Close to a dozen surfers enjoyed the thrill of catching the perfect wave in the frothy waters near Tofino, B.C., last Friday afternoon.

But they got unexpected splash of danger, and they lived to tell the tale.

A pod of transient Orcas, with their enormous fins visible from shore, could be seen hunting for seals and seal lions, who were also seen fleeing for their lives.

As a recently posted video shows, the killer whales came frighteningly close to the surfers.

However, there didn’t appear to be any panic among the surfers, or for the man shooting the video.

The YouTube video, which has generated more than 100,000 views and counting, shows the whales diving in shallow waters close to shore.

At first, it appears as though they are alone with their prey.

However, as the camera pans the shoreline, several surfers appear nearby, catching the final wave before they scramble to shore.

Fortunately, the Orcas stayed a safe distance away.

“Sure wouldn’t want to be mistaken for one of those seals,” one person commented on YouTube.

During the filming, the man behind the camera is heard chuckling in the background.

Videographer Adam Chilton told the Star in an email he was on land the whole time with his video camera when the whales happened on the scene.

“It was a pleasant surprise, for sure,” he said, adding that Orcas are a common sight in the surrounding area.

“It’s no shock to see them,” he said. “However, seeing them this close to surfers is something very rare and only seen a handful of times by locals in the past 50 years.”

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Chilton said there was no sense of panic because the Orcas moved slowly in the surf “and surfers enough time to react.”

“There was no sense of fear,” he said. “The surfers must have been a little nervous, but overall the feeling was very calm and just in awe of such a cool natural occurrence.”