Great White Shark Surprises Solitary Surfer at Trails. Surfing at the Bluffs Campground in San Onofre State Park San Clemente / Camp Pendleton in Southern California.
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I hate crowds when I surf but if there is a shark in the water I’m ok with crowds . Why were you surprised there is a shark in the ocean ?
@gregschannel49183 жыл бұрын
I was surprised because I've been surfing that spot for over 20 years and have seen many sharks glide by without the slightest interest in me. This location is a known Great White nursery, all the sharks I have seen have been less than 8 feet, most around 6 feet. None has ever given me a second thought and if they keep on going I've kept on surfing. Prior to this video, I was always on a shortboard which sits about a foot deeper in the water. It doesn't slap the water like the long boards do. Maybe the slapping noise caused this shark to investigate. In any case, I was definitely surprised when this one abruptly turned right at me. (I should mention that we do have very rare adult or sub-adult Great Whites in this stretch of coastline. I haven't seen one, but if I do, I'll be riding the next wave in.)
@davidgwoodward16793 жыл бұрын
I think it’s fair to say that he was surprised that he saw a shark, not that he was surprised that there was a ‘shark in the ocean.’ Let’s be honest, they’re not exactly common to see are they?
@matthewcorcoran28913 жыл бұрын
Born and raised in Hawaii, I’ve encountered a shark several times when I surfed. Just gotta stay calm and hope the faka no bite you. One time I had to swim for canoe to canoe during practice. The canoes where about 100 feet apart and I had to swim to the other one and we’re at the entrance of the bay, the deepest part, and I hop off and as I’m swimming my coach yells there’s a tiger shark next to me, did my best to swim smoothly so it didn’t look like I was a dying or injured sea animal 😂
@aaronfabiana3 жыл бұрын
There’s sharks you can ignore, and then there’s 10+ ft great whites. He did the rational thing going back to shore.
@caiuscosades3623 жыл бұрын
What a stupid comment. It's not like you see a shark every day. If you did, thousands of people would be dying every day. To say you were surprised doesn't necessarily mean you didn't think it was possible. My mother surprised me at 3am in the kitchen this morning because she is never up at that hour. Get it?
@randomvintagefilm2733 жыл бұрын
Man: “That’s the closest I’ve ever been to a shark in the water” Shark: “There’s that guy again, who’s been coming here every week for twenty years”
@fabiomoraes353 жыл бұрын
haha......and yes plenty of drone footage of sharks with surfers being unaware of their presence.
@pearlyshells24303 жыл бұрын
Haha closest that he knows of
@owenswamp3 жыл бұрын
Probably the shark got tired of being alone and decided to finally meet the guy. I think the shark is heartbroken now, forever lonely 😭
@crispinalexander75503 жыл бұрын
@@crispinalexander7550 😭
@dwyanelee22033 жыл бұрын
No seriously. I’ve surged there and the locals told me they’re very used to seeing the sharks or feeling them bump them but they just try not to react. Beautiful beach!! Great people too.
@DelaneyWalker3 жыл бұрын
My surfing career ended before it started
@hansolo30973 жыл бұрын
I surfed here the second time I ever surfed lmao. Terrifying but so fun! The locals were very sweet
@DelaneyWalker3 жыл бұрын
😂😂
@ImLucyguesswhereiamfrom3 жыл бұрын
Didnt it end before you went into the water
@norms39133 жыл бұрын
Just focus on the Kessel Run. See if you can do that in under 12 parsecs again.
@Almeida53 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣
@awatif21813 жыл бұрын
I’ll never forget the time in high school when me and one of my best friends decided to compete with each other to see who could swim out to one of the buoy’s first. The buoy was out farther than we originally thought so we decided to hold onto it and rest for a little, and as we were we suddenly saw and then felt a huge dark object beneath us. We panicked at first but then were relieved to realize it was just a sea lion! He decided to rest at our buoy and was actually very cute up close, but I won’t be swimming out that far ever again lol.
@Nikl12962 жыл бұрын
What do you kids think this is? Stranded deep? A buoy means you may want turn back with your boat. Are you Russian? Sounds like something a Russian would do. 🤔
@psychiatristsarecriminals3322 жыл бұрын
@Typical Musician, Well sea lions are major shark bait, one of a shark´s favorite meals, so you guys got lucky. Lol
@ps64742 жыл бұрын
One swam under my board while and surfaced not too far from us. I was 100 % convinced it was a shark. I had to get back to shore because it scared the living shit out of me.
@johanneswestman935 Жыл бұрын
I had a similar experience but it was a dolphin that I thought was a shark at first. scared the crap out of me 😅
@Mr.SmileyGlow Жыл бұрын
@@Mr.SmileyGlow Same here. I lived in Florida for 8 years and one day when I was standing in waist deep water on Sanibel Island. I saw a couple fins sticking out of the water coming right at me. Before I could even turn around and head to the shore two dolphins came right up by my legs and brushed against me herding some bait fish. In that half a minute I really thought I was going to die or at least be maimed and crippled
@StrangeScaryNewEngland Жыл бұрын
I used to surf alone, way out the back of a beach in Port Stephens, Australia. I surfed this place for about 12 years. Then a guy doing research on Great Whites started pulling in and tagging Great White juveniles. In one month he tagged 48 of the buggers, and they were over 2 metres long. I was shocked. Then I started thinking where is Mum and Dad. Never surfed that spot again.
@affordableplumbingandelect21192 жыл бұрын
Blimey! Lol
@Mortthemoose Жыл бұрын
I used to surf alone sometimes off Perth beaches even into dark at sunset ...that was 70s and 80s..you couldn't pay me enough to swim off Perth waters now after so many people have been eaten in recent yrs
@ACDZ123 Жыл бұрын
@@ACDZ123 shark population has decreased, you would've been more at risk in the 70s and 80s, goes to show how unlikely it really is to be attacked considering how many adult great whites you were probably in close contact with without knowing
@jaykebrwn11 ай бұрын
@Jayke Brown yeah I don't know if that's correct that shark populations have decreased..sharks are protected these days unlike the 70s when they were hunted to the point of extinction. That's a big claim you're making
@ACDZ12311 ай бұрын
@@ACDZ123 First source I found from google states the following We find that, globally, the abundance of oceanic sharks declined by 71.1% (95% credible interval, 63.2-78.4%) (Fig. 1) from 1970 to 2018 So a 71.1% decrease from the 70s.
@jaykebrwn11 ай бұрын
"That's the closest I've ever been to a shark in the water." That's just the closest you've ever noticed a shark in the water near you....
@Mike_Curtis4 жыл бұрын
I actually use this axiom to sort of build up my confidence I think of all the times I've been surfing, and assume I've safely shared the water with sharks plenty
@arsaeterna42853 жыл бұрын
I thought the exact same thing lol, probably had sharks underneath him lots of times
@TimothyBoersma992 жыл бұрын
@@arsaeterna4285 that’s a fact that builds confidence.
@MARTIN2011992 жыл бұрын
@@arsaeterna4285 indeed, if you ever see people drone footage of the coast of California, you will regularly see multipule white sharks swimming around in the surf surrounded by people, those people just have no idea there is a white shark like 6 feet away from them. it's funny because people freak out when they know there is a shark in the water, but in relaity, there is probably one not far from you every time you go out there.
@Vorador472 жыл бұрын
Jesus dude
@jnetwork32322 жыл бұрын
That wasn’t fast fowarding editing, that was literally how fast he was paddling out of there
@stephenc63423 жыл бұрын
I'd be paddling, Benny Hill version.
@Lee-bx5vc2 жыл бұрын
That's how I would have been paddling from the very start, forget fast forwarding!
@michaelhaile63712 жыл бұрын
Lolololololol!
@tobsternater2 жыл бұрын
Exactly. Just like a Benny Hill episode
@notsofast54952 жыл бұрын
danged right lol
@sparra38192 жыл бұрын
That's the closest I've ever been to surfing 🏄♀️
@Ang33335 Жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@coreyjennings49109 ай бұрын
You stayed really calm. Really smart intuition that you were able to see that was a great white shark. Glad you are safe and able to surf another day.
@leapheap6837 Жыл бұрын
The smartest intuition is to not go out into the ocean on a surfboard.
@Incessuserro Жыл бұрын
@@Incessuserro is it better to face the shark without one ?
@xthexskrillex11 ай бұрын
He didn’t stay calm though - he splashed like a maniac
@Dingbotz9 ай бұрын
@@Dingbotz are u sure?
@xthexskrillex9 ай бұрын
@@xthexskrillex yes
@Dingbotz9 ай бұрын
Surfer guy: Oh crap a shark, lemme swim fast so he won't get me Shark: dude if I really wanted to get you....
@lukekhalid8963 жыл бұрын
1:28 i mean ..... COULD HE ?
@minkjay32183 жыл бұрын
Alpha Male HAHA
@madelw74823 жыл бұрын
Alpha Male if it wanted to kill him then it would have ambushed him before he even saw it; not swim right near the surface
@sh4rkb4it793 жыл бұрын
sh4rk b4it There is a lot of hate for sharks, and certainly, they do attack people (I’m an Aussie, and there are several fatal shark attacks here every year, and that’s excluding the many non-fatal), but the reality is, if those sharks wanted to actually eat the people that they bit, then there would be no actual body to recover. If a shark wanted to eat a person, it’d just fucking eat the person! Sharks are big, and have a massive bite force with hundreds of teeth that do a lot of damage, but if you actually see the shark before it bites you, you’re probably going to be fine, as it already knows you’re not dinner, and more often than not (even though it’s probably little consolation), once it’s taken an investigation bite, it’ll realise you’re way too lean, and far too bony, and it’ll move on...of course, that one bite may remove a limb. But hey, it’s got no hands to see if you’re a seal, or a turtle. Sharks are amazing creatures. We’re killing them in their millions, and they don’t deserve the bad rap.
@MelbourneMatty3 жыл бұрын
@@sh4rkb4it79 you obviously missed the joke
@cole48323 жыл бұрын
At 1:28 that's the fastest swimming I've ever seen. Adrenaline is amazing
@RumpSpank3rGaming6 жыл бұрын
RS GAMING The footage is sped up
@sepiliothane36486 жыл бұрын
RS GAMING lmaooo
@giampieroilbello53736 жыл бұрын
Sepilio Thane thanks captain obvious
@giampieroilbello53736 жыл бұрын
Jesus Christ Superstar just stating.
@sepiliothane36486 жыл бұрын
RS GAMING LMAOOO
@peepeepoopoo24856 жыл бұрын
The idea that surfing is so amazing that it’s worth the risk of being consumed by a Great White shark is inconceivable.
@Duckfootdewey Жыл бұрын
ikr I really dont understand some ppl
@playthroughcinema Жыл бұрын
Sharks overall kill around 5 people a year. Global population of surfers is somwhere between 17 to 30 million people. Doesn't seem like a huge risk to be honest. But hur hur, that one movie says that sharks are just evil, twisted killing machines so ocean must be a deathtrap because Jaws and every other movie with sharks is a perfect reflection of reality!
