Second vessel has to be saved from pod of orcas that SANK a tourist boat off Portugal: Mayday alert after killer whales ‘kept crashing into the bow’
Portuguese officials had to save a second boat after attacking an Orcas capsule this week and sank a tourist sailboat boat on Saturday.
Coast Guard, Costa in Costa near Lisbon was swept on Monday to save four people on a sailboat in Caparica, which was exposed to consecutive collisions caused by Orcas’.
When the boat was attacked, 10 sea miles away from the beach. The crew had to ask for help and accompanied the port of Cascais.
For the second time in three days, Portugal Coast Guard was called to save the sailors trapped in the sea by the war.
A yacht full of tourists was multiplied many times on the shores of Telha Beach on Saturday.
The images show several killer whales that chase the boat before hitting them. It was seen that the ship was heel before it was slowly sunk and sinking.
According to the National Maritime Authority, the sailboat belonged to Nautic Squad Club and carried five people.
According to Orcas.PT, this year, there has already been more than 70 interactions between Orcas and sailing boats.
The National Republican Guards said he supported a sailboat that he was attacked by Orcas on Monday.
An ORCA attack, Costa da Caparica, Portugal, 13 September 2025
Authorities did not require any passenger medical assistance.
Maritime Authority, Lisbon Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center received the first warning at 12:30 and sent the lifeguards immediately, he said.
Mercedes-Benz Oceanic Lounge Director Bernardo Queiroz said that his ship was on a Yunus watch trip when he noticed the irregular movements of the tight boat.
As they approached, they saw four Orcas surrounding the ship and recorded the incident.
Five people were rescued on the Nautic Squad boat, and nearby ships tried to attract him to security. Soon it sank.
Separately, on another boat outside Cascais, he helped four people to security by a nearby tourist ship.
Witnesses vary in the scale of the attack.
Some reported that he had seen a capsule of four Orcas, while another captain said that only one whale hit the rudder two or three times and caused cracks that allow water to enter.
Since 2019, Orcas has repeatedly targeted the boats in the region and usually hit the rudder. Between 2020 and 2023, there were about 500 attacks.
No people were injured, but 20 percent of the ships were damaged and many disappeared.
Seafarers, the Spanish coast recently after the terrible orca attacks after the warning that they do not go to the sea last month.
On Saturday, a yacht full of tourists was hit over and over again until he sinks on the shores of Telha Beach.
Coast Guard, Galicia sailors, whales in shallow waters than ever before they receive reports of whales to stay in the harbor advised to stay in the harbor.
One of the attacks took place in Vilaxoan, an intense fishing and boat area in Arousa, an unknown Golden Golden Horn for Orcas.
Most of the attacks since 2020 are located along the Atlantic coast of Galicia and in deeper waters in less dense areas near the Gibraltar Strait, where Orcas traditionally follows blue -fins tuna migrations.
It was not known that Orcas interacted with boats, but Iber Pods, who has been and damaged and damaged in recent years, showed that behavior has become more common.
Many biologists believe that whales attack the boredom and seek an adrenaline in a hurry.
