A group of divers off the Coffs Harbour spotted a massive male swamp wallaby and helped resuce the animal when they discovered that it was distressed.

Laura Sanchez Peregrin was among the divers that helped save a 30kg swamp wallaby while swimming at sea on Monday. The diver was on a trip with friends and had just left Arrawarra Beach in Coffs Harbour. They discovered an unusual shape in the water and through that it might be a seal but were surprised to discovered that it was a massive male swamp wallaby.

Ms Peregrin, who is form Barcelona, said, “We had passed the point break which is about a kilometre off shore already and we saw this hairy thing floating in the water. I thought it was a seal actually because sometimes they come all the way up here but it was a wallaby, a massive male swamp wallaby.”

MsPeregrin and friends Jesse Madden and Ian Shaw moved their tinny closer and turned the motors off. The animal came towards the boat instead of swimming away indicating that he needed help. It was difficult to helo the animal but then two of them held the wallaby’s legs while Ms Peregrin put a towel on his head to calm him down. The animal remained calm inside the boat all the way to the shore before he was released into the shallows. The animal waited there for some time and then just hopped away.

The divers said that he was so huge that he looked like a kangaroo.