Great White Shark Comes Incredibly Close to Surfer: It's Summer in SoCal
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ก.ค. 2023
- In this week's short video episode, I share a few recent scenes of a great white shark in the shallows near a couple surfers and share a rare opinion on shark behavior. While I strive to stay away from opinion on my channel, what I say in this video is merely for discussion purposes.
DISCLAIMER: I'm NOT a marine biologist. As with all TH-cam content, I encourage independent verification of facts via official scientific and trustworthy sources. I will strive to post citations for any information I discuss here whenever possible. My goal is to use photography and drones to bring awareness to wildlife and the nature around us. I welcome collaborations with scientists to bring cinematic elements to the educational presentation.
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My son is a lifeguard on Huntington Beach every year and every day I am absolutely terrified he will be the victim of a shark attack. These videos showing how often sharks are around humans like this one, you would think would make it worse but actually it makes me feel WAY better as it shows how often they see us but we don’t see them and how utterly disinterested they are in us. Far from the mindless eaters or worse aggressively persistent killers that the media tends to portray them as. They seem more like dogs than serial killers. To see how often these types of placid interactions occur vs. the amount of bites each year makes the heartless killer scenario laughable. If only they would stop making “Shark movies” and more people watched your videos the terror and hate many feel toward these large predators might be assuaged. Regardless, thank you for helping this old Dad to feel better!!! Please keep it up!
Also, if the media could stop using the term "shark infested waters", it would help the image of sharks. They aren't infesting water, they live there. That's like calling a neighborhood "human infested" (though that's maybe more accurate...).
I used to surf Huntington Beach and Scuba Dive around Laguna and it was always in the back of my mind. When I was doing it though the Great White shark population wasn't nearly as "healthy" as it is now. Through conservation efforts they have really allowed the GW shark population to boom. As someone who enjoys ocean sports I say gee thanks, why don't we reintroduce grizzly bears to southern CA why were at it. I've luckily only seen one shark in the wild and thankfully it was a horn shark, saw it off of Catalina.
@@jeffk464 I dove off of Hawaii, Jamaica and St Lucia and was lucky to have only seen sharks on a cage dive on the North Shore of Oahu (which is really the only time I want to see one in the wild) but these videos along with the Amazing work done by Ocean Ramsey have helped me change my paradigm!
@@AninoffsMagister Ocean Ramsey is terrible and she’s a fraud. She just makes money from fake conservation efforts.
@@brianl3966yes thank you! They always talk about the ocean like humans own it and sharks are a pesky nuisance to them. It’s so frustrating. The ocean belongs to the beautiful creatures in it and humans have no business invading it and then getting angry they run into sharks. It’s their home, if people don’t like it they shouldn’t go in the ocean. It’s completely avoidable.
Thank for helping to preserve and protect these amazing and wonderful creatures by educating the public. ❤
They have been protected by law in the US for decades.
By law, yes. But changes of habitats seem to kill more than direct killings of sharks these days worldwide.
@@annelbeab8124 What change in habitat? The kelp beds are doing fine and they are extremely sensitive to environmental change. We have more white sharks off our coast then we have had in decades. They are doing fine. It's not like we are building strip malls in their environment.
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@@PHUCKyoutube689 I talked about changes I habitats in general, temperature changes, building, pollution, overfishing etc.- not particular re the US.
In the US, I assume there are also more in some parts as their prey has partly returned or grown into bigger populations like seals in some places.
But an estmated loss of 60 to 100 million a year worldwide is still an issue.
Such calming videos! Who would've thought that seeing predators near humans(also predators...) would provide such a tranquil experience. You have a great voice and are eloquent in your speech. Thank you for sharing these videos!
Thank you for continuing to provide footage of these beautiful animals! Your education on their behavior and working against the demonization of these creatures is so appreciated 🤍
Tell that to Vladimir popov’s family…
i found your channel a couple years ago when you only had 48.8k. You have an amazing channel that shares videos that we rarely see because of how the media views sharks. Thank you so much for these amazing videos!
Wow, thank you!
so true!
My late husband back in the day took me to a beach in Northern California that he grew up on outside of Point Arena. He learned how to fish, surf fish and other activities here. We stood there watching some sea lions in the surf then all of a sudden they made a mad dash for the beach. My husband then pointed to the side and we saw a fin break the water. That memory really makes me wish we had drones back then.
