Lloyd Blyth, 22, managed to film his run in with the massive marine mammal near the coast of Kinghorn in the Forth, in Scotland.
The commercial diver, from Burntisland, could be heard breathing heavily on the video as the whale passed – clearly quite terrified.
At the same time, the whale was also ‘breathing’ heavily.
‘It was probably the most scary but exciting time of my life so far, and I’ve done a few crazy things,’ Lloyd said.
‘My heart was pounding like I’ve never felt before. It came right up and I could hardly speak, I was just breathing heavily.
‘It was only a few metres away, then it dived down and I never saw it again.’
Mr Blyth had been headed to Inchkeith island when he spotted the humpback, and the once-in-a-lifetime meeting lasted around four minutes.
He was in his kayak at the time (Picture: Cascade)
The whale was spotted in Kinghorn (Picture: Cascade)
He added: ‘It wouldn’t have caused me intentional harm, but a whale that size and weight… a small flick of its fin could have knocked me into the water.’
The whale was first spotted in the Forth in the middle of January.
British Divers Marine Life Rescue has warned people not to approach the whale for their own safety.
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