Early 70’s my father and I were fishing 3-4 Km off Seacliff Beach Adelaide South Australia 5.5 metre Great White came to visit our 4.2 metre runabout ..fantastic once in a life experience ..absolute gift…I will never forget it even 50 years later. Wonderful💫
Fantastic footage, guys, you're very lucky; meeting a great white in the wild (from a boat!!) is one of my biggest dreams and I much prefer these home made footages than most documentaries with dramatic music and silly comments about killer sharks or crap like that. This is the real thing. Thanks for sharing
Except that you still got crappy comments and one way conversations from a couple of lily white landlubbers who don’t know what to do with a boat. I’d go for the professional footage with intelligent comments!
@@BenDover-sl1tl you don’t know what will happen. It’s not a given that he will eat you since you don’t look like food. If you have a clue which these guys do not, you could probably get in the water with her. Not recommended of course, but it’s not a guarantee that he will make lunch out if a human being. Bending over of course is an invitation so I wouldn’t do that if I were you! :-)
Why? There's a guy on YT who capture drone footage of white sharks and they are constantly encountering people in the water, just checking them out then wandering off. The consensus is that they only chomp people by mistake. I would much rather be in the water with a white shark than in the vacinity of a wild lion for instance.
Most times you cannot see the shark in the water whereas in the wild, chances are you see or hear the lion before it gets ya. But if your in an open top Jeep on safari your safe from lions :)
Its much scarier when your on a surfboard. Bull sharks are scarier in my world because they have the highest testosterone of any shark. Making them more aggressive. They also swim far up into the fresh water estuaries in late summer. I am an active waterman and have to put the thoughts completely out of my head. I was doing hull maintenence on my sailboat a while back and I dove into the water and started swimming down the keel and completely startled a 10 foot bull shark. I think I scared him as much as he scared me.
@@BenDover-sl1tl By the time you see the lion he’s on top of you. The lion is interested in eating you the shark is not that’s what’s important unless you don’t care about getting eaten
Glad you guys had a quality camera to capture something like this, ive always been fascinated by sharks, but at the same time that natrual fear. Take care
Ion the other hand would’ve hung around as long as the shark did too! The assumption that you are a meal is mistaken unless you’re a fish, or a seal or something familiar that he recognizes his food.
I know one of the fellas in this video - James - great guy who made his yacht available to many groups of disadvantaged Aussies who would never have had the opportunity to go sailing. Check him out. Amazing story.
when they put their heads up like that, they are checking out who and what is in the boat - you can be sure of that. Was not interested in the squid they tossed out of the boat!
Without a doubt,the best video I have seen while encountering GWW. You guys obviously know you were lucky, I have seen vids of smaller whites that have rammed boats (bigger than yours).
Yeah, I don't know why they are so surprised, I live about 45 minutes from where they are (near Barwon Heads) we see quite a few big sharks while diving, including great whites.
Wow that was definitely a close encounter!! Thank you for sharing with us your amazing experience! Hope you’ll remember to wear your PFDs in the future. Take care!!
Absolutely brilliant footage, and commentated by 2 Aussies as well 😂😂 you lads are a lot bolder than I would of been that’s for sure I would of been in the bar at the marina by now
this is incredible. Since they're ambush predators I thought it was just being curious, but the footage at 2:38 it literally pops its head out of the water to get a closer look at them. That added with it becoming more and more bold bumping into the boat it very much seems like the shark is trying to workout how to get them in the water. Imagine how many times some one has been in a kayak or on a much smaller life raft (from a ship wreck or something) and this started happening. Stuff of nightmares but also shows how intelligent they are considering that is in no way how they normally hunt. Just them problem solving on the fly.
at 2:38 the shark MOST DEFINITELY DOES NOT!! repeat DOES NOT!! ‘pop its head out of the water to get a better look at them” and in fact the white (underwater) eye is white, indicating that at that proximity to the engine, the shark’s protective nictating membrane was engaged It couldn’t actually see anything at that point
@@waynefay8210 oh good eye weirdly passionate man, perhaps it flinched from getting so close to the engine and that's why it popped part of its head out. At first glance I thought that was a reflection off the water from the sun.
