--- title: Whales Surround Paddleboarder in Drone Video description: Drone films two whales swimming next to paddleboarder in Esperance Australia canonical: https://time.com/4061731/drone-whales-paddleboard/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-05T19:29:59.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:48:02.738Z og:title: Drone Video Shows Whales Surrounding Paddleboarder og:description: The footage takes whale watching to a whole new level og:url: https://time.com/4061731/drone-whales-paddleboard/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Drone Video Shows Whales Surrounding Paddleboarder twitter:description: The footage takes whale watching to a whole new level twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Drone Video Shows Whales Surrounding a Paddleboarder ## Video: Apple Campus 2 From A Drone [Watch (HLS stream): Apple Campus 2 From A Drone](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/341hWFfE.m3u8) (2:45)  _Published 2015-10-05. The construction site for Apple's new headquarters._  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Oct 5, 2015 7:29 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Oct 5, 2015 7:29 PM UTC An amateur drone pilot did a whale of a job filming the moment when two whales swam right up to a paddleboarder in Esperance, a town in Western Australia. The drone’s operator Jaimen Hudson told [ABC Esperance](http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2015/09/25/4319638.htm) that he had showed up to Fourth Beach to film the whales swimming when he spotted a paddleboarder, neighbor Dave Price, who turned out to be the star of the video — which is set to Jack Johnson’s “Imagine.” The clip, uploaded by Hudson, who describes himself on Instagram as a “Quadriplegic with a Quad-Copter,” has racked up more than 1.3 million views since it was uploaded to YouTube on September 24. ### Baby Beckham Meet [**Baby Beckham**](http://instagram.com/baby.beckham), a gorgeous (and ultra-fluffy) Samoyed who spends his days hiking and going for dips in cold mountain streams. 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