WAIKIKI (KHON2) — A rare encounter was caught on camera off the Big Island when two massive killer whales — also known as orcas — swam right up to a local fisherman’s boat.
Hawaii man greeted by great white shark during ‘insane’ encounter
It started as a regular fishing trip about seven miles south of Kona on July 15 until a pod of orcas appeared in the distance. Two of them swam right up to Dalton Umayam’s boat.
“It was kind of scary, just cause how large they were and we were only on a 16-foot boat. It was, yeah, I was a bit nervous,” Umayam said.
“How big did they look, if your boat is 16 feet?” KHON2 asked. “They looked over 20 feet, maybe around 22 feet long, maybe more,” the fisherman said…