The reason it didn’t attack is because you didn’t act like prey. Most Prey animals would flee. You could actually see its curiosity when it surfaced to put its eye out of the water to see what was up. I doubt it wanted to eat you. They are like the dogs of the ocean and about the same intelligence it’s thought. Great footage guys thanks for sharing.
Glad your starter was working! He was definitely at a high curiosity level & scary to think if one of you fell in he'd have likely gone in hunting/feeding mode. Seemed very hungry to me & looking for opportunity. 😲
They say, and drone footage shows this, that you often never know if sharks are around or under you. There's guys go out on those paddleboard-type canoes fishing! Well some of sharks have learnt to linger around boats that are fishing to steal your catch as you reel it in. I wouldn't... this guy was safe on a boat but you can still hear it in his voice.
There is no aggression in that shark's body language, it's like... "hey, supp" Most injuries come from the constant failure of attacking sea lions. I can just imagine how jacked up these guys would get if their outboard didn't start right away.
I think I would have stuck around!! It’s such an amazing experience for you both and the shark was probably checking out some new scenery way out there!!
He wanted whatever fish they had caught I think as she doesn’t seem to show any of the normal aggression signs. Bumping into the boat is common, it’s when they start chewing on the transom or props that people have a problem. A boat that size is a false sense of security, as the shark can lunge from below without their knowledge and snatch one of them from the boat. The girth of that thing is absolutely massive.
In 01 i was stuck in deep water ( boat flipped) for 8 hours at night off the coast of south africa. For every second of those 8 hours i could only imagine what was lurking below or next to me ...pitch effin black just waiting for that big hit to come.
Beauty she is lucky you guys!!! Few mating scars how big u figure? This is how they’re meant to be seen. As opposed to what’s happening in Atlantic Canada etc. Pulling them out of water over an hour. Love to see your footage I know it’s few years old but stellar 😊!!!
To be fair just because you’re from Australia doesn’t mean you’ll see one in the wild in your lifetime. They aren’t THAT common. Not like everytime you go boating one comes up to you LOL
That’s the same kind of ignorance that think Americans have run ins with grizzly bears every other day. I’ve surfed all my life and fished often, never ever seen a great white shark or know anyone who has
theres never actually been a recorded instance of great white sharks eating a human, they do bite inquisitively though and because of their size this can cause major injury or loss of life. Only 80 recorded fatalities since 1580 though which is incredibly low, much more likely to be eaten buy your pet lol
Correction, you didn’t find a great white, he found you!
🤣🤣
My thoughts exactly!! 👍
Early 70’s my father and I were fishing 3-4 Km off Seacliff Beach Adelaide South Australia 5.5 metre Great White came to visit our 4.2 metre runabout ..fantastic once in a life experience ..absolute gift…I will never forget it even 50 years later. Wonderful💫
That’s incredible. Hope to see one of these bad boys someday. Well, That is when I’m not on a 6 foot piece of fiber glass….
5.5 metres unlikely
... and *THAT* is the reason I don't wear white underpants when I go deep-sea fishing ...
"Start the f**king boat Barry..."
Quality Australian conversation
I got a kick out of hearing Aussies recite "Jaws" lines.
"We're gonna need more Aussie small-talk...and a bigger boat."
@Not a Reptilian we got a hero
"He just touched the boat! Let's go! 😂😂
"Ahh yeeeaahh, he's been in a few blues" LOVE IT! The classic laid-back Aussie lingo & sayings that I love so much X
I think he said a few blows, meaning fights.
epic103
No, a "blue" is Aussie slang for fight or argument. I live in Australia.
Designworks
Thanks for the info... I didn't know that. I thought he meant blows, for fighting.
10 years late and still worth a like :D I hope you remember that day like it was yesterday!
Love the Jaws Quotes classic haha. Great to see people respecting such an awesome creature.
Fantastic footage, guys, you're very lucky; meeting a great white in the wild (from a boat!!) is one of my biggest dreams and I much prefer these home made footages than most documentaries with dramatic music and silly comments about killer sharks or crap like that. This is the real thing. Thanks for sharing
Hop in the water right next to one and see how you make out :)
Except that you still got crappy comments and one way conversations from a couple of lily white landlubbers who don’t know what to do with a boat. I’d go for the professional footage with intelligent comments!
