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

Kayaker Adrián Simancas describes what it was like being swallowed briefly by a humpback whale off the coast of Chile.

Adrián Simancas' father captures the heart-stopping moment a humpback whale emerges and swallows his son during a kayaking trip in Chile.

When Adrian Simancas climbed into his kayak to paddle through the Strait of Magellan, the kayaker didn't expect to end up inside a humpback whale's mouth.

A humpback whale briefly swallowed a kayaker off the Chilean coast before the animal quickly released the sailor back into the Pacific Ocean. Adrian Simancas, 20, was kayaking near the southern ...

Adrián Simancas was boating with his father Dell near San Isidro Lighthouse in the Strait of Magellan. Dell was recording video when a large humpback whale surfaced under his son’s boat.

A humpback whale engulfs kayaker Adrian Simancas off Chilean Patagonia before releasing him unharmed, Feb. 8, 2025. Dell Simancas, the kayaker's father, captured the moment on camera. (Dell ...

Adrián Simancas felt his life vest “pull me up, and then two seconds later I was back on the surface and then started understanding what happened,” he told CNN ...

A screenshot of a video from the Associated Press shows Adrián Simancas kayaking in the Strait of Magellan, moments before a whale surfaced and briefly engulfed him.

Last Saturday, Adrián Simancas was kayaking with his father, Dell, in Bahía El Águila near the San Isidro Lighthouse in the Strait of Magellan when a humpback whale surfaced, engulfing Adrián ...

Adrián Simancas was boating with his father Dell near San Isidro Lighthouse in the Strait of Magellan. Dell was recording video when a large humpback whale surfaced under his son’s boat.

Adrián Simancas was boating with his father Dell near San Isidro Lighthouse in the Strait of Magellan. Dell was recording video when a large humpback whale surfaced under his son’s boat. The ...