By the way if you see seals or seal lions around that's a good sign that there are probably big great whites around doing ambush style hunting. Thats the circumstances where you have attacks that are from them miss identifying humans as seals/sea lions, but you've still had a life threatening bite.
It certainly make syour heart beat faster, when you see the shark turn toward the surfer. However, your work is proving that these apex predators are not mindless killers - far from it. More brilliant work, Carlos. Thanks for sharing.
They aren't rocket scientists. You have a lot of faith in their cognitive ability, I don't trust them.
i mean not all sharks are the same. Tiger, Bull or White tip shark tend to be quite aggressive. Maybe also depends from place to place. Where people feed them might also be more interested in shallow waters and humans.
I'm so glad people are coming to understand sharks better. I used to surf in Santa Barbara near daily, and an occasional great white would come close and scare the crap out of me. But they were cruising around and just curious. I never had a problem. They are elegant wonderful creatures.
U got lucky
This made me emotional ❤ thank you for showing their beauty
This is one of the best channels on TH-cam. It's insane you don't have millions of subscribers already.
In 5 minutes now. Yes, Carlos is really a talent in so many respects on filming sharks (& some friendly whales) More people should know this channel, ( Ive passed it on to enthusiasts) quality videos, his narration top notch, his love of what he does is so apparent.....gtg, it's starting!
Thanks so much Shery!
I live in the UK, but absolutely love sharks these videos and content. Thank you.
These juvenile white sharks are more interested in fish than mammals at this age. As they get older their diet changes to become dominated by fatty mammals, other sharks and larger prey. They also learn to ambush. I love this channel....the footage is always interesting and the narration thought provoking.
You willing to bet a leg and subsequent exsanguination on that?
Lies All lies STOP IT GEORGE YOU ARE NOT A MARINE BIOLOGIST
It was a junior that attacked Mick Fanning during a surfing competition 8 years ago. Generally you're quite correct but I wouldn't bet my limbs on that. 😉
Dare you to go in these waters with your "fact$". Fckn ridiculous
I would think that surfers in the area being droned might become attuned to the fact that a hovering drone might mean there's something "interesting" nearby, and be on guard. That said, perhaps it's hard to be watching for waves and noticing a drone or even hearing it. Or perhaps they're fully aware of what it means and that's just one of the things that goes with the territory. Love watching this stunning footage every time and am in awe of both the sharks and the surfers!
Great job Carlos! Love watching your videos. You capture amazing footage and your narration skills are 🔥. Keep up the good work!
Fantastic Creature and a great Video!
Thanks for the Pictures!👍🇺🇲🦈🤍
Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪 👋😍
Me and my 7y old son have been going to the beach a lot the last cpl summers. A cpl people in my family keep bringing up shark attacks to try to persuade me to refrain from getting in the water. Your videos are very helpful in showing they have little to no interest in humans, unless provoked. Helps to ease my mind too. These creatures are majestic and intriguing but demand the utmost respect. Im learning that from your channel the more i watch. Thank you for what you do and stay safe out there!
They don't show much interest in the birds either, but the birds still know to get away from them.
I had a great white swim right under me just a few feet away in Manhattan Beach. I had never seen one before and at first I thought it was a log or something because of the way it moved, so unlike a dolphin. It was a magnificent thing to behold at first then I realized this creature could turn on a dime if it wanted to. Needless to say I paddled in.
I live on a barrier island in SW Florida......the Gulf of Mexico a mere 20 feet from my front door. Currently, the loggerheads are hatching, the manatee lumbering along in search of a mate and the dolphin are dancing. Would love to have you pay a visit to my salty shores!
Hands down one of my favourite TH-cam channels to watch I can’t get enough
Thank you for these fascinating videos keep them coming
Great video Carlos! Love the encounters here!
Super cool footage and narration. Thank you so much for this fascinating and beautiful footage
This one was close and he came from behind. Bet your heart was pumping a bit more. Thank again for sharing.
