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A 12-year-old’s drone footage captured the moment a great white shark came underneath an unknowing surfer, after coming within inches of a boogie boarder.
The 12-year-old’s father runs his YouTube account under the name GreatWhiteDronE where they regularly share videos of drone footage of great white sharks in California taken using a drone camera.
On May 14, the channel uploaded a video that has shocked some, while easing the shark fears of others.
According to the YouTube channel, the father and son make the videos in hopes of helping protect the animal all around the world.
The great white shark stayed swimming around humans
In the one minute-long video, the great white shark could be seen swimming along just behind a young boogie boarder, who seemed blissfully unaware of the animal tailing it. Coming extremely close, the shark changed its direction and swam the other way, aiming towards a surfer instead.
The shark came close to various other surfers, coming just inches away from them without anyone seeming to realize. Soon enough though, the great white shark found itself swimming underneath a surfer riding a wave.
In a following clip, the shark found itself swimming underneath a paddle-boarder too, with both of them getting caught in a small wave at the same time.
People were left surprised by the great white shark drone video
With over 100,000 views, people were shocked to find out just how close the shark was able to get to people, without anyone realizing.
“This is so scary to look at,” commented one user.
“Shows how 99% of the time they want nothing to do with you. And if they do they’re either curious or it’s a mistaken identity. Most people will swim pretty close to a shark and not even know it,” added another.
One user jokes that “the sharks didn’t find anything tasty.”
Sharks in Southern California.
GreatWhiteDronE’s YouTube channel aims to raise awareness “that sharks aren’t aggressive animals and that protecting sharks and all living things in the ocean is vital for the planet to survive,” according to its own video descriptions.
In Southern California, sharks are a common occurrence but aren’t quite the image that Jaws might have convinced you of.
A recent report from Cal State Long Beach’s Shark Lab found that juvenile great white sharks, aged between one and five, were swimming near people around 97% of the time at two locations in San Diego County and Santa Barbara County. The research took place over two years and examined over 26 locations on the California coats.
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