@@BenDover-sl1tl you don’t know what will happen. It’s not a given that he will eat you since you don’t look like food. If you have a clue which these guys do not, you could probably get in the water with her. Not recommended of course, but it’s not a guarantee that he will make lunch out if a human being. Bending over of course is an invitation so I wouldn’t do that if I were you! :-)
@Maniac 5000 Looks like we found a future Darwin award winner. Congrats?
Woooooo 🤦♂️
Truly breathtaking such a majestic animal.
This guy looks so peaceful in the water, great shot
What an awesome encounter. Calm water and that beautiful animal passing by. Well done lads, thanks for sharing. 🕊️
"Maybe one more lap and then we'll go" lol
Scares the shit out of me just watching it.
Why? There's a guy on YT who capture drone footage of white sharks and they are constantly encountering people in the water, just checking them out then wandering off. The consensus is that they only chomp people by mistake. I would much rather be in the water with a white shark than in the vacinity of a wild lion for instance.
Most times you cannot see the shark in the water whereas in the wild, chances are you see or hear the lion before it gets ya. But if your in an open top Jeep on safari your safe from lions :)
@Maniac 5000 that's the one :)
Its much scarier when your on a surfboard. Bull sharks are scarier in my world because they have the highest testosterone of any shark. Making them more aggressive. They also swim far up into the fresh water estuaries in late summer. I am an active waterman and have to put the thoughts completely out of my head. I was doing hull maintenence on my sailboat a while back and I dove into the water and started swimming down the keel and completely startled a 10 foot bull shark. I think I scared him as much as he scared me.
@@BenDover-sl1tl By the time you see the lion he’s on top of you. The lion is interested in eating you the shark is not that’s what’s important unless you don’t care about getting eaten
Glad you guys had a quality camera to capture something like this, ive always been fascinated by sharks, but at the same time that natrual fear. Take care
I've been watching this for about 2 years, maybe 60 times, and each time i'm thinkin' "GET THE FUCK OUTTA THERE" !!! F.F.S.
And i know the area VERY, VERY well that's just near Jamison river between Cumberland & Wye River
Ion the other hand would’ve hung around as long as the shark did too! The assumption that you are a meal is mistaken unless you’re a fish, or a seal or something familiar that he recognizes his food.
I know one of the fellas in this video - James - great guy who made his yacht available to many groups of disadvantaged Aussies who would never have had the opportunity to go sailing. Check him out. Amazing story.
Oh, small World! I happen to know the shark - Brian - he didn't even know they were filming that day. Good guy.
He also trademarks day to day footage.
@@LeatherCladVegan😂
@@LeatherCladVeganThis comment really put a smile on my face. Thank you for this!
I can't believe how slowly it was moving. Very cool
Wow. That sunlight making his fin glisten.... The glistening fin is just, wow!
This is by far some of the coolest footage I've seen of a great white; you guys were truly blessed that day.
"Maybe one more lap then we go" Famous last words, mate? 😆 Great video, what an experience! 🦈 😳
A go pro on a stick wouldda been insane
Yup great way to lose a arm
"1 more lap and then we'll go" If you subbed the word beer for lap, you'd have the Aussie motto at the pub
There is something very graceful about them. Especially as they can accelerate at great speed at any time.
Awesome boys, well done what a magnificent sight & a privilege to see it that close!
Meanwhile me fishing in Lorne:
catches one 23cm salmon
Me: please sit down, keep your hands in the boat, be very quiet, and GET THE F*** OUT OF THERE
Very intelligent, curious creatures. He/She was probably waiting for you to catch a fish; to steal off of you.
when they put their heads up like that, they are checking out who and what is in the boat - you can be sure of that. Was not interested in the squid they tossed out of the boat!
did u just assume the shark's gender? not cool, bro
@@pipfox7834 as if they'd actively go after humans...
@@jamescorbett567 Don't be such an overly captious and sensitive big girl James
@@cahillgreg yeah James? And what?
Without a doubt,the best video I have seen while encountering GWW. You guys obviously know you were lucky, I have seen vids of smaller whites that have rammed boats (bigger than yours).