First, I would like to say THANK YOU to The Malibu Artist for these incredible videos .. I really look forward to each one .. I've been fascinated by Great Whites since I was a kid, so these videos are a dream come true ...... While not the perfect analogy, what comes to mind here is similar to what I have observed here in rural NJ .. There are stretches of roadway in which deer will come to the edge of the road, grazing, and fully aware that the passing cars will not stray off the pavement - unlike deer in a lot of places that run as soon as cars pass by, these deer know exactly where they are and the boundaries, so when a car comes along, they might simply look up then continue to graze without darting away ..... The sharks here seem to have a familiarity with humans, esp the surfers and boats ...... Now, having said that .. the 2:30 point in this video has a guy standing out on the observation plank of the boat ( sorry, I don't know the exact boating term ) .. There is a vid here in youtube in which a guy is standing on a similar observation plank, and a huge great white comes up out of the water from directly underneath, inches away from his shoes .... Great white sharks, like every other living creature, get hungry .. And I do believe they can be territorial .. Attacks that are more than just exploratory bites do happen ie poor Simon Nellist ... No one can deny that the possibility of capturing an attack on a human is very real .. The question then becomes, if this happens, will The Malibu Artist upload it or keep it private ??
Your footage is always amazing and thank you for bringing to the “masses” the information on these amazing animals.
thanks for your videos! this is beautiful, sharks are amazing animals 💙💙💙
Another AMAZING video Carlos! Thank you 🙏🏼 and have a blessed day!!! 😄💙🐬🫶🏼
Your footage and narration is just great quality
Just an alert so we don’t miss it, love this channel 😊
Love that you have this channel.🙏❤️
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What a majestic turn by the shark.
Thank you for further educating us 🙏
Beautiful beyond ! Thank u for this amazing video!❤️
The opening scene with the pelican flying over the shark was prehistoric!
Prehistoric?
Great videos! 😊 Love these.
Glad you like them!
SOCAL is so laidback, even the pelicans fly in slow motion......0:02
Lucky no large seal colony around . Young sharks hunt rays. Best shark channel on TH-cam,thanks🦈🦈🦈
Great vid, thanks for sharing it 👍🏼
I would really appreciate it if you let us know what beaches you are filming these sharks at. Thank you!
One of the most important channels out there. ❤
Breath-taking shot of the shark & pelican together!!!
Your videos and commentary are awesome
Nature is so perfect , the sharks are amazing .
Such a great channel, I wish you nothing but success.
This footage just proved that not always sharks go towards splashing. This shark turned away from the surfer paddled off. Goes to show that each shark is different just like we respond differently to situations .
are these not only baby white sharks tho, imo its hit and miss if the shark isnt hungry the people is ok if it is hungry say bye bye
@@clinton9769 apparently most attacks are from juveniles although recently we’ve seen some huge gws fatalities.
@@bari2883 people shouldnt go into water where there are sharks imo they are apex predators killing machines that havent needed to change for millions of years, people wouldnt go for a walk in a safari park so why go in waters where sharks do be its beyond me, you play with fire you get burnt
@@clinton9769 yes some spots you wouldn’t go swimming in. It makes me so angry when they kill the shark that was being a shark and ate a mammal.
@@bari2883 tbh they shouldnt kill the shark its not there fault thats just what they are at the end of the day people just simply should not go in the water where they know sharks are its stupidity, like the waters where this guy flies the drone why would anyone want to go in there knowing there are great whites have they not seen JAWS lmao
Fantastic work! Thank you.
I can’t imaging how many whites were just cruising along near me growing up
Boogie boarding and swimming in the ocean in s. Cal.
And doing some diving as an adult. You can’t see them diving if there are giant kelp forests or murky water.
BRO IT'S LIKE HE HAD A SIXTH SENSE AND COULD TELL THE SHARK WAS THERE, BUT HAD NO IDEA AT THE SAME TIME
I wonder if sharks will ever evolve to realize paddle boarders are an easy food source?
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One video on this channel undoes decades of misconception.
I saw the clip on the news and knew it had to be you 🤙
More great footage thanks. Would it be possible to rig up a small speaker to your drone, so that you could verbally warn people where the shark is getting very close?
Thank you for being kind and responsible by telling people not to touch them. ❤
Incredible perspective 👏
I always get a kick out of the newscaster who will say "And the shark came out of nowhere..."😂
Hi, Carlos! That opening shot, possibly by chance, was perfectly framed. Epic shot!! I'm curious, do you turn off your avoidance sensors, while flying over water, so the reflections don't confuse them and automatically land?
Really appreciate your work and efforts towards the cause! Thanks for your time!
Pretty sure he uses CGI for the opening shots
beautiful footage, man. lovely stuff!
Another fantastic video.
No se inglés, mi hijo Antonio, bastante . Tus vídeos son una maravilla de la naturaleza.