@Blowtorch87 Жыл бұрын
I imagine these people are just not afraid of Sharks in general.
@jibjub704710 ай бұрын
Hey, I could be killed by a stray bullet or in a car accident tomorrow. Might as well enjoy one of the things I love the most in life. If you've never been surfing, you're right, you can't understand
@Dr.Acula769 ай бұрын
Does the risk of driving sound like a great risk? Or getting a drink on the van machine? Many many times more people die because of cars and vending machines than sharks.
@Dingbotz9 ай бұрын
I've been a scuba diver for over 20 years, I was a helicopter pilot for the Navy for several years, and I took up flying drones as a hobby a few years ago. If people had a clue, most would not get back in the ocean. Ignorance is bliss.
@brianj.simpson40502 жыл бұрын
Says the 20 year scuba diver 😊
@buzz59692 ай бұрын
I thought Great White Sharks all played the cello to alert you to their presence.
@grahamblack19615 жыл бұрын
Bom bom.......bom bom..........bom bom ba bom bom bom ba bom bombombom .....BOM.BOM!!
@adamwalkeraw5 жыл бұрын
Double bass
@AndrewMcCaffertyXerxes5 жыл бұрын
Lol
@joannemiller66495 жыл бұрын
Same bro
@ijustpulledthetrigger54825 жыл бұрын
hahahaha
@emf24824 жыл бұрын
"It was at that exact moment, Mark the shark realised, he will never make any friends, ever"
@gerrydalemans66727 жыл бұрын
Ha ha ha! Now I feel bad for not being friendlier.
@davidgwoodward16797 жыл бұрын
"Mark returned home, only to find out his wife was cheating with Dale the whale...with no friend to turn to, Mark filled up a tub with water...and commited suicide, the end" No man, glad you got out of the way, else it would be a lot harder watching the video :p
@gerrydalemans66727 жыл бұрын
alright how could he commit suicide by drowning. He's a shark!
@Kinnijup6 жыл бұрын
hey, that's funny (and sort of sad,) but I think your right, Mark (the shark - good name, you should do a kids book,) unfortunately, is a solitary creature doomed to roam the sea on his own :-( but he could have some cool adventures :-)
@frankhumbug6 жыл бұрын
Hi Centre Mental, glad you're joining me on this one. Maybe we should do a kids book together!? We could in fact, but only if you can come up with another name that rhymes with shark. Also, kids would like a happy ending (not to be confused with the happy ending you would receive after a massage), so maybe you should lighten up, contact me and we'll make things happen!
@gerrydalemans66726 жыл бұрын
This shows how important it is to have a buddy every time you go for a swim at the beach.
@ezting9824 Жыл бұрын
Especially if you swim faster.
@m.mcg.1837 Жыл бұрын
Yep. so your buddy can watch you get bitten in half. Witness, so to speak.
@blackporscheroadster-yw8hb Жыл бұрын
@@blackporscheroadster-yw8hb I didn't mean it like that lol. Usually, the shark would be more cautious if the creature looks bigger or more intimidating.
@ezting9824 Жыл бұрын
Exactly. That way once the shark eats both of you, he'll most likely spare the rest of the beach goers.
@doc415310 ай бұрын
It reduces the odds to 50% instead of 100%.
@tonynew30478 ай бұрын
I love these PSAs that confirm my instinct to stay as far away from the ocean as possible to be intrinsically accurate.
@brandon25852 жыл бұрын
Solitary surfing anywhere along the west coast is crazy
@globaldayz5 жыл бұрын
Southern Cali beaches are pretty safe. I swim at Huntington Beach, Newport, and laguna all the time with no incidents. You make it seem as if it is Florida or Australia which do have a high amount of shark attacks.
@poorchristopher154 жыл бұрын
Try the Reunion Islands . Getting in the water has been banned .
@gregschannel49183 жыл бұрын
Global Dayz really because there has been only one fatal attack of the west coat in years that happened in my hometown . Solana Beach Ca . Care of mistaken identity.
@gregschannel49183 жыл бұрын
Also there’s a need of education about sharks guys. The major part of the shark attacks can be avoided in some ways, for example: swim or surf with at least one person if you’re not sure it’s safe, don’t go into the water if it’s dirty because of the rain, when you wait for a wave turn your board in different directions because from the bottom you look like a predator and not like an injured or dead animal in the surface, if there’s one close avoid slapping the water when swimming, the first is not to attract their attention. But if they come, you need to remain calm, you can change their curse by putting your hand on their nose and turn them to other side if not attacking, and if they attack, aim your fingers to their eyes because they are so sensible. Obviously there’s the need of being cold minded and everything.
@rubencortes47933 жыл бұрын
@@rubencortes4793 exactly I live in south Florida and if you are educated on the habitat and animals, you kinda just go with mother nature. My back yard has gators too. We do have more incidents though, especially with all the species of animals. Florida fish and wildlife. Good to eat as well.
@TheRds7973 жыл бұрын
Trust me buddy, you’ve been closer. That’s just the closest you’ve seen. They are all around us out there... thankfully sharks tend to leave humans alone for the most part.
@DayVid-il6mv3 жыл бұрын
Russian roulette. If I was a shark I would eat humans because they are so easy to catch. We are definitely good food for them. Perhaps at times they are focused on their usual food, but I would never gamble my life on it because you wouldn’t stand even a slim chance if it decided to attack. There are deaths and feeding on people from bears, people who think they really don’t want to eat us.
@AndrewJamesMcQuinn3 жыл бұрын
@@AndrewJamesMcQuinn bruh
@jnetwork32322 жыл бұрын
@@AndrewJamesMcQuinn usually that’s a last resort when animals are starving and all their prey are scarce. There’s a story from WW II where Soviet and nazi forces allied together temporarily to fight of man eating wolves. There were also other attacks on civilians the preceded the event. These incidents are collectively called the Kirov Wolf attacks. Supposedly, any dogs and cattle had dwindled to the point where the only widely available food source was…humans. Particularly children.
@lunartears67612 жыл бұрын
@@AndrewJamesMcQuinn sharks don't like the taste of humans. Usually they take a single bite, and quickly let go because we taste bad to them. Granted....a single bite can usually be pretty severe, especially if the shark is big. But, for the most part, sharks will leave humans alone unless A) they feel threatened, B) we accidentally STEP on them (more common than you might think on beaches), or C) they are SEVERELY hungry to the point where even eating something as disgusting tasting to them as a human, is better than starving.
@Aizen24682 жыл бұрын
@@Aizen2468 does that mean of the 700 men who died of shark bite from the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, that none were eaten? Just repeat bites?There are more than 300 eye witness accounts of sharks devouring them. So out of nearly 1,200 on board, 316 went down with the ship and 300 rescued. About half were dinner. Don’t kid yourself.
@AndrewJamesMcQuinn2 жыл бұрын
My heart was racing as he was paddling for dear life, ain't gonna lie! 🤣
@kaseymigliaccio2519 Жыл бұрын
Happened to me in South Africa.. Just a wee lad of 14 and learning to body board. Anyway, there was a great set out and everyone was heading to the beach. Got out and paddled to the waves and then suddenly saw a dark cloud go through a wave. Of course you think it’s your mind playing tricks on you… but it happened again. The shore line wasn’t close by so start booking it back and shouting at everyone coming in “there’s a shark there’s a shark”. Got the the shoreline and one of my buddies who had seen what I’d seen said. “Did you see it did you see it”!? One of the local walked by and said “you guys are idiots, that’s not a shark it’s a dolphin”
@jamesh86542 жыл бұрын
Better safe than sorry.
@Steve_643 Жыл бұрын
Hahaha top 1. From SA bud
@asheerramkalawan249 Жыл бұрын
Judging by your photo you were way too handsome for a shark to attack 😂😂😂 🤷♀️
@tula14339 ай бұрын
Even Sth African shark had a go at our...
@cathoare89358 ай бұрын
My anxiety just got anxiety
@abbywestman40606 жыл бұрын
Abby Westman girl sameee
@mostlyzaye6 жыл бұрын
Yes girl
@strawberry_milk80156 жыл бұрын
Lol
@usomexmartin2206 жыл бұрын
lol!!
@kimberlyprice69755 жыл бұрын
lo
@elliotrose88365 жыл бұрын
The camera wasn’t sped up, he really swam that fast after seeing the shark
@Peacekpr44 жыл бұрын
Jeff Hahn it was
@chipp32344 жыл бұрын
😂🤣
@dianalynn39594 жыл бұрын
Lmao
@marvinragen3 жыл бұрын
Sure was. Just like that guy in Jaws 2.
@justinscott59843 жыл бұрын
@@chipp3234 you trolling? Or you really that dense?
@ericaasen45123 жыл бұрын
He's out there alone, looking like a baby seal, thrashing about in the water.
@thatguyjoe007 Жыл бұрын
Shark: "if only this dude knew I was vegan"
@IAmJoeJericho2 жыл бұрын
"that's the closest i've ever been to a shark..." yah, you'd probably be surprised to find out that it probably isn't
@jfk64kennedy955 жыл бұрын
PLENTY of unnoticed positive encounters occur daily
@stevestewart41873 жыл бұрын
One time when I was a kid, a sand shark swam between my legs and just went about its day :)
@austins.84423 жыл бұрын
Austin Sirois “ope, scuse me, just gonna sneak right through here”
@stevestewart41873 жыл бұрын
Enter the water, enter the food chain.
@weezy10055 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@cristinaguray55435 жыл бұрын
🍲⛓🍡⛓🍗⛓🌭⛓🥦⛓🌮
@Menkalo5 жыл бұрын
JS Burns that is brilliant!😂
@missyb94385 жыл бұрын
Seriously
@CeeCeeB.5 жыл бұрын
You're a fukn boss with that comment bro!!!
@jeremyrose15185 жыл бұрын
Born and raised in Florida you're brought up knowing 2 things. 1) Respect the ocean, she'll always win. 2) Don't ever forget you're never alone in the ocean. ❤ She is beautiful ain't she
@peaches152 жыл бұрын
Shark: Are you aware your car warranty is about to expire?
@papabull90742 жыл бұрын
Been to that beach and had something heavy bump into me. That was the last time I ever went into the ocean.
@SuburbanDelinquent7 жыл бұрын
Yup. Found out after I went that locals see/feel sharks there all the time. So glad I didn’t see one that day
@DelaneyWalker3 жыл бұрын
loool buddy was like "aight that's enough fo me" haha
@newbreedian3 жыл бұрын
@@newbreedian 😂😂😂
@shannan77013 жыл бұрын
I had the exact same experience in the ocean once. I got “test bumped” by a shark before.... I was thrown off my air mattress many feet into the air.... I shit my bathing suit when I realized no one else was in the water with me...
