Adrián Simancas , a 24-year-old kayaker in Chile, detailed what it was like to be in the mouth of a humpback whale as his father captured the jarring encounter on video on Feb. 8.

Kayaker Adrian Simancas after being briefly swallowed by a humpback whale off Chilean Patagonia, on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. Dell Simancas via AP ...

Adrián Simancas was with his dad, Dell, in the Strait of Magellan, a tourist attraction in Chilean Patagonia, on Saturday, Feb. 8, when he suddenly found himself inside the mouth of the humpback ...

Adrián Simancas, who had never seen a whale before last weekend, said he harbored no resentments. “If it happens again, I hope it isn’t quite so close up,” he said.

Video shows the death-defying and terrifying moment from last Saturday, when Adrián Simancas was kayaking with his father, Dell, in Bahía El Águila near the San Isidro Lighthouse in the Strait ...

Adrian Simancas, 23, and his father Dall, 49, were packrafting through the Strait of Magellan between Tierra del Fuego and mainland South America. Dall, who’d been filming the waves, ...

That thought became a reality on Feb. 8 when kayaker Adrián Simancas was paddling off the coast of Chile and a humpback whale suddenly breached the surface and swallowed him whole.

Adrián Simancas was kayaking in the Strait of Magellan in southern Chile on Saturday when the whale suddenly surfaced and engulfed him, according to the Associated Press.

Adrián Simancas' father captures the heart-stopping moment a humpback whale emerges and swallows his son during a kayaking trip in Chile. Skip to Article. Set weather. Back To Main Menu Close.

Adrian Simancas, 20, was kayaking near the southern Chilean port city of Punta Arenas, around 600 miles from Antartica, with his father, who captured the remarkably terrifying video.

As previously reported, Adrián Simancas and his father, Dell, were kayaking in the Strait of Magellan in Chile's Patagonia region on Feb. 8 when he was scooped up into the mouth of a whale.