Whales alongside paddleboarder off Western Australia coast – drone video footage

Amateur drone operator Jamien Hudson captured this footage of two whales swimming next to a paddleboarder off the coast of Esperance in Western Australia last month. When Hudson heard there were whales off the beach, he rushed down with his drone equipment. At the same time, local Dave Price was paddleboarding out to take a look at the marine mammals, believed to be southern right whales