@Baneslayer3 жыл бұрын
@@Baneslayer where did this happen? I would have ran across the water 😂 Where i live the scariest things are some non harmful jelly fish in the ocean lol
@NaueroFX3 жыл бұрын
This is way I cannot enjoy the ocean, I'm constantly paranoid that there is a shark somewhere nearby, it's horrible to feel that way. 😂
@danielcolon98096 жыл бұрын
Danny Colón I understand that feeling the best thing to do to get over that feeling is to go out with other people and after a while you will calm down
@mellamodiego84586 жыл бұрын
Daniel Colón i used to feel that way too. First time i went out it never crossed my mind. Its honestly a relaxing, blissful experience. The only thing ive seen here in florida so far was a super tiny sea turtle right next to me.
@irishpenguin136 жыл бұрын
Sid Thank you, I'll try it.
@danielcolon98096 жыл бұрын
irishpenguin13 It's a struggle but will continue to go out with family and friends in Miami Beach. 😂
@danielcolon98096 жыл бұрын
Our family's rule, when we go to the beach, is no talking about sharks. My son and I have been going in the ocean forever and love it.
@sheripie1236 жыл бұрын
Judging from all the drone footage I've seen recently, I'll bet those Great Whites have seen you a lot more than you've seen them.
@b2tall2392 жыл бұрын
Being surprised by a shark in the ocean is like being surprised by shit in a diaper
@DefundtheIRS17762 жыл бұрын
That looks like a pretty decent sized NOPE swimming behind you.
@personM4N6 жыл бұрын
personM4N Hahahahaahahhaaha my favourite comment 😂😂
@mostlyzaye6 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂so trueeee👌
@general_rev1626 жыл бұрын
Notice how he immediately caught the first FUCK IT wave out of there. Smart man.
@sergeantassassin34256 жыл бұрын
That's what I see too. A whole lotta NOPE.. nope, nopitty nope nope..
@Thraxxuss6 жыл бұрын
personM4N you said it best mate
@madwolf55826 жыл бұрын
Dude went full-on Scooby Doo "Zoinks!" mode with his paddling, after turning around.
@utubeskreename95164 жыл бұрын
If you had to estimate a length and weight what would you think? I was thinking no more than 9' and around 500lbs, maybe 3 years old. Did he ever breach the surface or stay under the whole time? I had a brush with a juvenile white shark in 97, completely changed the way I feel about the water since.
@IslandSavage852 жыл бұрын
9' and 500 lbs is big enough, don't you think??? Say "NO" to surfing!!! 🤣😂🤣
@lisamecham57122 жыл бұрын
@@lisamecham5712 Seriously, yes! I've grown to respect sharks quite a bit, even the smaller ones. I do a lot of diving and I've always got an eye out for them and a knife attached to me when I'm in the water. There's nothing like being brushed up against by a 500 lb mass of wet sandpaper while you're on your board, waiting for a wave. It's terrifying actually. Took me 7 years to go back in the water after. Now It's always on my mind when I go in.
@IslandSavage852 жыл бұрын
02:04 No, I can promise you, that was NOT the closest you've ever been to a shark in the water. It was the closest you've ever been to a shark you have seen in the water. If you surf often then sharks have been very near you often. Take a look at Malibu Artists drone footage of sharks/surfers/people in general. It is shocking.
@suburbanhobbyist2752 Жыл бұрын
Just watched his videos this week by KZhead reccomendation :D
@technocoh Жыл бұрын
I was out at Jax Beach FL as a teenager with my brother in the outside break on a pretty big day. While we we sitting on our boards with about 5 other surfers around us, I saw a bouy on a braided line being dragged by something underwater. We all just sat there watching that bouy going through the water coming in our direction. I saw the number on it as it made a first pass. Then it turned. Just at that moment a HUGE dorsal fin surfaced just like the one in all of the Jaws movies, then a pectoral fin about 10 feet behind it. After freezing in absolute horror, I looked left and right to my brother and the rest of the surfers. They had already turned to paddle and leave me. I remember everyone saying "dude, great white, great white." As I turned to depart, the fins went under as it was heading in my direction. The shore was about 300 yards away and I paddled so hard. We were all just thinking to outrun the next guy, but I was last and that bouy was coming for me, so I had a choice. Catch the wave and risk wiping out, or stop and hope it will go right past me, and wish for the best. Everyone was so far ahead and then they caught the first wave in the set leaving alone in the water. At that point, I knew I only had one true choice, to catch the next approaching wave and hopefully outrun it because the bouy was causing drag. So I paddled hard to catch it slashing like crazy in the water. I caught it, but the wave was roo huge to belly ride so I had to stand up. Then I dropped in the face of this huge wave and right at the bottom turn... BAM, I totally ate it. Those were the longest 30 seconds of my life and I prayed like I have never prayer before as I waited for the huge intense bite. After getting knocked around for a bit, I surfaced and gasped for air while trying find my board floating 8 feet away. I finally got to my board and got on. I was totally disoriented and I was looking around for the direction of land, while waiting to be eaten. THANK GOD I caught the white water of another wave and I took it most of the way in. By then, my brother, the 5 guys who were out there and the rest who were in the inside break were all standing on the shore with the lifeguard. Everyone was out of the water and EVERYONE thought it got me. It was like a Jaws movie. Everyone was hugging me and saying, "wow you made it!" So I told my uncle, who was a scientist, that we had seen a great white and he said, "there are no great white's in FL." I told him what we saw and the number on the bouy. My other uncle who was a marine biologist said he read about a group of marine biologists who were tagging Great Whites with numbered bouy's up north before the winter came. We later confirmed it was a GW that had been tagged. Osearch now uses digital tracking and data shows GW's regularly go offshore near Jax beach. Scariest day of my life.
@davecummings74774 жыл бұрын
Man! That's a million times scarier than my encounter.
@davidgwoodward16794 жыл бұрын
That sounds absolutely horrific! I’d never go in the water again. Glad you made it out alive and unharmed!
@StealthMode39248 ай бұрын
@@davidgwoodward1679 You can't joke with nature. Never !
@lfg47721 күн бұрын
Bet that swim to shore would’ve felt like a lifetime 🙈
@bakedpotato89893 жыл бұрын
Lol, it felt like a lifetime just watching it. Can’t imagine actually being there
@JohnnyLooseTV2 жыл бұрын
imagine being a swimmer and not having a surf board in this situation
@Matt-cp9wh Жыл бұрын
Some folks I know would freeze up in fear & not be able to swim or even have a heart attack
@janjep2508 Жыл бұрын
I am fairly new to standup paddleboarding (started in Dec 2020) and you simply can't enjoy the experience of being on the water if you are afraid of what "might" or "could" happen. Don't get me wrong, there are moments when I get into my own head and start looking around my board and wondering, but I force myself to shake it off and stop thinking like that and within moments I am back in a blissful state of mind enjoying the sun on my skin, the fresh salt air in my lungs and the feeling of the cold water rushing over my feet on the board. Nothing quite like it. I did surf as a kid with my older brother at Bolsa Chica and we did see a shark silhouetted in a cresting wave not 30 or so feet offshore as we sat resting on the sand having just come out of the water...Not sure what type of shark it was. I was 13 years old....my big brother who has surfed all over the world didn't seem bothered and his not freaking out about it affected me in the best way. He has his share of shark stories with many happening in Mexico. One in particular event which he told me about and which I still remember clearly was when he and a buddy were surfing at Estero Beach when his friend yelled out, "Look behind you!"...My brother turned to see a dorsal fin which he thought to be about one and a half feet high cutting through the water not 10 feet behind him and following him.....he calmly paddled towards shore and the shark lost interest and swam away. My brother's respectful and calm attitude about sharks or any other ocean predators or dangerous animals was something that rubbed off on me and I appreciate it to this day. He told me once that people who use the term "shark infested waters" might as well also say "people infested cities". They are always present whether we see them or not and I am glad they are. They are magnificent beautiful creatures....all kinds of sharks..
@MarkAllenHyenaMotorcade2 жыл бұрын
Just another day doing cosplay as a seal for the great whites.
@rollercoastermafia71224 жыл бұрын
Gilead Glass what color should his wetsuit be then?
@mmahub99704 жыл бұрын
@Red u must be fun at parties
@crystalhunter41223 жыл бұрын
oh man you made my day thanks jajajaajaja
@Epicnes13 жыл бұрын
@@mmahub9970 Brodie’s crew at YBS wear blue wetsuits that camo perfectly in the ocean. Much smarter than basically dressing as a seal
@zaddyholmes67353 жыл бұрын
@@mmahub9970 any color besides black
@kylein98693 жыл бұрын
The description was a lot more exciting than the video.
@darrelltiencken21944 жыл бұрын
Darrell Tiencken True, very true.
@NorthwestAdventurerNWA4 жыл бұрын
Yeah. This was super lame. This dude is probably more likely to die from curdled milk.
@jajajajanej4 жыл бұрын
Make your own shark encounter video then
@tomchamberlain43294 жыл бұрын
Tom Chamberlain Nah, I’ll just drink curdled milk. Way more dangerous and cool.
@jajajajanej4 жыл бұрын
Fact!
@makinoshan26664 жыл бұрын
I grew up surfing San Onofre. We used to see juvenile gw’s out in the lineup pretty often. They never bothered anyone.
@henryjumbohead5391 Жыл бұрын
I wouldn’t even want to be “not bothered” by them! Just knowing there is this huge thing under the dark water makes me wanna VOM! 😂
@tula14339 ай бұрын
This is why I snowboard . Never ran into a great white shark on the mountain 😂😂
@Allyourbase199012 күн бұрын
That's the closest I've ever been to a shark in the water... THAT YOU KNOW OF....
@jcjbike7 жыл бұрын
Good point. It is normally the sharks that you don't see that are gonna get ya.
@robertm40507 жыл бұрын
this one was spotted by him. millions of times a day GW's are swimming around people and people dont even know it.
@CRAZYWILDMAN497 жыл бұрын
CRAZYWILDMAN49 really? Millions? That's quite a lot. Cite your source.
@regul8or717 жыл бұрын
Joey Bikes ~~This made me laugh right out loud!!:D
@keelieak7 жыл бұрын
Joey Bikes Too Right!
@karenpiotte907 жыл бұрын
I love sharks! They are so cute!
@letshostel2 жыл бұрын
True
@kittencomicslol2 жыл бұрын
He looked 👀..🦈 & said let me get the hell up out of here 🏊♂️..😂😅
@user-oe2ov7du8l2 жыл бұрын
People disliking were expecting him to be eaten or what
@cosmicpeach70805 жыл бұрын
Cosmic Peach nah they disliked bc they wanted him to get eaten and he didnt
@alexaccount1025 жыл бұрын
Alexis Lain yeah that's what I meant
@cosmicpeach70805 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂
@kaleem89205 жыл бұрын
Yea people are shitheads, people don’t know how to appreciate others, pretend this guy is your uncle or something then you probably wouldn’t be angry and hated filled this video didn’t meet your expectations.
