(KMJ) A Southern California surfer has learned the hard way not to come between a mother gray whale and her baby.
Captain Dennis Longaberger says his boat tour group was watching two mother whales nurse their babies Friday off the Santa Barbara coast when a surfer paddled out in the middle of them.
Suddenly, Longaberger says one mother used her large fin to smack him away from her baby. The force brought the surfer down under water for roughly 30 seconds.
His surfboard shot up in the air.
The surfer resurfaced, grabbing his board and paddling back to the beach.
