing, beyond beautiful.

I'm amazed the lady remained calm as the narration says. I would have been frozen in terror.

Wow!!!!, to be that lady on the paddle board, considering these creatures breach and break yachts in half, the gentleness that this whale showed in pushing the board is amazing, blown away, an experience that you’d think about daily for the rest of your years and it’d put the hugest smile on your face, nothing short of magical this interaction is, kudos to this lady, so jealous of such an experience 🙌🙏🏼✌️🤙 respect !!

Whales and dolphins are so gentle. And so curious. And they have great spatial ability. There’s nothing to be afraid of 🐋

That was so beautiful. God made those enormous creatures so playful and curious. I imagine the paddle boarder's heart is racing at the thought of their interest in her.

I'm convinced that these beautiful creatures have an ability to understand more than even humans are capable of. Such an amazing display of intelligence and gentle curiosity.

Really SAD thing is,because they live in the sea,they probably have lots of micro plastic particles in their stomachs!!! WHY....because humans are dumping plastic and rubbish into THEIR home😢😮

I would be crying. To see something as majestic as a whale playing with me? Beyond words. Just tears of beauty.

Whales acting with complete grace. Thanks for the video. This was awe inspiring.

This is all the more amazing considering this whale’s history. It’s called the Right Whale because it floats after being harpooned. As a species, we have not been kind to our fellow travelers. A rare and touching moment, and a memory that will stay with this lucky paddler for the rest of her life.

This giant was so gentle and graceful he knew she understood the message. Very intelligent and playful at the same time. Extraordinary.

The woman sitting alone in the board watching in relaxed state must be appreciated for her patience and boldness. She doesnt even seem to get fear or excited. The synchronization of their mind is wonderful ❤❤❤❤❤

So moving. Had me teary-eyed.

Gods creation god is great 3:07

This is the most spiritual and beautiful thing I have seen. They say whales are the most empathetic and great judge or character, animal out there. The most spiritual creature. It understands it stature but yet the most peaceful creature. They are aware of most things we don't understand. For a creature like this to approach a human in a manner such as this is a privilege and blessing in itself.

0:25 are we just going to ignore the fact that another paddleboarder materialized out of the top left?

Well, it's some cool video here, but you changed paddle boarders at 3:07 -- first it's a white board with a bit of orange trim at the stern, then suddenly it's bright green trim with a different person on it. Why did you present it as happening to one person?

Какая грация! Природа матушка, спасибо за это чудное создание! ❤❤❤

This "once in a lifetime experience " is probably all most of us could handle!

Wow so beautiful and very gentle. That’s a experience you’ll never forget. I would love to do that!!! Thank you for sharing ❤❤

Wow! What an amazing experience!🥰💓

Absolutely amazing… what a moving experience this would be. Stunning creatures.

What's amazing is that the Whale is aware this is not just an object floating on the sea to be played with, but has a living creature on it. It could easily have tossed it about but was gentle and curious, showing how intelligent these creatures are.

Truly amazing how the surf board remained clean! I would've ruined the whole scene and the surf board 💩

I'm in awe of both the whale and the paddle boarder. Such gentleness despite its huge body and such respect of the woman. It's as if their minds are synchronized. I'm deeply touched.

That's crazy that it knew it's own power and knew to be careful when pushing the paddle board

Wow! What an awesome experience! The whales were graceful in swimming. I am glad the paddle boarder took it in and was calm.

It being so gentle shows how incredibly smart they are

This was awesome. The calf was like a little child playing and then mom came and was like, let's go 😂. Whales are truly amazing creations. ❤

This is truly wonderful. So very gentle with the canoe. Best thing I have seen in a while. The lady will never forget this. Beautiful. ❤

This video actually made me catch my breath. It was so awe-inspiring of how wonderful nature can be

How did she stay so calm. I would have died right there. But the whale was not trying to hurt her, just amazing