Let's have as many interactions with grizzly or polar bears and let's see the stats on attacks compared to white sharks.. I'm a hunter and conservationist with the land we have been given to steward. But if you go swimming where sharks are and get attacked or eaten. It's not the sharks fault plain and simple. Awesome Video!
I'd take being near a shark over a grizzly or polar 7 days a week. Lol
All the animals God put on this Earth are so awesome just to sit there and watch their natural being in the world is fantastic it relaxes you at times it has you jump up it's just great also keep up the work sending these to TH-cam so we can watch more of them free especially don't forget keep us informed
Is there any information on the GWS population at Guadalupe I. after the new restrictions? Are more showing up on beaches finned or in fish markets? It's so worrisome.
I asked the same last video. I heard it had been closed for 2 yrs. I worried about what may really occurring as I have seen ANY reports whatsoever. I hoped Carlos might know.
I believe that since there are not usually sets in this area that this is a nursery and a juvenile zone where they feet on skates & rays and otherwise pass through. I've observed this for decades now.
But go up north - Carmel, Mendocino - even Pt Conceptiin area and the Channel Islands - and you can get whacked...
These videos make me feel much safer swimming in Greece and Corfu. There have been several fatal shark attacks in these waters, but not for several decades. A 16 year old girl was killed by a Great White Shark just 150 yards from the shore in 1951 in Corfu Old Town.
So it is incredibly unlikely to happen compared to the already very unlikely chances of attack in California, South Africa or Australia. But it's not impossible, just almost impossible. Apparently the Mediterranean Great White is its own distinct species and has more in common with its Australian cousins than its American or African cousins.
I´m getting the feeling that tiger sharks are more unpredictable around people. "Jaws" looks chilled out despite all the feets and hands splashing, but what would happen if a surfer got in to the water.
Could you use the dji enterprise audio system to have a voice recording to let people know.
Sharks are constantly under surfers, swimmers, divers, we're not on the regular menu but as we all know sometimes the sharks forget that.
You should consider filming at San Onofre. There are SO many juvenile white sharks there, and truly the surfers don’t care. I’ve seen a shark swim right through the lineup while sitting on my board and nobody came in. We’re used to it.
Like big puppies. Like they are stopping by to say hello.
Great video.
Get a remote control loudspeaker to attach to the drone...
"SHARK NEAR YOU"
Another wise and caring message for the summer.🧠❤I sure wish we could communicate peace to sharks. For I truly believe whales and dolphins understand we love them. I wish sharks felt that.
I think sharks and fish generally have more of a "food or not food" and "danger or not danger" approach, not love or hate, but it's a nice thought.
@@ellierose6 Possibly. At the same time I've seen videos of true affection between fish in the ocean and humans. Humans have developed relationships with sharks too. Obviously we can't all go out and expect the same results, however I do believe there's something there needing to be further explored.
With all the people invading their home and murdering them, it might take a while to get a message of peace to them. Js
@@cady__ Same thing happened with whales. We're still slaughtering them. Yeah, it's criminal, I agree. Man will never stop being a selfish, ego-driven killing machine as long as we have access to weapons - whether it's a harpoon, spear or fishing rod. I personally hate "big game" fishing. I hate how we pillage the ocean for food when much of it ends up in Las Vegas buffet tables and then thrown away. The ocean is still the favorite dumping ground for the world. Garbage, pollution in every region. Most people don't care and most don't pick it up. We have a lot of reparation to do.
The guy with the black board! No wonder the shark got so close. He probably though he was a seal
Possibly, but that white shark in particular is a juvenile that's doesn't have seals on the menu, at least live ones, yet.
Have you ever divulged which beaches you find these sharks at the most? it would be helpful, so I can avoid them altogether! I usually bodyboard at Bay Street in Santa Monica south of the pier, but I know the waters off of Gladstones are known to be a Great White nursery.
Guy's dangling his feet in the water like they're a little shark appetizer.
With all living beings there are mean individuals who might do one harm in an encounter. Just like humans, the bad ones make the headlines.
Jim Abernathy , diver and shark advocate, has shark friends. Check him out, like Carlos, he educates people about these wonderful beings that scare us so much.
Ive been trying to find out where Jim Abernethy is - I've watched his videos many times, his relationship with Emma the tiger shark spanning 20+ years is incredible. I don't take to some of these high adrenaline clips of messing with sharks for a photo. But this " friendship" has stood the test of time. His videos seem to be 6-8 yrs ago...I'd like to know he's ok. Perhaps someone else is running his dive operation.
