Unsuspecting windsurfer collides with gray whale in the San Francisco Bay
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A windsurfer collided with a breaching gray whale in San Francisco Bay in a rare captured encounter.
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A windsurfer in San Francisco Bay collided with a gray whale that breached beneath him, throwing him from his board into the water in a rare and dramatic encounter. Video footage captured the moment the whale surfaced directly in the windsurfer's path, launching him airborne before he landed in the bay. Gray whales migrate along the California coast annually between Arctic feeding grounds and breeding lagoons in Mexico, passing through busy shipping lanes and recreational areas where such collisions remain uncommon. The incident underscores the unpredictability of sharing waterways with large marine mammals during peak migration season. The windsurfer's condition and whether he sustained injuries were not detailed in available reports.
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