Overview
- Portugal’s Coastal and Border Control Unit rescued four people on Monday near Costa de Caparica after repeated strikes to their boat’s bow, the National Guard said.
- On Saturday, a tourist yacht sank near Fonte da Telha after being rammed by a pod of orcas, with video showing repeated hits before all five aboard were taken off safely.
- Hours after the sinking, lifeguards and the Port of Lisbon captaincy removed four people from another vessel off the Bay of Cascais, and authorities said no medical care was needed.
- A Norwegian sailing yacht reported severe rudder damage and loss of steering during the same period but returned to Cascais under support after fitting an emergency rudder.
- Researchers have logged hundreds of orca–boat interactions around the Iberian Peninsula since 2020, and Spanish crews also responded to two rammings minutes apart in Galicia earlier this month.