@evanw21955 жыл бұрын
Cosmic Peach no, see the thing is on youtube its almost impossible to see a video without dislikes no matter what it is. Even fking sad cancer storys and stuff like that get over 1K dislikes it disgusts me
@gikt-qm1gf5 жыл бұрын
If you ever SEE a great white, it's terrifying, but you're probably gonna be fine. If a great white wants to hurt you, you will not see it. Granted, I would've paddled like hell too hahaha.
@music4lifesux7 жыл бұрын
Thinks he can out paddle a shark... jaja, Never ! We surf sano all the time, they are all over the place, gw live in the ocean, they eat seals just another day!
@tentsandflags7 жыл бұрын
True, Great Whites will attack from below you and use the surprise attack. I surfed in Florida from 16-22 y/o Jax. to Daytona Beach. Never saw one that close to me but I did have things??? swim past my legs several times. That alone will make you crap yourself. LOL
@hawg4277 жыл бұрын
thats probably true in some cases but the thing about great whites and also other shark species is that they will circle around you for some time before they eventually move in closer and closer on you and suddenly they will bump into you for a test bite. A test bite from a great white can be fatal and is very dangerous. If you see a great white like this surfer did you need to leave the occean in a controlled manner. If he stayed longer its very likely that the shark would eventually take a test bite. Great White Sharks often do surprise attacks but a test bite isnt a surprise.
@asdadfafafafffallslsldd80687 жыл бұрын
first time i ever saw a shark was when i was surfing at jacksonville beach pier with my homie. spinner shark breached (went airborne) like 15 feet from us. Since then ive seen lots of sharks cruising around, they very rarely bother surfers, and when they do its like u said, you dont see it comin lol.
@SwagMaster-fq8qg7 жыл бұрын
If you look closely you can see that part of the time that he is paddling, it is actually sped up, so no - he isn't traveling at an abnormally high rate of speed or a human on the water. PS: I picked this up fairly quickly because i am a sound/visual effects engineer; In fact, i noticed the 2nd time i watched it.
@dav00ss7 жыл бұрын
I’m from Southern California, and I have never gone surfing. This is why.
@fireinateacup892 жыл бұрын
Correction. That's the closest you've been to a shark, that you've noticed.
@brianwhitehead87552 жыл бұрын
Great footage David. You reacted exactly how you should have, remaining calm and getting to shore. We surf with sharks all the time, we just don't always see each other. Nice board!
@alexbaker16427 жыл бұрын
Haha, we don't always see the sharks* not vice versa.
@inSpihr7 жыл бұрын
lol, always watching
@CRAZYWILDMAN497 жыл бұрын
what do you mean "remained calm"? did you not see him set the world record for paddling to shore on a long board?
@TheBarber55507 жыл бұрын
The Zen Fool Well we all saw him paddling to the shore super quickly but he was really calm. Usually people never react like him, they just panic and that's the first thing to agitate a shark.
@kedi40747 жыл бұрын
XR72004 if he wanted to kill him he would be dead.
@OGXDream7 жыл бұрын
My father was stationed at Camp Pendleton for about 6 yrs, we camped at San Onofre many times. Its an awesome place to dig in the tide pools at low tide. I learned to surf, and body surf there, of course that was 40+ years ago. I read in 2013 I believe, that marine biologist found out that San Onofre is a pupping area for great whites. They stay in the area till they reach maturity, which can be 10-13feet. Juveniles only feed on fish and other sea life, their teeth are not mature enough for larger sea mammals, such as seals.
@sonjaellis567 жыл бұрын
Except the lady that was bit last week, had a baby seal swim around her, why she was bit and not the seal.
@tentsandflags7 жыл бұрын
Because sharks bite things.
@Unkip7 жыл бұрын
Sharks are, like many other animals, curious about new or unusual objects or creatures in their environment. Obviously they don't have hands, so the only way they can interact with other things is...by using their mouths. The grand majority of shark bites are simply them trying to figure out what they hell they are looking at. I mean, can you blame them? I've seen some freaky lookin' folks at the beach.
@BigBadMonkey237 жыл бұрын
Sonja Ellis ...do juveniles test bite bigger prey for practice?
@samiamisme6 жыл бұрын
samiamisme, I guess they could, they test bite with their mouth. But their teeth are not developed till they reach maturity.
@sonjaellis566 жыл бұрын
By just getting in the water you became part of the food chain.
@Harlanmote2 жыл бұрын
He said that's the closest he's ever been to a shark in the water...so he thinks lol
@100com832 жыл бұрын
It turns out a longboard makes a fantastic selfie stick
@Jackson-mp7di6 жыл бұрын
That's a hilarious comment.
@mnyman19656 жыл бұрын
Jackson W Lolololol
@saintjabroni6 жыл бұрын
LMAO
@Lex360206 жыл бұрын
Jackson W haha
@muratali17395 жыл бұрын
Who woulda thunk it
@afletch175 жыл бұрын
When you miss the wave and your life depended on it.
@PrincipalCowbellist4 жыл бұрын
If that was a great white shark he would not have seen it until the shark would of bump him, white sharks attack from beneath u there for its to late.
@josephcavaliere97724 жыл бұрын
@@josephcavaliere9772 That would make sense if the shark was attacking him.
@ZXPhazze3 жыл бұрын
The shark had no interest in him
@koresharkk96043 жыл бұрын
@@josephcavaliere9772 the shark remained under water the whole time he just saw it through the face of the wave
@CallOfDerzy3 жыл бұрын
Well the shark 🦈 wasn't exactly gunning for him or he wouldn't be here, probably 🤔 a reef or something less dangerous. White sharks tiger sharks bull sharks are the most popular attackers in close to shore maybe a blue fin might come in, when I surfed I could see reef sharks go under my board and it didn't stop me from surfing, u must know where ur at and what possibilities are there 😉
@josephcavaliere97723 жыл бұрын
Shark: "What's his problem ? I'm just catching a wave like I have for the last 30 years ?
@GorgyPorgy652 жыл бұрын
Shark- Do you have a moment to talk about your car warranty expiring.
@southpadreq73172 жыл бұрын
I don't go in their ocean, they stay off my lawn.
@apburner17 жыл бұрын
Ok so you don't surf and yes sharks don't go on land. Thumbs up!! Strange...
@seanmulcahy32437 жыл бұрын
+Marciie M *their* smh.
@davidblake65467 жыл бұрын
Some can.. Sharknado
@bobbydibernado59267 жыл бұрын
apburner1 couldnt have put it any better real shit lol
@brianjackson38857 жыл бұрын
Quit eating their food and they will not eat you. Or better yet, eat them.
@SignedOff4027 жыл бұрын
I've been closer...and I didn't have a surfboard. I was snorkeling in Molokini Crater, totally clueless, and had swam off a little by myself, when a tiger shark started following me. He was super casual about it, but when I went left, he went left, when I went straight he went straight. The guy who ran the snorkeling boat spotted him and got on the loud speaker and is like, "Yeah, that's about an 10 footer but he probably won't bother you, you aren't on his menu. Just head towards the boat." I know that feeling when you start moving fast, lol, at any minute expecting a hard tug from under the water. But I just moved quickly and really, really steadily even though my heart was pounding. I was just a mom from Chicago! I didn't know anything about sharks until I saw that one. Now I live on the West coast and I just figure they're always out there, what can you do.
@chicagocathrun77387 жыл бұрын
Yikes!! That's a lot scarier than my encounter!
@davidgwoodward16797 жыл бұрын
ChicagoCathrun Sounds like what happened to me on the Big Island. Swam out too far and the current was strong. Im 200 Yards out when I see a big Tiger about 50 Yards from me. Scary shit man
@Platformadam6 жыл бұрын
That is so funny, I was diving Molokini on the north corner closest to Maui. I was descending and saw a Tiger almost on the bottom at 125 feet by the cement anchor cable. I was dropping right on top of him. When I got down there he was gone. I was waiting for my dive buddy wife to descend when her regulator's O-ring blew and she spit her regulator. So I was stuck buddy breathing back to the dive boat. Never got to see that Tiger again. It was an exciting dive though. I went back down looking.
@randallparker81166 жыл бұрын
ChicagoCathrun I saw a 15 ft great white charging at me I pooped my pants luckily I made it out in time to shore but I never went back in the water again😃😤😳😩😨😵😱
@briangough15776 жыл бұрын
you were on the menu,tigers kill females,especially when menstruating.
@jquest436 жыл бұрын
I remember when I was 13 years old on a holiday to the Seychelles seeing a shark in the water about 90 feet away we where only waist deep but hell you should have seen us move!
@bigdavesdiscovery3world4142 жыл бұрын
My uncle Barney was attacked by a great white shark and lost both arms, both legs, and 80% of his torso.
@pornsakpongthong1092 Жыл бұрын
“This is the 5th time I’ve seen a Great White out here. God knows how many I haven’t seen. I think I’ll keep surfing here.”
@TomF183 жыл бұрын
I like how he says @ 58....."Oh F#@k"
@tonyastrohman22517 жыл бұрын
i agree ...and ...then he is silent and just starts paddling to get the fuck outta there ...lol
@RB23316 жыл бұрын
It's amazing how brave you surfers are. Attacks usually occur, When Sharks misinterpret surfers for turtles?!!
@AngelGonzalez-de3nn2 жыл бұрын
Gosh at 1 point he swims really fast , very talented
@aaronparker43822 жыл бұрын
Let's dress up like a seal and swim with the sharks...what could go wrong?
@webhead27775 жыл бұрын
webhead2777 he’s surfing
@jackforeman76395 жыл бұрын
@@jackforeman7639 I thought he was feeding the sharks
@webhead27775 жыл бұрын
😂
@lauriekilborn5 жыл бұрын
And in murky water after a rain storm. Natural selection.
@fortresstheband5 жыл бұрын
Toxicbeowulf: Unfortunately, that's the normal color of our water out here.
@davidgwoodward16795 жыл бұрын
Same thing happened to me in cape cod. Except I was on a sea kayak. I could tell you I paddled like an Olympic gold medalist to get outta there
@mrzed23495 жыл бұрын
Surfing with sharks would be like skiing with polar bears lol
@FunTimeStudios82 Жыл бұрын
My philosophy: Never go where you're not at the top of the food chain...unless armed.
@normc.97052 жыл бұрын
Im sitting here watching this on dry land, I was scared for you. Glad your ok. Thanks for sharing video.
@callmejoe10007 жыл бұрын
Thanks Joe!
@davidgwoodward16797 жыл бұрын
Me too!
@salzburgsnow80566 жыл бұрын
1:04 that moment when you just think one thing:run! Sorry go, swim whatever just get the fuck out!
@ditiditi18436 жыл бұрын
You’re
@far221866 жыл бұрын
I felt so scared like Joe even more when you were swimming to the coast, I thought the shark would catch or bite you from below the surface. Btw, thanks for sharing it and I'm glad you weren't injured.
