The video of a whale in a marina fascinates Facebook users. Is it real? Is it a technical fake?
This can only be a fake, right? If such a huge animal swims through there, the ships should at least rock? With modern trick technology, you might well suspect that this is a fake, but the following recording is real and was published in May 2017. In the video you can see a humpback whale that got lost in the “Ventura West Marina” near Los Angeles. The recordings were made because the company “Pacific Eagle Air Cam” took pictures with a drone in the marina. The video can be seen in full length here.
However, the whale was lured out of the harbor basin back into the sea with the help of an underwater hydrophone, a device that simulates whale songs.
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No, the boats don't have to rock. It is a baby whale. Humpback whales weigh approx. 25-30 t when fully grown and reach a length of approx. 13-18 m. This whale has a length of perhaps a maximum of 10 m. One can therefore assume an approximate weight of 18-20 t. Whales have a very aquadynamic shape, so their movements cause very little turbulence.
In addition, the whale in the picture also moves very slowly. This movement is only enough to stir up sediment, which you can clearly see at the end of the video. To make yachts like the ones seen in the film move really violently, it takes a little more than a perfectly streamlined whale swimming through the harbor in slow motion.
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