Seldom-seen waterspout

A photographer in Okinawa, Japan, caught the unusual water column phenomenon in action
Looking out my 15th floor apartment window toward Hong Kong at 8:45 AM this morning at Sea World in Shekou Harbour in Shenzhen, China, I was shocked to see what appeared to be 2 tornados over the water very close to the nearby beach and hills close to Hong Kong. As one dissapated, the other got stronger, hitting the water and causing the water to spray high into the air. There appeared to be a boat or small ship within a few feet of where the tornado was hitting the water. We took this picture at that time. Said by Professor Liam Murphee Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen Graduate School