@Puchacutic6 жыл бұрын
10ft shark was about 5ft away from me at this exact beach surfing alone. had no idea too until a lifeguards escorted me out of the water and told me what was going on, and how big the shark was. I knew there was something in the water by me, but I thought it was a seal lol
@cornhub88232 жыл бұрын
Looked like such a great time you were having, seemingly enjoying the entire Ocean to yourself. 🤣That look of concern though!
@1godaboveALL9 ай бұрын
My fear of the ocean justified...thank you
@jj007104 Жыл бұрын
states it’s the closest he’s ever been to a shark. To be fair let’s just say it’s the closest you have ever SEEN a shark. If you are a surfer , they are watching you when you don’t even know it.
@svtwrc5 жыл бұрын
Yeah true, I've heard if a shark attacked a human every time they had an ecounter is would a daily massacre. There's more chance of choking than being eaten by a shark..
@jeremyrose15185 жыл бұрын
@@jeremyrose1518 obv choking but the real one is getting struck by lightning.
@quinnCS5 жыл бұрын
@@quinnCS That's also true...
@jeremyrose15185 жыл бұрын
@@jeremyrose1518 I know lol
@quinnCS5 жыл бұрын
Can you imagine having a lovely peaceful swim in the water minding your own business and next thing you know this beast is coming your direction. NOPE.
@heyheyheyheyheyhey765 жыл бұрын
Probably not the closest you've *ever* been to a shark, just the closest you've ever *seen* one. 😁
@asia.b6 жыл бұрын
As a surf fisherman I have proof they are just mere yards of the shoreline, often they seem to travel just behind the first breakers. Not great whites though. They are generally farther off shore
@justinmartin8887 Жыл бұрын
A friend of mine said it's better to remain perfectly still rather than a frantic run for the beach. That's what great white food does....
@tonypitsacota25138 ай бұрын
I saw a shark and immediately turned and swam away looking as much like a seal as i possibly could.
@TaxemicFanatic11 ай бұрын
I wouldn’t of needed my arms to propel me back to the shore....my arse would have turned me into a speedboat!
@thee-biker9325 жыл бұрын
That's perfect man!
@emilyf44134 жыл бұрын
brownwings00 there are some places where they say “Wouldn’t of” 😉
@martinchristensen67864 жыл бұрын
@@martinchristensen6786 Yeah, places that are wrong.
@iggystardust92364 жыл бұрын
Iggy Stardust i don’t really care that much to be honest, just let people speak the way they wanna speak..
@martinchristensen67864 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@womble6834 жыл бұрын
I love how every shark is a great white now! Like theres no possible way it could be a different shark
@rainbowjon48806 жыл бұрын
Shark: "thats the closest I've ever been to a human in the water"
@joshwhittington53732 жыл бұрын
And the faster he paddled, the more he looked like a sea lion to Mr. Shark. It looked like the shark wanted to catch the same wave.
@carlosa.sanchez896 Жыл бұрын
I've been watching The Malibu Artist and he's shown plenty of footage with his drone how common sharks are swimming near people. I lived in Hawaii for 3yrs and I was always in the ocean. I've probably had quite a few sharks near me and I had no idea.
@tacticalninja8249 Жыл бұрын
It's not wise to go alone. Always good to have someone around maybe on a jet ski that can help if needed.
@psw47634 жыл бұрын
Don't expect that stupid people to do wise things.
@PauloPereira-jj4jv3 жыл бұрын
How could he help ?
@zeldaaachen72003 жыл бұрын
@@zeldaaachen7200 Someone has to drag the lifeless body back to shore.
@NotMorganFreeman.3 жыл бұрын
Jet ski in 2 ft slop?????
@williamkerr33502 жыл бұрын
Do you know how much a jet ski costs?
@DancingDeity2 жыл бұрын
This is why I prefer surfing with other people. Cause if there's a shark attack there is no need to outswim the shark, just outswim your friend :>
@mr.mwohaseyoo31073 жыл бұрын
But your friend is faster swimmer then u😂
@illusionking73 жыл бұрын
I bring a knife so that when I see a shark I cut my friiend then paddle for shore.
@doremimusichonolulu68543 жыл бұрын
Welp, I don't have friends soo I'm outta luck soo yea ✌😭
@stylin60es3 жыл бұрын
Not sure this is true. I'd say they're more likely to go for the scaredest person making the most commotion?
@jomurphy80342 жыл бұрын
Baaahaaaaa
@empress-iveemporium92552 жыл бұрын
I'm watching this on my Bed lifting my Legs off of the Sheets. Lol
@stevenlassiter15322 жыл бұрын
Omg I bet that swim to shore was the scariest thing he’s ever experienced…I would have shit myself scarred as hell on that swim back😂😂😳
@jasmine9064 Жыл бұрын
The shark: Sir, you lost your wallet. Sir ? Sir!!
@RelaxingSounds-fr1yn3 жыл бұрын
Poor shark, he was just trying to be nice
@morges21572 жыл бұрын
1:13 how he swims 1:28 how I would swim
@PRYDAX3 жыл бұрын
Do you think it might have been your sudden splashing sounds that got the sharks immediate attention?
@michaelpoyntz7742 жыл бұрын
You’ve been closer….you just didn’t see it. They’re always out there with us
@calgal57529 ай бұрын
The ocean is so beautiful and I'm always in complete awe at the amazing life going on down there, it's like a whole other planet,that being said, I'm terrified of sharks and so I will respect their home and admire from afar 😍😍😍
@lisaaddas52825 жыл бұрын
I luv u
@zerokhaoz4063 Жыл бұрын
I've been flying drones looking for sharks for the past month now and I've grown such a respect for the ocean and the life that's in it. At the end of the day that's their home and we're merely guests in their house.
@NathamelCamel Жыл бұрын
I think it’s absolute madness to go surfing on your own.
@katyp8552 жыл бұрын
He is like I'm retiring from surfing
@vincentyoung49632 жыл бұрын
You handled yourself like a seasoned surfer. Great spot BTW, I surf there often. (Great camera footage, and nice board)
@thenorthsound3337 жыл бұрын
Seasoned with some salt and pepper LMAO😂😂😂 no jk tho
@veronicanunez5575 жыл бұрын
First time using a GoPro: Gets 9mil views
@ashleysaunders95215 жыл бұрын
Yeah.. I grew up in the ocean in so. cal boogie boarding as a kid to body surfing. Snorkeling. Scuba diving in Catalina and I’ve always kept my eyes open for sharks and as far as I know I’ve never seen one but that’s been my utmost fear anytime I’ve been in their territory.. very glad you’re ok. Stay safe & god bless!! 👍👍🤞🤞
@joeblow9850 Жыл бұрын
I'm not going to become shark bait, because I won't swim in the ocean, but even I know not to go alone.
@leonardlloyd1089 Жыл бұрын
There was a shark??? I couldn't stop looking at that killer board. Deadly bro 👊
I hate crowds when I surf but if there is a shark in the water I’m ok with crowds . Why were you surprised there is a shark in the ocean ?
I was surprised because I've been surfing that spot for over 20 years and have seen many sharks glide by without the slightest interest in me. This location is a known Great White nursery, all the sharks I have seen have been less than 8 feet, most around 6 feet. None has ever given me a second thought and if they keep on going I've kept on surfing. Prior to this video, I was always on a shortboard which sits about a foot deeper in the water. It doesn't slap the water like the long boards do. Maybe the slapping noise caused this shark to investigate. In any case, I was definitely surprised when this one abruptly turned right at me. (I should mention that we do have very rare adult or sub-adult Great Whites in this stretch of coastline. I haven't seen one, but if I do, I'll be riding the next wave in.)
I think it’s fair to say that he was surprised that he saw a shark, not that he was surprised that there was a ‘shark in the ocean.’ Let’s be honest, they’re not exactly common to see are they?
Born and raised in Hawaii, I’ve encountered a shark several times when I surfed. Just gotta stay calm and hope the faka no bite you. One time I had to swim for canoe to canoe during practice. The canoes where about 100 feet apart and I had to swim to the other one and we’re at the entrance of the bay, the deepest part, and I hop off and as I’m swimming my coach yells there’s a tiger shark next to me, did my best to swim smoothly so it didn’t look like I was a dying or injured sea animal 😂
There’s sharks you can ignore, and then there’s 10+ ft great whites. He did the rational thing going back to shore.
What a stupid comment. It's not like you see a shark every day. If you did, thousands of people would be dying every day. To say you were surprised doesn't necessarily mean you didn't think it was possible. My mother surprised me at 3am in the kitchen this morning because she is never up at that hour. Get it?
Man: “That’s the closest I’ve ever been to a shark in the water” Shark: “There’s that guy again, who’s been coming here every week for twenty years”
haha......and yes plenty of drone footage of sharks with surfers being unaware of their presence.
Haha closest that he knows of
Probably the shark got tired of being alone and decided to finally meet the guy. I think the shark is heartbroken now, forever lonely 😭
@@crispinalexander7550 😭
No seriously. I’ve surged there and the locals told me they’re very used to seeing the sharks or feeling them bump them but they just try not to react. Beautiful beach!! Great people too.
My surfing career ended before it started
I surfed here the second time I ever surfed lmao. Terrifying but so fun! The locals were very sweet
😂😂
Didnt it end before you went into the water
Just focus on the Kessel Run. See if you can do that in under 12 parsecs again.
🤣🤣
I’ll never forget the time in high school when me and one of my best friends decided to compete with each other to see who could swim out to one of the buoy’s first. The buoy was out farther than we originally thought so we decided to hold onto it and rest for a little, and as we were we suddenly saw and then felt a huge dark object beneath us. We panicked at first but then were relieved to realize it was just a sea lion! He decided to rest at our buoy and was actually very cute up close, but I won’t be swimming out that far ever again lol.
What do you kids think this is? Stranded deep? A buoy means you may want turn back with your boat. Are you Russian? Sounds like something a Russian would do. 🤔
@Typical Musician, Well sea lions are major shark bait, one of a shark´s favorite meals, so you guys got lucky. Lol
One swam under my board while and surfaced not too far from us. I was 100 % convinced it was a shark. I had to get back to shore because it scared the living shit out of me.
I had a similar experience but it was a dolphin that I thought was a shark at first. scared the crap out of me 😅
@@Mr.SmileyGlow Same here. I lived in Florida for 8 years and one day when I was standing in waist deep water on Sanibel Island. I saw a couple fins sticking out of the water coming right at me. Before I could even turn around and head to the shore two dolphins came right up by my legs and brushed against me herding some bait fish. In that half a minute I really thought I was going to die or at least be maimed and crippled
I used to surf alone, way out the back of a beach in Port Stephens, Australia. I surfed this place for about 12 years. Then a guy doing research on Great Whites started pulling in and tagging Great White juveniles. In one month he tagged 48 of the buggers, and they were over 2 metres long. I was shocked. Then I started thinking where is Mum and Dad. Never surfed that spot again.
