Knocked off early today for a sup on a local beach break. Got there and checked out the crowd that consisted of a longboarder and 6 to 7 southern right whales so I jumped on the nalu and hit the water.

About 15 mins in after catching a few nice 2 footers I paddled out back and with the longboarder, stood in awe as one of the whales came toward us. The longboarder had his camera pointed at the whale as it came within only a couple of metres from us! If I hadn't turned and started paddling away from it, it would've gone under me. As soon as it finished checking us out - it turned and with a slap of its tail, it took off at a fair pace in a stir of sand.

Amazing experience! I'll try to get a copy of the footage from the longboarder next time I see him.