I really do think they are there in the warmer water for something other than eating. Maybe it is colder water which triggers their hunger ?
Maybe they actually know this area is not a feeding ground considering they seem to have known routes around the ocean ?
It's all very interesting. I would love to see your filming in a colder deeper feeding area to see how they behave differently.
Once I was out in the water in Hermosa Beach. I've been in the water 10000 times before. But this one time, I had this sharp stinging sensation go through my entire body. It felt like my body knew something I didn't. At first I shrugged it off, but it got worse and I realized my body was telling me something dangerous was close to me and to flee. I got out of the water and my body was almost in shock. Later that a day a great white was spotted in that area. It's amazing how the human body can sense sharks for some people like me but not others lol
Damn that’s crazy!
What ethnicity are you? It’s known girls have stronger intuition the men. My Japanese friend used to also claim that Asians have higher intuition then other ethnicities.
@@TheBold1994 I am white but European white. Could be a girl thing for sure! But that is so cool. I didn't know Asians generally have higher intuition. Maybe certain European ethincities and Asians have higher levels!
@@TheBold1994That becomes untrue when young men go to war. Survivors often tell wild stories about intuition playing key roles in their survival.
While negative encounters may be extremely rare, any encounter is rarely positive.
Could there not be some kind of universal signal such as dipping the drone up and down to warn people you're over a shark?
It's so cool to see these amazing creatures from this bird's eye perspective. They must go unnoticed close to swimmers and surfers a lot of the time.
We need to take into account that Great White Sharks living on the coast of California are predominantly shark juveniles or 'teenagers'. A juvenile Great White Shark's feeding habits and prey are very different to an 'adult' Great White Shark. Adults often move on from fish, rays etc. - they often move on to seals and sea lions, which are of course far bigger prey. Therefore are humans seen by 'teenager' Great White Sharks as too large and not their common prey type or size? Hence the lack of predatory movements/attacks seen in this video. If a juvenile was swimming under my surf board, I would certainly be anxious - but - if a a 15-20 foot Great White Shark was swimming under my surf board I would be close to a heart attack! Anyway, just to confirm I LOVE THE MALIBU ARTIST, what a great channel xxx
I mention this in many videos but recently I filmed more adults than juveniles. Just wait and see the footage! The size comparisons that will come with it and how the larger sharks react to humans is especially telling. And I'm talking about 14 to 16 footers, not juveniles.
@@TheMalibuArtist OMG you actually red AND RESPONDED to my rant! Thank you...and again, I love your channel, it is superb what you are doing for the species. I also LOVE all sharks. I live in the south of Western Australia so adult Great White Sharks are sadly constantly on my mind when in the ocean.
Stay out of the ocean then, its their home and not all sharks attack people! There's many kinds of sharks other then the great white shark you should know.
They are so beautiful!
Nice recording.
Hope you go to fly the drone with a big text shirt " I fly drones above sharks"
Nate Florence just posted one at the WSL contest in South Africa, One buzzed the lineup, and even got sprayed by a surfer making a cutback. Nate's flyer dropped the drone right to the surfers head, they caught on real quick. Talks of making a drone with a little warning horn have been floating around out there....
Awesome!
@TheMalibuArtist Couldn't you attach a speaker to your drone and blast a loud shark warning?
The bird looked under the water seen the shark and skidaddled loool
Human wasn't on the menu today. He had human last week. Today it's seal and turtle!
Is it possible to add an audible ‘shark alarm’ to your drone, incase something risky starts to unfold from your distant position?
WOW!!!! The guy at 1:30 had a great white investigating him and then the white decides to turn away. Scary!!!
Have you seen any sharks near the shore at the Corona Del Mar Beach in New Port
Just curious
Amazing
Ooph, he was lucky to survive that encounter, that human got really close!
awesome!
So i am thinking, if not already why not connect a loud speaker with radio microphone and be able to speak through the drone and warn the surfers/swimmers? Or worst case can attached a type of sign with holes for wind to go through saying warning shark below.
Curious if those people had known there was a shark there, if they would have overreacted which would have caused the shark to be more interested.
That’s wild
Cracks me up when I see videos of hammerheads off Florida and people are freaking out yelling, get out of the water. We swim with great whites here😂
Sharks generally are curious but not dangerous they'll bite in error and then leave