A Queenslander’s incredible and rare encounter with a pod of killer whales has been captured off the coast of Stradbroke Island.

Billy Bain was on his boat when a pod of curious killer whales swam past to say hello.

The footage is quite spectacular.

“I was sort of running out to sea and saw something sort of in the distance, and I slowed down, as you should when you see any whales,” he told Peter Fegan on Brisbane Live.

“They sort of just headed straight towards me, I just sat there and let them come to me.

“I wasn’t scared because I was too excited.”

It took him a few weeks to post the footage, for good reason.

Watch the magic unfold below:

 

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Images + video: Bill Bain, Facebook/Instagram