Whale Breaches and Knocks Man Off Surfboard - 'I Feared for My Life'

Man on his board at Sydney beach/Sperm whales swim together in the Indian Ocean — Source: @SkyNews/TikTok Alexis Rosenfeld/Getty Images

A man surfing in the waters of Sydney had the scare of his life when a whale knocked him off his board.The Australian surfer says he had a one-in-a-million encounter with the whale who pulled him nearly 30 feet under the water.

Surfer Gets Smashed by Whale

Man gets slammed by a whale in Syndey’s Mona Vale Beach — Source: @SkyNews/TikTok

An Australian surfer known as “Jaws” was filming himself wing surfing in Sydney when something unexpected happened.Out of nowhere, an enormous whale jumped out of the ocean and smashed into him.

Wing Surfing in Sydney

A surfer heads out at Bronte Beach in Sydney, Australia — Source: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty Images

Jaws had been wing surfing in Sydney’s Mona Vale Beach when the encounter happened.Wing surfing, or wing foiling, is a sport similar to windsurfing that involves standing on a board and holding onto a wind-powered wing.

It Just Came Out of Nowhere

Jaws in the waters of Sydney after the whale incident — Source: @SkyNews/TikTok

After the encounter, Jaws spoke about the experience with 9News Today in Australia.He said, "It just started coming out of the water, and I knew it was a whale."

Captured Everything on His GoPro

A Woman records her friend’s watersports routine with a GoPro — Source: Hoch Zwei/Getty Images

Jaws explained to the news team that he had caught the entire experience on his GoPro.In the video, Jaws can be seen wing foiling when, all of a sudden, the whale jumped out of the water and smashed right into his body.

“I’m in Trouble”

A man gets knocked off his surfboard by a whale in Sydney — Source: @SkyNews/TikTok

As the whale lunged out of the water and smashed into the side of the surfer, Jaws spoke about what was going through his head.“I’m in trouble,” he thought as he saw the huge whale approaching him.

I Just Got Hit by a Whale

A sperm whale and two young ones swimming under the surface of the water in the Indian Ocean — Source: Alexis Rosenfeld/Getty Images

The video shows Jaws getting knocked out of his wing foiling board before being dragged underwater.Jaws managed to record the entire time and even filmed himself returning to the surface, where he’s heard saying, "I just got hit by a whale."

30 Feet Under the Water

Image taken of a man swimming in the sea using an underwater camera — Source: Maddie Mayer/Getty Images

When speaking about the experience, Jaws said his leash became entangled with the whale, which pulled him 30 feet underwater.He said, "When it came down on top of me, it got caught in my leg rope. So as it dived down, I was getting dragged down."

Thank My Lucky Stars

Man tries to get to the surface of the water in Sao Miguel, Portugal — Source: Handout/Getty Images

Jaws continued by explaining that he eventually felt the leash of his board break, which released him from under the whale's body.He said, “I thank my lucky stars that something that's not supposed to break broke and ringed the webbing out."

Lucky Escape

A humpback whale jumps out of the water during a whale-watching tour — Source: Alfredo Martinez/Getty Images

Jaws claims that it's not uncommon for whales to be covered in barnacles.If that had been the case, there's a good chance he “would have been ripped apart.”

No Serious Injuries

A Young humpback whale with its mother in the warm waters of the Pacific Ocean — Source: Alexis Rosenfeld

However, to his amazement, he wasn’t seriously injured during the traumatic event.Speaking with 9News, Jaws said that he believed the whale was a juvenile, and if it had been an adult, he could have been in serious trouble.

One in a Million

Man participating in watersport just under 200km away from the city of Rio de Janeiro — Source: Buda Mendes/Getty Images

Jaws finished by saying, "The whole thing was unusual, one in a million,"He continued, "It's a massive ocean, and there was a guy on a headland who just happened to be filming by coincidence, and my GoPro, I wasn't pointing or filming, so to get the footage was amazing."