A remarkable video has emerged of a kitesurfer rescuing a sea turtle which had become trapped in the baking shallows off the coast of Qatar.

The footage, captured on August 29, shows Blake Olsen moving the reptile to cooler, deeper waters.

''This lone turtle was stuck in the shallow boiling hot water, unable to open his eyes or move his flippers,'' the filmer later wrote online.

''I picked it up and thought for sure it was dead. As I set it back in the water I gave him a little push and he moved his flippers.So we brought him out to deeper, cooler water with us and it came to life.''

''Swimming with me and being very playful, the turtle kept coming up and looking me in the eyes. It was an incredible experience and felt so good to save such a helpless innocent creature,'' he added.

Traveling around the world for kiteboarding you spend most of your time on the diverse oceans, lakes and beaches. Along with that you see a lot of marine life and have a great appreciation for our planet and all of its beautiful inhabitants. In this video I was teaching my girlfriend how to foilboard in the Persian Gulf at Al wakra beach, Doha Qatar. It's the end of August, the hottest month of the year. The tides here are pretty dramatic and on low tide you walk a kilometer to reach the water. This lone turtle was stuck in the shallow boiling hot water, unable to open his eyes or move his flippers. At first sight it didn't even look like a turtle, the. We thought it must be dead, I picked it up and thought for sure it was dead. As I set it back in the water I gave him a little push and he moved his flippers. He was alive! So we brought him out to deeper cooler water with us and it came to life. Swimming with me and being very playful, he/she kept coming up and looking me in the eyes. It was an incredible experience and felt so good to save such a helpless innocent creature. Our planet is so beautiful, I just hope that one day we can get rid of plastic and in the meantime people start being more conscious of their impact on the environment. We only have one planet and we need to think more of the beautiful creatures that surround us.
I am a sponsored kiteboarder and make videos for a living, any opportunity I get to help animals or the environment I embrace and hope to spread the good word.