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A whale caught a couple that whale watching in South Africa, when he suddenly jumped up from the ocean to the boat, destroying the ship's mast and then back to the sea! You can see stunning images of the moment this happens, these photos were taken by a tourist from Botswana.

"We had seen about 100 yards away and thought that was the end of it," Paloma said Werner, who was in the boat with her boyfriend, Ralph Mothes. "Then all of a sudden he was right beside us. "

"We were lucky to get through it, since the weight of the thing was huge," said Werner.

It was a southern right whale, an endangered species that is known to have vision problems. Could this be the reason for the whale jumped ship? It is unknown why the whale did attract other theories is that the whale attacked the vessel on its return tot purpose chicken of the sea.

Well, Werner and Mothes, who are also business partners, go to the first theory:

"It was just fun," said Werner. "They have a very poor view, obviously, if they are violating the visibility is very poor. The whale did not intend to attack us."

The couple uses the engine of the boat to return to shore.