Blimey! Lol
I used to surf alone sometimes off Perth beaches even into dark at sunset ...that was 70s and 80s..you couldn't pay me enough to swim off Perth waters now after so many people have been eaten in recent yrs
@@ACDZ123 shark population has decreased, you would've been more at risk in the 70s and 80s, goes to show how unlikely it really is to be attacked considering how many adult great whites you were probably in close contact with without knowing
@Jayke Brown yeah I don't know if that's correct that shark populations have decreased..sharks are protected these days unlike the 70s when they were hunted to the point of extinction. That's a big claim you're making
@@ACDZ123 First source I found from google states the following We find that, globally, the abundance of oceanic sharks declined by 71.1% (95% credible interval, 63.2-78.4%) (Fig. 1) from 1970 to 2018 So a 71.1% decrease from the 70s.
"That's the closest I've ever been to a shark in the water." That's just the closest you've ever noticed a shark in the water near you....
I actually use this axiom to sort of build up my confidence I think of all the times I've been surfing, and assume I've safely shared the water with sharks plenty
I thought the exact same thing lol, probably had sharks underneath him lots of times
@@arsaeterna4285 that’s a fact that builds confidence.
@@arsaeterna4285 indeed, if you ever see people drone footage of the coast of California, you will regularly see multipule white sharks swimming around in the surf surrounded by people, those people just have no idea there is a white shark like 6 feet away from them. it's funny because people freak out when they know there is a shark in the water, but in relaity, there is probably one not far from you every time you go out there.
Jesus dude
That wasn’t fast fowarding editing, that was literally how fast he was paddling out of there
I'd be paddling, Benny Hill version.
That's how I would have been paddling from the very start, forget fast forwarding!
Lolololololol!
Exactly. Just like a Benny Hill episode
danged right lol
That's the closest I've ever been to surfing 🏄♀️
😂😂😂
You stayed really calm. Really smart intuition that you were able to see that was a great white shark. Glad you are safe and able to surf another day.
The smartest intuition is to not go out into the ocean on a surfboard.
@@Incessuserro is it better to face the shark without one ?
He didn’t stay calm though - he splashed like a maniac
@@Dingbotz are u sure?
@@xthexskrillex yes
Surfer guy: Oh crap a shark, lemme swim fast so he won't get me Shark: dude if I really wanted to get you....
1:28 i mean ..... COULD HE ?
Alpha Male HAHA
Alpha Male if it wanted to kill him then it would have ambushed him before he even saw it; not swim right near the surface
sh4rk b4it There is a lot of hate for sharks, and certainly, they do attack people (I’m an Aussie, and there are several fatal shark attacks here every year, and that’s excluding the many non-fatal), but the reality is, if those sharks wanted to actually eat the people that they bit, then there would be no actual body to recover. If a shark wanted to eat a person, it’d just fucking eat the person! Sharks are big, and have a massive bite force with hundreds of teeth that do a lot of damage, but if you actually see the shark before it bites you, you’re probably going to be fine, as it already knows you’re not dinner, and more often than not (even though it’s probably little consolation), once it’s taken an investigation bite, it’ll realise you’re way too lean, and far too bony, and it’ll move on...of course, that one bite may remove a limb. But hey, it’s got no hands to see if you’re a seal, or a turtle. Sharks are amazing creatures. We’re killing them in their millions, and they don’t deserve the bad rap.
@@sh4rkb4it79 you obviously missed the joke
At 1:28 that's the fastest swimming I've ever seen. Adrenaline is amazing
RS GAMING The footage is sped up
RS GAMING lmaooo
Sepilio Thane thanks captain obvious
Jesus Christ Superstar just stating.
RS GAMING LMAOOO
The idea that surfing is so amazing that it’s worth the risk of being consumed by a Great White shark is inconceivable.
ikr I really dont understand some ppl
Sharks overall kill around 5 people a year. Global population of surfers is somwhere between 17 to 30 million people. Doesn't seem like a huge risk to be honest. But hur hur, that one movie says that sharks are just evil, twisted killing machines so ocean must be a deathtrap because Jaws and every other movie with sharks is a perfect reflection of reality!
I imagine these people are just not afraid of Sharks in general.
Hey, I could be killed by a stray bullet or in a car accident tomorrow. Might as well enjoy one of the things I love the most in life. If you've never been surfing, you're right, you can't understand
Does the risk of driving sound like a great risk? Or getting a drink on the van machine? Many many times more people die because of cars and vending machines than sharks.
I've been a scuba diver for over 20 years, I was a helicopter pilot for the Navy for several years, and I took up flying drones as a hobby a few years ago. If people had a clue, most would not get back in the ocean. Ignorance is bliss.
Says the 20 year scuba diver 😊
I thought Great White Sharks all played the cello to alert you to their presence.
Bom bom.......bom bom..........bom bom ba bom bom bom ba bom bombombom .....BOM.BOM!!
Double bass
Lol
Same bro
hahahaha
"It was at that exact moment, Mark the shark realised, he will never make any friends, ever"
Ha ha ha! Now I feel bad for not being friendlier.
"Mark returned home, only to find out his wife was cheating with Dale the whale...with no friend to turn to, Mark filled up a tub with water...and commited suicide, the end" No man, glad you got out of the way, else it would be a lot harder watching the video :p
alright how could he commit suicide by drowning. He's a shark!
hey, that's funny (and sort of sad,) but I think your right, Mark (the shark - good name, you should do a kids book,) unfortunately, is a solitary creature doomed to roam the sea on his own :-( but he could have some cool adventures :-)
Hi Centre Mental, glad you're joining me on this one. Maybe we should do a kids book together!? We could in fact, but only if you can come up with another name that rhymes with shark. Also, kids would like a happy ending (not to be confused with the happy ending you would receive after a massage), so maybe you should lighten up, contact me and we'll make things happen!
This shows how important it is to have a buddy every time you go for a swim at the beach.
Especially if you swim faster.
Yep. so your buddy can watch you get bitten in half. Witness, so to speak.
@@blackporscheroadster-yw8hb I didn't mean it like that lol. Usually, the shark would be more cautious if the creature looks bigger or more intimidating.
Exactly. That way once the shark eats both of you, he'll most likely spare the rest of the beach goers.
It reduces the odds to 50% instead of 100%.
I love these PSAs that confirm my instinct to stay as far away from the ocean as possible to be intrinsically accurate.
Solitary surfing anywhere along the west coast is crazy
Southern Cali beaches are pretty safe. I swim at Huntington Beach, Newport, and laguna all the time with no incidents. You make it seem as if it is Florida or Australia which do have a high amount of shark attacks.
Try the Reunion Islands . Getting in the water has been banned .
Global Dayz really because there has been only one fatal attack of the west coat in years that happened in my hometown . Solana Beach Ca . Care of mistaken identity.
Also there’s a need of education about sharks guys. The major part of the shark attacks can be avoided in some ways, for example: swim or surf with at least one person if you’re not sure it’s safe, don’t go into the water if it’s dirty because of the rain, when you wait for a wave turn your board in different directions because from the bottom you look like a predator and not like an injured or dead animal in the surface, if there’s one close avoid slapping the water when swimming, the first is not to attract their attention. But if they come, you need to remain calm, you can change their curse by putting your hand on their nose and turn them to other side if not attacking, and if they attack, aim your fingers to their eyes because they are so sensible. Obviously there’s the need of being cold minded and everything.
@@rubencortes4793 exactly I live in south Florida and if you are educated on the habitat and animals, you kinda just go with mother nature. My back yard has gators too. We do have more incidents though, especially with all the species of animals. Florida fish and wildlife. Good to eat as well.
Trust me buddy, you’ve been closer. That’s just the closest you’ve seen. They are all around us out there... thankfully sharks tend to leave humans alone for the most part.
Russian roulette. If I was a shark I would eat humans because they are so easy to catch. We are definitely good food for them. Perhaps at times they are focused on their usual food, but I would never gamble my life on it because you wouldn’t stand even a slim chance if it decided to attack. There are deaths and feeding on people from bears, people who think they really don’t want to eat us.
@@AndrewJamesMcQuinn bruh
@@AndrewJamesMcQuinn usually that’s a last resort when animals are starving and all their prey are scarce. There’s a story from WW II where Soviet and nazi forces allied together temporarily to fight of man eating wolves. There were also other attacks on civilians the preceded the event. These incidents are collectively called the Kirov Wolf attacks. Supposedly, any dogs and cattle had dwindled to the point where the only widely available food source was…humans. Particularly children.
@@AndrewJamesMcQuinn sharks don't like the taste of humans. Usually they take a single bite, and quickly let go because we taste bad to them. Granted....a single bite can usually be pretty severe, especially if the shark is big. But, for the most part, sharks will leave humans alone unless A) they feel threatened, B) we accidentally STEP on them (more common than you might think on beaches), or C) they are SEVERELY hungry to the point where even eating something as disgusting tasting to them as a human, is better than starving.
@@Aizen2468 does that mean of the 700 men who died of shark bite from the sinking of the USS Indianapolis, that none were eaten? Just repeat bites?There are more than 300 eye witness accounts of sharks devouring them. So out of nearly 1,200 on board, 316 went down with the ship and 300 rescued. About half were dinner. Don’t kid yourself.
My heart was racing as he was paddling for dear life, ain't gonna lie! 🤣
Happened to me in South Africa.. Just a wee lad of 14 and learning to body board. Anyway, there was a great set out and everyone was heading to the beach. Got out and paddled to the waves and then suddenly saw a dark cloud go through a wave. Of course you think it’s your mind playing tricks on you… but it happened again. The shore line wasn’t close by so start booking it back and shouting at everyone coming in “there’s a shark there’s a shark”. Got the the shoreline and one of my buddies who had seen what I’d seen said. “Did you see it did you see it”!? One of the local walked by and said “you guys are idiots, that’s not a shark it’s a dolphin”
Better safe than sorry.
Hahaha top 1. From SA bud
Judging by your photo you were way too handsome for a shark to attack 😂😂😂 🤷♀️
Even Sth African shark had a go at our...
My anxiety just got anxiety
Abby Westman girl sameee
Yes girl
Lol
lol!!
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The camera wasn’t sped up, he really swam that fast after seeing the shark
Jeff Hahn it was
😂🤣
Lmao
Sure was. Just like that guy in Jaws 2.
@@chipp3234 you trolling? Or you really that dense?
He's out there alone, looking like a baby seal, thrashing about in the water.
Shark: "if only this dude knew I was vegan"
"that's the closest i've ever been to a shark..." yah, you'd probably be surprised to find out that it probably isn't
PLENTY of unnoticed positive encounters occur daily
One time when I was a kid, a sand shark swam between my legs and just went about its day :)
Austin Sirois “ope, scuse me, just gonna sneak right through here”
Enter the water, enter the food chain.
