Three friends were fishing just off the coast at holiday hotspot Kaiteriteri on December 23, when they had a close encounter with a 7m long whale. The three men had anchored their boat just south of the popular summer destination on Friday , when they encountered the approximately seven metre long whale. We were kind of buzzing out”Tamanui Uerata The sudden appearance of a 7-metre long whale gave three fishing mates some adrenaline-filled moments off the coast of Kaiteriteri, near Nelson. “Looking back, it was pretty awesome, but when it caught our lines, things got pretty real pretty quick. General manager of environmental organisation, Project Jonah, Daren Glover said it was hard to tell from the video if the whale was a humpback or a southern right whale.

Source: Stuff December 27, 2022 21:36 UTC