A camera keeps running as Tyron climbs from his kayak into the sea and then fights to remove the thick strands that had become entwined around the juvenile. The 15ft whale, heavily scarred for a youngster, had approached the kayak tour Tyron was leading off Rainbow Beach, Queensland, turning on its side to show its predicament. For 10 minutes it kept rubbing against the side of the kayaks, until the rope was spotted wrapped around the animal’s flippers.

It was then that Tyron, owner of the Epic Ocean Adventures tour company, knew he had to go to the whale’s aid. “The way it came up to me... I've been on the ocean for many years, I know wild animals, they can be curious, but this thing was asking for help,” he says. “It was unreal. It just seemed like it really wanted help because its flipper was caught up.”

EPIC OCEAN ADVENTURES Kayakers came to a whale's rescue after its flippers became tangled up in rope

EPIC OCEAN ADVENTURES The whale came unusually close to the kayaks, rubbing against them for 10 minutes

Wanting it to ensure the group’s safety and also help the whale, he decided to get into the water 200 yards from shore. “I gently got off the kayak and pushed the kayak away and looked underwater to see if I could see what was going on,” he explained to the Sunshine Coast Daily. “I felt really calm about going into the water. The way it was there, it was just sitting there.”

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Video shows Tyron untangling the rope only to discover another predicament for the whale. It had swallowed part of the rope. The kayakers hurried back to shore to raise the alarm with the authorities. On its Facebook page, Epic Ocean Adventures said: “We are hoping this poor fellow can get the treatment it needs to swim and live freely again.

EPIC OCEAN ADVENTURES Tyron van Santen came to the whale's rescue as he jumped into the ocean

EPIC OCEAN ADVENTURES The whale had also swallowed part of the rope