Natalie Kepa panicked when she saw 'this big black fin' veering near her daughter while they were on holiday in New Zealand's Marlborough region.
A mother has spoken of her shock when her daughter's first experience of water skiing ended with a close encounter with a killer whale.
The driver of the boat then noticed a dark shadow moving ominously under the water close to the vessel, about 15 feet in front of her. An orca is pictured near the Norwegian northern city of Tromso in the Arctic Circle in this illustrative image. A mother has shared video of her six-year-old daughter water skiiing in New Zealand when a pod of orca appeared suddenly.Her mother, Natalie Kepa later told reporters:"Stella was just cruising along and then out of the corner of my eye I saw this massive orca going next to Stella and I just didn't even know what to do.
The group on the boat, which included members of three families on holiday, hastily returned to the jetty in Kumutoto Bay, where Stella's dad Luke was waiting and the girl was spirited to safety.
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