Whale knocks surfer unconscious at Bondi beach in Australia New South Wales Ambulance said several whales were close to the iconic beach. Paramedics were called in to help when one of the large animals hit, or flicked with its tail, the male surfer or his board, knocking him out. "I mean, it was 40 feet long - it was huge," Lachlan Harris told the broadcaster. They were playing and the whale was frolicking with them and having a lot of fun and sort of popping its head out. It just flicked its tail and some surfers were in the wrong (place) and the next thing, you know, a surfboard is flying in the air ... It was unbelievable.