Raggy Charters, which organised Gillian's trip, has been running in South Africa since 1992 and is the oldest Marine Eco Tour company combined with a conservation project in the country. We will probably go many more times in the future.' We did a similar trip in December and loved it so much we decided to go again. 'My whole family were on the boat, as well as my aunt and uncle. 'We had been out since about 8am and got to the site where the whale was around 11:30 and shortly after the whale hit the boat in the middle of the feeding frenzy. 'We had made it around all three of the islands in the bay and were about to head home when the charter received information about the sardines and that whales had been sighted so the crew took us out to see them. My mum took a bit longer to realize he was okay. 'I was relieved to see him laugh at what had happened and we quickly started discussing how he had ended up in the water. It was really quick, and he was back in the boat before I had a real chance to worry. 'There was another rubber dinghy at the site and they came to help my dad out. 'I honestly thought we had hit a rock until I saw the breech. It felt like the boat had stalled the way a car would and there was a loud bang. Gillian said she and her father quickly began joking about the incident, but her mother took longer to reassure Recalling the events leading up to her dad going overboard, she said: 'A massive pod of common dolphins were rounding up the fish into a bait ball and the fish tried to use the boat for cover and that's when the whale went in for a lunge and hit us. 'When he got back in the boat, I went to him and said "what did you do that for?" and we both laughed so I knew he was okay. 'The whale and dolphins had moved on so I couldn't see any immediate danger.
Once I knew he was okay and could swim to the boat on his own I relaxed.
'He is not normally the type to make a spectacle, so I was very confused. I could not understand why he was in the ocean. Gillian, from Gqeberha, South Africa, said: 'When I realised it was my dad in the water, I panicked. Whales typically feed on small marine life such as sardines and plankton and do not hunt larger animals such as people.īut they have been known to accidentally swallow larger creatures such as birds while taking part in hunts. Luckily another boat was in the area and was able to pull up alongside and help Marino out of the water before the whale returned. While posts about new figure sightings are not forbidden, the sub has several chat rooms which are more appropriate for them.Marino Gherbavaz, Gillian's father, was knocked overboard amid the chaos and very nearly into the whale's open mouth (pictured)Īt first, Gillian thought they had hit a rock but as she looked around she saw the whale breech the water.īut amid the commotion she had failed to see her father being thrown overboard and it took a few more moments to realise that he was in the water.
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