😂😂😂
🍲⛓🍡⛓🍗⛓🌭⛓🥦⛓🌮
JS Burns that is brilliant!😂
Seriously
You're a fukn boss with that comment bro!!!
Born and raised in Florida you're brought up knowing 2 things. 1) Respect the ocean, she'll always win. 2) Don't ever forget you're never alone in the ocean. ❤ She is beautiful ain't she
Shark: Are you aware your car warranty is about to expire?
Been to that beach and had something heavy bump into me. That was the last time I ever went into the ocean.
Yup. Found out after I went that locals see/feel sharks there all the time. So glad I didn’t see one that day
loool buddy was like "aight that's enough fo me" haha
@@newbreedian 😂😂😂
I had the exact same experience in the ocean once. I got “test bumped” by a shark before.... I was thrown off my air mattress many feet into the air.... I shit my bathing suit when I realized no one else was in the water with me...
@@Baneslayer where did this happen? I would have ran across the water 😂 Where i live the scariest things are some non harmful jelly fish in the ocean lol
This is way I cannot enjoy the ocean, I'm constantly paranoid that there is a shark somewhere nearby, it's horrible to feel that way. 😂
Danny Colón I understand that feeling the best thing to do to get over that feeling is to go out with other people and after a while you will calm down
Daniel Colón i used to feel that way too. First time i went out it never crossed my mind. Its honestly a relaxing, blissful experience. The only thing ive seen here in florida so far was a super tiny sea turtle right next to me.
Sid Thank you, I'll try it.
irishpenguin13 It's a struggle but will continue to go out with family and friends in Miami Beach. 😂
Our family's rule, when we go to the beach, is no talking about sharks. My son and I have been going in the ocean forever and love it.
Judging from all the drone footage I've seen recently, I'll bet those Great Whites have seen you a lot more than you've seen them.
Being surprised by a shark in the ocean is like being surprised by shit in a diaper
That looks like a pretty decent sized NOPE swimming behind you.
personM4N Hahahahaahahhaaha my favourite comment 😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂so trueeee👌
Notice how he immediately caught the first FUCK IT wave out of there. Smart man.
That's what I see too. A whole lotta NOPE.. nope, nopitty nope nope..
personM4N you said it best mate
Dude went full-on Scooby Doo "Zoinks!" mode with his paddling, after turning around.
If you had to estimate a length and weight what would you think? I was thinking no more than 9' and around 500lbs, maybe 3 years old. Did he ever breach the surface or stay under the whole time? I had a brush with a juvenile white shark in 97, completely changed the way I feel about the water since.
9' and 500 lbs is big enough, don't you think??? Say "NO" to surfing!!! 🤣😂🤣
@@lisamecham5712 Seriously, yes! I've grown to respect sharks quite a bit, even the smaller ones. I do a lot of diving and I've always got an eye out for them and a knife attached to me when I'm in the water. There's nothing like being brushed up against by a 500 lb mass of wet sandpaper while you're on your board, waiting for a wave. It's terrifying actually. Took me 7 years to go back in the water after. Now It's always on my mind when I go in.
02:04 No, I can promise you, that was NOT the closest you've ever been to a shark in the water. It was the closest you've ever been to a shark you have seen in the water. If you surf often then sharks have been very near you often. Take a look at Malibu Artists drone footage of sharks/surfers/people in general. It is shocking.
Just watched his videos this week by KZhead reccomendation :D
I was out at Jax Beach FL as a teenager with my brother in the outside break on a pretty big day. While we we sitting on our boards with about 5 other surfers around us, I saw a bouy on a braided line being dragged by something underwater. We all just sat there watching that bouy going through the water coming in our direction. I saw the number on it as it made a first pass. Then it turned. Just at that moment a HUGE dorsal fin surfaced just like the one in all of the Jaws movies, then a pectoral fin about 10 feet behind it. After freezing in absolute horror, I looked left and right to my brother and the rest of the surfers. They had already turned to paddle and leave me. I remember everyone saying "dude, great white, great white." As I turned to depart, the fins went under as it was heading in my direction. The shore was about 300 yards away and I paddled so hard. We were all just thinking to outrun the next guy, but I was last and that bouy was coming for me, so I had a choice. Catch the wave and risk wiping out, or stop and hope it will go right past me, and wish for the best. Everyone was so far ahead and then they caught the first wave in the set leaving alone in the water. At that point, I knew I only had one true choice, to catch the next approaching wave and hopefully outrun it because the bouy was causing drag. So I paddled hard to catch it slashing like crazy in the water. I caught it, but the wave was roo huge to belly ride so I had to stand up. Then I dropped in the face of this huge wave and right at the bottom turn... BAM, I totally ate it. Those were the longest 30 seconds of my life and I prayed like I have never prayer before as I waited for the huge intense bite. After getting knocked around for a bit, I surfaced and gasped for air while trying find my board floating 8 feet away. I finally got to my board and got on. I was totally disoriented and I was looking around for the direction of land, while waiting to be eaten. THANK GOD I caught the white water of another wave and I took it most of the way in. By then, my brother, the 5 guys who were out there and the rest who were in the inside break were all standing on the shore with the lifeguard. Everyone was out of the water and EVERYONE thought it got me. It was like a Jaws movie. Everyone was hugging me and saying, "wow you made it!" So I told my uncle, who was a scientist, that we had seen a great white and he said, "there are no great white's in FL." I told him what we saw and the number on the bouy. My other uncle who was a marine biologist said he read about a group of marine biologists who were tagging Great Whites with numbered bouy's up north before the winter came. We later confirmed it was a GW that had been tagged. Osearch now uses digital tracking and data shows GW's regularly go offshore near Jax beach. Scariest day of my life.
Man! That's a million times scarier than my encounter.
That sounds absolutely horrific! I’d never go in the water again. Glad you made it out alive and unharmed!
@@davidgwoodward1679 You can't joke with nature. Never !
Bet that swim to shore would’ve felt like a lifetime 🙈
Lol, it felt like a lifetime just watching it. Can’t imagine actually being there
imagine being a swimmer and not having a surf board in this situation
Some folks I know would freeze up in fear & not be able to swim or even have a heart attack
I am fairly new to standup paddleboarding (started in Dec 2020) and you simply can't enjoy the experience of being on the water if you are afraid of what "might" or "could" happen. Don't get me wrong, there are moments when I get into my own head and start looking around my board and wondering, but I force myself to shake it off and stop thinking like that and within moments I am back in a blissful state of mind enjoying the sun on my skin, the fresh salt air in my lungs and the feeling of the cold water rushing over my feet on the board. Nothing quite like it. I did surf as a kid with my older brother at Bolsa Chica and we did see a shark silhouetted in a cresting wave not 30 or so feet offshore as we sat resting on the sand having just come out of the water...Not sure what type of shark it was. I was 13 years old....my big brother who has surfed all over the world didn't seem bothered and his not freaking out about it affected me in the best way. He has his share of shark stories with many happening in Mexico. One in particular event which he told me about and which I still remember clearly was when he and a buddy were surfing at Estero Beach when his friend yelled out, "Look behind you!"...My brother turned to see a dorsal fin which he thought to be about one and a half feet high cutting through the water not 10 feet behind him and following him.....he calmly paddled towards shore and the shark lost interest and swam away. My brother's respectful and calm attitude about sharks or any other ocean predators or dangerous animals was something that rubbed off on me and I appreciate it to this day. He told me once that people who use the term "shark infested waters" might as well also say "people infested cities". They are always present whether we see them or not and I am glad they are. They are magnificent beautiful creatures....all kinds of sharks..
Just another day doing cosplay as a seal for the great whites.
Gilead Glass what color should his wetsuit be then?
@Red u must be fun at parties
oh man you made my day thanks jajajaajaja
@@mmahub9970 Brodie’s crew at YBS wear blue wetsuits that camo perfectly in the ocean. Much smarter than basically dressing as a seal
@@mmahub9970 any color besides black
The description was a lot more exciting than the video.
Darrell Tiencken True, very true.
Yeah. This was super lame. This dude is probably more likely to die from curdled milk.
Make your own shark encounter video then
Tom Chamberlain Nah, I’ll just drink curdled milk. Way more dangerous and cool.
Fact!
I grew up surfing San Onofre. We used to see juvenile gw’s out in the lineup pretty often. They never bothered anyone.
I wouldn’t even want to be “not bothered” by them! Just knowing there is this huge thing under the dark water makes me wanna VOM! 😂
This is why I snowboard . Never ran into a great white shark on the mountain 😂😂
That's the closest I've ever been to a shark in the water... THAT YOU KNOW OF....
Good point. It is normally the sharks that you don't see that are gonna get ya.
this one was spotted by him. millions of times a day GW's are swimming around people and people dont even know it.
CRAZYWILDMAN49 really? Millions? That's quite a lot. Cite your source.
Joey Bikes ~~This made me laugh right out loud!!:D
Joey Bikes Too Right!
I love sharks! They are so cute!
True
He looked 👀..🦈 & said let me get the hell up out of here 🏊♂️..😂😅
People disliking were expecting him to be eaten or what
Cosmic Peach nah they disliked bc they wanted him to get eaten and he didnt
Alexis Lain yeah that's what I meant
😂😂😂😂😂
Yea people are shitheads, people don’t know how to appreciate others, pretend this guy is your uncle or something then you probably wouldn’t be angry and hated filled this video didn’t meet your expectations.
Cosmic Peach no, see the thing is on youtube its almost impossible to see a video without dislikes no matter what it is. Even fking sad cancer storys and stuff like that get over 1K dislikes it disgusts me
If you ever SEE a great white, it's terrifying, but you're probably gonna be fine. If a great white wants to hurt you, you will not see it. Granted, I would've paddled like hell too hahaha.
Thinks he can out paddle a shark... jaja, Never ! We surf sano all the time, they are all over the place, gw live in the ocean, they eat seals just another day!
True, Great Whites will attack from below you and use the surprise attack. I surfed in Florida from 16-22 y/o Jax. to Daytona Beach. Never saw one that close to me but I did have things??? swim past my legs several times. That alone will make you crap yourself. LOL
thats probably true in some cases but the thing about great whites and also other shark species is that they will circle around you for some time before they eventually move in closer and closer on you and suddenly they will bump into you for a test bite. A test bite from a great white can be fatal and is very dangerous. If you see a great white like this surfer did you need to leave the occean in a controlled manner. If he stayed longer its very likely that the shark would eventually take a test bite. Great White Sharks often do surprise attacks but a test bite isnt a surprise.
first time i ever saw a shark was when i was surfing at jacksonville beach pier with my homie. spinner shark breached (went airborne) like 15 feet from us. Since then ive seen lots of sharks cruising around, they very rarely bother surfers, and when they do its like u said, you dont see it comin lol.
If you look closely you can see that part of the time that he is paddling, it is actually sped up, so no - he isn't traveling at an abnormally high rate of speed or a human on the water. PS: I picked this up fairly quickly because i am a sound/visual effects engineer; In fact, i noticed the 2nd time i watched it.