That Great White suddenly makes one feel quite vulnerable in a boat!
No you’re quite safe on that boat. Don’t get your cues for movies
stuff i am goingg to say it.... i think he needs a bigger boat..
How blessed am I to live down here! What an absolutely beautiful specimen. I hope he/she is still out there swimming, happily.
Your country never fails to amaze me. 🇦🇺 ❤🇬🇧
"happily" as if its a human
Well done guys. Great footage and some good old fashioned laid back Ozzie banter rather than the screaming hysteria from the US of A :).
There is no word for the gratitude I would feel being on a boat right then and there.
Yeah but if that shark with it's size wanted you out of that boat bad enough, then your coming out of that boat.
Couldn’t have asked for better weather. Stunning morning for the that encounter
He’s not sizing you up, you’re fishing or he’s used to getting fish around boats. They’re relatively docile.
my cat is docile
@@JulianLeahy I would suggest your cat is merely smaller.
AND THE AWARD GOES TO... awesome video guys ,some dangerously close ups there. Ps:my heart was skiping a beat or two.
Jeepers!! that's amazing...I was actually nervous watching it. great footage guys - well done!
Enjoyed watching greatly. Thank you for posting!
GUYS THIS IS AWSOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I thought you were gonners for a second there when he came out...you crazy cats!!!!
For some reason, “great white shark” just sounds better with an Aussie accent 😉
A shark in the sea isn't so unbelievable actually, respects from South Africa
Yeah, I don't know why they are so surprised, I live about 45 minutes from where they are (near Barwon Heads) we see quite a few big sharks while diving, including great whites.
Wow that was definitely a close encounter!! Thank you for sharing with us your amazing experience! Hope you’ll remember to wear your PFDs in the future. Take care!!
To think I swam at Lorne for years
fantastic footage!
Greatest TH-cam video I've ever seen. Thank you.
Very privileged with a visit from that guy ,great footage
“This is going straight to the pool room!!” (The Castle) 😂😂😂😂😂
Lads you had me belly laughing to the point I was crying at 4.40 when you where quoting the film Jaws really funny well done. 🤘🤘🏴🏴
Once-in-a-lifetime experience guys, fantastic stuff second time I’ve watched it
Absolutely brilliant footage, and commentated by 2 Aussies as well 😂😂 you lads are a lot bolder than I would of been that’s for sure I would of been in the bar at the marina by now
"we're gonna need a bigger boat" opportunity taken!
Amazing footage!
this is incredible. Since they're ambush predators I thought it was just being curious, but the footage at 2:38 it literally pops its head out of the water to get a closer look at them. That added with it becoming more and more bold bumping into the boat it very much seems like the shark is trying to workout how to get them in the water.
Imagine how many times some one has been in a kayak or on a much smaller life raft (from a ship wreck or something) and this started happening. Stuff of nightmares but also shows how intelligent they are considering that is in no way how they normally hunt. Just them problem solving on the fly.
at 2:38 the shark MOST DEFINITELY DOES NOT!! repeat DOES NOT!! ‘pop its head out of the water to get a better look at them”
and in fact the white (underwater) eye is white, indicating that at that proximity to the engine, the shark’s protective nictating membrane was engaged
It couldn’t actually see anything at that point
@@waynefay8210 oh good eye weirdly passionate man, perhaps it flinched from getting so close to the engine and that's why it popped part of its head out. At first glance I thought that was a reflection off the water from the sun.
“Can we start the engine?”...lol
Each pass it gets closer to the boat.🦈
Awesome footage. Watching them live vs on a rod or in a net is magic. Great work chaps.
Wow man that thing can flip your boat up in the air!
The reason it didn’t attack is because you didn’t act like prey. Most Prey animals would flee. You could actually see its curiosity when it surfaced to put its eye out of the water to see what was up. I doubt it wanted to eat you. They are like the dogs of the ocean and about the same intelligence it’s thought.
Great footage guys thanks for sharing.
Glad your starter was working! He was definitely at a high curiosity level & scary to think if one of you fell in he'd have likely gone in hunting/feeding mode. Seemed very hungry to me & looking for opportunity. 😲
They say, and drone footage shows this, that you often never know if sharks are around or under you.
