Orca whales provided some Monday delight for beachgoers as they swam the Wanganui coast yesterday morning. A small crowd gathered on the North Mole to get a look at the pod with some following the orca north along the coast.
One of the first to see them was Jordan Rees who was surfing with about three others on South Beach when the orca came along at about 8.30am.
"There was this bloody great thing sticking out of the water," Mr Rees said. "This thing was fricken huge, man."
When the group realised it was an orca they headed for shore.
"Unfortunately I missed the wave and so I was stuck out there. It was getting a bit hairy."