I’m from Southern California, and I have never gone surfing. This is why.
Correction. That's the closest you've been to a shark, that you've noticed.
Great footage David. You reacted exactly how you should have, remaining calm and getting to shore. We surf with sharks all the time, we just don't always see each other. Nice board!
Haha, we don't always see the sharks* not vice versa.
lol, always watching
what do you mean "remained calm"? did you not see him set the world record for paddling to shore on a long board?
The Zen Fool Well we all saw him paddling to the shore super quickly but he was really calm. Usually people never react like him, they just panic and that's the first thing to agitate a shark.
XR72004 if he wanted to kill him he would be dead.
My father was stationed at Camp Pendleton for about 6 yrs, we camped at San Onofre many times. Its an awesome place to dig in the tide pools at low tide. I learned to surf, and body surf there, of course that was 40+ years ago. I read in 2013 I believe, that marine biologist found out that San Onofre is a pupping area for great whites. They stay in the area till they reach maturity, which can be 10-13feet. Juveniles only feed on fish and other sea life, their teeth are not mature enough for larger sea mammals, such as seals.
Except the lady that was bit last week, had a baby seal swim around her, why she was bit and not the seal.
Because sharks bite things.
Sharks are, like many other animals, curious about new or unusual objects or creatures in their environment. Obviously they don't have hands, so the only way they can interact with other things is...by using their mouths. The grand majority of shark bites are simply them trying to figure out what they hell they are looking at. I mean, can you blame them? I've seen some freaky lookin' folks at the beach.
Sonja Ellis ...do juveniles test bite bigger prey for practice?
samiamisme, I guess they could, they test bite with their mouth. But their teeth are not developed till they reach maturity.
By just getting in the water you became part of the food chain.
He said that's the closest he's ever been to a shark in the water...so he thinks lol
It turns out a longboard makes a fantastic selfie stick
That's a hilarious comment.
Jackson W Lolololol
LMAO
Jackson W haha
Who woulda thunk it
When you miss the wave and your life depended on it.
If that was a great white shark he would not have seen it until the shark would of bump him, white sharks attack from beneath u there for its to late.
@@josephcavaliere9772 That would make sense if the shark was attacking him.
The shark had no interest in him
@@josephcavaliere9772 the shark remained under water the whole time he just saw it through the face of the wave
Well the shark 🦈 wasn't exactly gunning for him or he wouldn't be here, probably 🤔 a reef or something less dangerous. White sharks tiger sharks bull sharks are the most popular attackers in close to shore maybe a blue fin might come in, when I surfed I could see reef sharks go under my board and it didn't stop me from surfing, u must know where ur at and what possibilities are there 😉
Shark: "What's his problem ? I'm just catching a wave like I have for the last 30 years ?
Shark- Do you have a moment to talk about your car warranty expiring.
I don't go in their ocean, they stay off my lawn.
Ok so you don't surf and yes sharks don't go on land. Thumbs up!! Strange...
+Marciie M *their* smh.
Some can.. Sharknado
apburner1 couldnt have put it any better real shit lol
Quit eating their food and they will not eat you. Or better yet, eat them.
I've been closer...and I didn't have a surfboard. I was snorkeling in Molokini Crater, totally clueless, and had swam off a little by myself, when a tiger shark started following me. He was super casual about it, but when I went left, he went left, when I went straight he went straight. The guy who ran the snorkeling boat spotted him and got on the loud speaker and is like, "Yeah, that's about an 10 footer but he probably won't bother you, you aren't on his menu. Just head towards the boat." I know that feeling when you start moving fast, lol, at any minute expecting a hard tug from under the water. But I just moved quickly and really, really steadily even though my heart was pounding. I was just a mom from Chicago! I didn't know anything about sharks until I saw that one. Now I live on the West coast and I just figure they're always out there, what can you do.
Yikes!! That's a lot scarier than my encounter!
ChicagoCathrun Sounds like what happened to me on the Big Island. Swam out too far and the current was strong. Im 200 Yards out when I see a big Tiger about 50 Yards from me. Scary shit man
That is so funny, I was diving Molokini on the north corner closest to Maui. I was descending and saw a Tiger almost on the bottom at 125 feet by the cement anchor cable. I was dropping right on top of him. When I got down there he was gone. I was waiting for my dive buddy wife to descend when her regulator's O-ring blew and she spit her regulator. So I was stuck buddy breathing back to the dive boat. Never got to see that Tiger again. It was an exciting dive though. I went back down looking.
ChicagoCathrun I saw a 15 ft great white charging at me I pooped my pants luckily I made it out in time to shore but I never went back in the water again😃😤😳😩😨😵😱
you were on the menu,tigers kill females,especially when menstruating.
I remember when I was 13 years old on a holiday to the Seychelles seeing a shark in the water about 90 feet away we where only waist deep but hell you should have seen us move!
My uncle Barney was attacked by a great white shark and lost both arms, both legs, and 80% of his torso.
“This is the 5th time I’ve seen a Great White out here. God knows how many I haven’t seen. I think I’ll keep surfing here.”
I like how he says @ 58....."Oh F#@k"
i agree ...and ...then he is silent and just starts paddling to get the fuck outta there ...lol
It's amazing how brave you surfers are. Attacks usually occur, When Sharks misinterpret surfers for turtles?!!
Gosh at 1 point he swims really fast , very talented
Let's dress up like a seal and swim with the sharks...what could go wrong?
webhead2777 he’s surfing
@@jackforeman7639 I thought he was feeding the sharks
😂
And in murky water after a rain storm. Natural selection.
Toxicbeowulf: Unfortunately, that's the normal color of our water out here.
Same thing happened to me in cape cod. Except I was on a sea kayak. I could tell you I paddled like an Olympic gold medalist to get outta there
Surfing with sharks would be like skiing with polar bears lol
My philosophy: Never go where you're not at the top of the food chain...unless armed.
Im sitting here watching this on dry land, I was scared for you. Glad your ok. Thanks for sharing video.
Thanks Joe!
Me too!
1:04 that moment when you just think one thing:run! Sorry go, swim whatever just get the fuck out!
You’re
I felt so scared like Joe even more when you were swimming to the coast, I thought the shark would catch or bite you from below the surface. Btw, thanks for sharing it and I'm glad you weren't injured.
10ft shark was about 5ft away from me at this exact beach surfing alone. had no idea too until a lifeguards escorted me out of the water and told me what was going on, and how big the shark was. I knew there was something in the water by me, but I thought it was a seal lol
Looked like such a great time you were having, seemingly enjoying the entire Ocean to yourself. 🤣That look of concern though!
My fear of the ocean justified...thank you
states it’s the closest he’s ever been to a shark. To be fair let’s just say it’s the closest you have ever SEEN a shark. If you are a surfer , they are watching you when you don’t even know it.
Yeah true, I've heard if a shark attacked a human every time they had an ecounter is would a daily massacre. There's more chance of choking than being eaten by a shark..
@@jeremyrose1518 obv choking but the real one is getting struck by lightning.
@@quinnCS That's also true...
@@jeremyrose1518 I know lol
Can you imagine having a lovely peaceful swim in the water minding your own business and next thing you know this beast is coming your direction. NOPE.
Probably not the closest you've *ever* been to a shark, just the closest you've ever *seen* one. 😁
As a surf fisherman I have proof they are just mere yards of the shoreline, often they seem to travel just behind the first breakers. Not great whites though. They are generally farther off shore
A friend of mine said it's better to remain perfectly still rather than a frantic run for the beach. That's what great white food does....
I saw a shark and immediately turned and swam away looking as much like a seal as i possibly could.
I wouldn’t of needed my arms to propel me back to the shore....my arse would have turned me into a speedboat!
That's perfect man!
brownwings00 there are some places where they say “Wouldn’t of” 😉
@@martinchristensen6786 Yeah, places that are wrong.
Iggy Stardust i don’t really care that much to be honest, just let people speak the way they wanna speak..
🤣🤣🤣
I love how every shark is a great white now! Like theres no possible way it could be a different shark
Shark: "thats the closest I've ever been to a human in the water"
And the faster he paddled, the more he looked like a sea lion to Mr. Shark. It looked like the shark wanted to catch the same wave.
I've been watching The Malibu Artist and he's shown plenty of footage with his drone how common sharks are swimming near people. I lived in Hawaii for 3yrs and I was always in the ocean. I've probably had quite a few sharks near me and I had no idea.
It's not wise to go alone. Always good to have someone around maybe on a jet ski that can help if needed.
Don't expect that stupid people to do wise things.
How could he help ?
@@zeldaaachen7200 Someone has to drag the lifeless body back to shore.
Jet ski in 2 ft slop?????
Do you know how much a jet ski costs?
This is why I prefer surfing with other people. Cause if there's a shark attack there is no need to outswim the shark, just outswim your friend :>
But your friend is faster swimmer then u😂
I bring a knife so that when I see a shark I cut my friiend then paddle for shore.
Welp, I don't have friends soo I'm outta luck soo yea ✌😭
Not sure this is true. I'd say they're more likely to go for the scaredest person making the most commotion?
Baaahaaaaa
I'm watching this on my Bed lifting my Legs off of the Sheets. Lol
Omg I bet that swim to shore was the scariest thing he’s ever experienced…I would have shit myself scarred as hell on that swim back😂😂😳
The shark: Sir, you lost your wallet. Sir ? Sir!!
Poor shark, he was just trying to be nice
1:13 how he swims 1:28 how I would swim
Do you think it might have been your sudden splashing sounds that got the sharks immediate attention?
You’ve been closer….you just didn’t see it. They’re always out there with us
The ocean is so beautiful and I'm always in complete awe at the amazing life going on down there, it's like a whole other planet,that being said, I'm terrified of sharks and so I will respect their home and admire from afar 😍😍😍
I luv u
I've been flying drones looking for sharks for the past month now and I've grown such a respect for the ocean and the life that's in it. At the end of the day that's their home and we're merely guests in their house.
I think it’s absolute madness to go surfing on your own.
He is like I'm retiring from surfing
You handled yourself like a seasoned surfer. Great spot BTW, I surf there often. (Great camera footage, and nice board)
Seasoned with some salt and pepper LMAO😂😂😂 no jk tho
First time using a GoPro: Gets 9mil views
Yeah.. I grew up in the ocean in so. cal boogie boarding as a kid to body surfing. Snorkeling. Scuba diving in Catalina and I’ve always kept my eyes open for sharks and as far as I know I’ve never seen one but that’s been my utmost fear anytime I’ve been in their territory.. very glad you’re ok. Stay safe & god bless!! 👍👍🤞🤞
I'm not going to become shark bait, because I won't swim in the ocean, but even I know not to go alone.
There was a shark??? I couldn't stop looking at that killer board. Deadly bro 👊
nice board? Maybe. As fast as a shark? No.