There's guys go out on those paddleboard-type canoes fishing! Well some of sharks have learnt to linger around boats that are fishing to steal your catch as you reel it in.
I wouldn't... this guy was safe on a boat but you can still hear it in his voice.
There is no aggression in that shark's body language, it's like... "hey, supp" Most injuries come from the constant failure of attacking sea lions. I can just imagine how jacked up these guys would get if their outboard didn't start right away.
Such a rare experience, probably 1 in billion chances this ever happening, truly amazing!
This makes JAWS seem so much more plausible.
It's so interested in them and their boat! And it's just so beautiful.
Actually it doesn’t give a damn about the boat, the shark smelled food and came looking for a snack. He wasn’t interested in a beer!
Look how vast that ocean looks ! 😳
Nothing but Tasmania then Antarctica south of Lorne. I can’t believe I used to spearfish there lol
So cool! How awesome you guys got that on video :)
Great footage mates!
Humbling isn’t it, when you come across such a magnificent creature. Love the Jaws references btw. Funny.
Why are people so surprised to find a shark in the ocean
That huge beast is thinking lunch’s up who’s first
They have been known to chew on outboards boys.....
They wanted you to touch their fin
Australians..... this is just insane, and then records for another 6 mins 👍🏽🤣
This is not predatory behaviour of a white shark whatsoever. This shark was just curious and checking them out.
"Knock you straight out of the water".... Okaaaay
I think I would have stuck around!! It’s such an amazing experience for you both and the shark was probably checking out some new scenery way out there!!
That was just Mr. Great White making your day!! Uncanny and exhilarating. lol
He wanted whatever fish they had caught I think as she doesn’t seem to show any of the normal aggression signs.
Bumping into the boat is common, it’s when they start chewing on the transom or props that people have a problem.
A boat that size is a false sense of security, as the shark can lunge from below without their knowledge and snatch one of them from the boat.
The girth of that thing is absolutely massive.
seems like the white pointer was getting bolder with each pass... seeing this while swimming brings nightmares
In 01 i was stuck in deep water ( boat flipped) for 8 hours at night off the coast of south africa. For every second of those 8 hours i could only imagine what was lurking below or next to me ...pitch effin black just waiting for that big hit to come.
"Get away from my boat?" GET OUT OF MY OCEAN!
These two dudes have the exact same voice haha
Beauty she is lucky you guys!!! Few mating scars how big u figure? This is how they’re meant to be seen. As opposed to what’s happening in Atlantic Canada etc. Pulling them out of water over an hour. Love to see your footage I know it’s few years old but stellar 😊!!!
“ well he can’t have me”. Hahahha. That was funny.
Definitely get the anxiety of seeing it that close but was definitely just curious. The wounds on it was probably from seals.
Fair play boys that was amazing! How privileged you both clearly felt make's this even better. lucky bastards!
Shark listening on the convo like bro i dont like you talking about me scars mate, better buck on or else 😆
awesome animal, so calm, just cruising
A Great White in high definition is scarier than low definition.
Awesome footage... what a great experience to have.
what a beautiful creature
Great. And i was thinking of going to lorne this weekend for surfing
What scary is how he's stalking that boat they're on!
That was Awesome footage.
"put out the fire chief" 😂
4:58 I’m needing a new diaper
Jump in guys. They are friendly creatures. :-/
Sam King lol
😂😂😂
All of the OMGs and never thought I'd see one's' when they are in a place known for sharks, especially great whites 🙄
To be fair just because you’re from Australia doesn’t mean you’ll see one in the wild in your lifetime. They aren’t THAT common. Not like everytime you go boating one comes up to you LOL
That’s the same kind of ignorance that think Americans have run ins with grizzly bears every other day.
I’ve surfed all my life and fished often, never ever seen a great white shark or know anyone who has
everything's better with that accent ❤
Two blokes in a mid size tinnie - Canned food.
theres never actually been a recorded instance of great white sharks eating a human, they do bite inquisitively though and because of their size this can cause major injury or loss of life. Only 80 recorded fatalities since 1580 though which is incredibly low, much more likely to be eaten buy your pet lol
“That’s a cute little dingy you’ve got there” said the shark.