A great white shark glides between three surfers at the South African Surfing Championships
The footage was taken at a surfing championship in Jeffreys Bay, South Africa
This is the chilling moment captured on film where a great white shark glides silently between three surfers blissfully unaware that death is just feet away.
The nine-foot-tall man-eater made his shock appearance at the same surfing championships where a competitor survived an attack on live TV in 2015.
A drone was dispatched after reports of a great white behind the surf line and it was seen swimming along the shore towards a dozen of the world’s top surfers.
As the incredibly lethal machine moves toward two unsuspecting competitors, the third almost surfs over its head to reveal that it’s in the waves right below it.
The Great White then lined up a surfer trying to catch a wave at the Corona Open J-Bay 2023 leg of the Men’s Surfing Championship.
Great whites swim through surfers in Jeffrey’s Bay
A great white swims casually through a line of surfers in Jeffrey’s Bay. Here’s the details of Nathan Florence Professional Surfer that went down. Some groms (young surfers) came down to the point and said they saw a great white close enough to see its eyes👀! 🎥 If Joard throws the drone up to see if we can see it, sure enough the shark is cruising on point! Rio tried to alert Waida with a drone that it was near him and called people on the beach to let the surfers know that it was swimming through the lineup! All went well everyone got in and the shark cruised right on! What a crazy thing to see, we know we are playing them at home but how easily and gracefully they can be detected in the wild! Follow more of Nathan Florence’s journey to South Africa here⬇️ YouTube.com/@NathanFlorence. . . #IAmSouthAfrican #southafrican #southafrica #easterncape #supertubes #jeffreysbay #drone #greatwhiteshark #greatwhite #sharks #SharkWeek #closecall #surfer
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As the great white shark moves toward two unsuspecting competitors, a third surfs almost over its head as if it is in the waves just below it.
A surfer is seen paddling out as a shark approaches in Jeffreys Bay, South Africa
It then maneuvers behind the surfer for the perfect attacking position and then decides that the surfer is not on today’s menu and slowly moves away.
Professional surfer Nathan Florence, 29, from Hawaii, posted the incredible drone footage shot by a friend in South Africa’s Jeffreys Bay on his Facebook page.
He said: ‘It was pretty crazy when we saw some people coming fast and I asked them what the deal was and they said they saw a great white shark coming.
‘It was close enough they asked to see its eyes so we quickly put the drone down to see if it was there and sure enough it was swimming towards the World Tour surfers.
‘We tried to alert the first guy with the drone as we were too far away and he pulled his leg up but didn’t see the shark then the shark checked on another surfer.
‘We alerted the people on the beach who alerted the surfers and they all came and cruised the shark on its way to shore and everyone went about their day.’
What a strange opportunity to see such a shark! South Africa is incredible!’ she said.
The shark was spotted swimming close to shore in Jeffreys Bay, South Africa
The shark approaches two of the surfers paddling on their boards
The camera zooms in on a surfer as he paddles close to the shark
The shark is cut by a wave before one surfer swims towards the two surfers
Sharks stay close to surfers as they paddle around them
Professional surfer Nathan Florence, 29, from Hawaii, posted the incredible drone footage shot by a friend in South Africa’s Jeffreys Bay on his Facebook page.
Great whites can grow up to 20 feet long and weigh up to 2 tons, and have 300 razor-sharp serrated teeth arranged in rows in its massive jaws for hunting prey.
They can swim up to 35mph and usually eat seals, sea lions and dolphins but can mistake humans in wet suits for what they normally eat and then bite.
37 people have died from shark attacks in South Africa in the last 25 years and the sardine runs are very active at this time of year.
In 2015 Australian three-time world champion Mick Fanning, then 39, was seen on live TV being attacked by a great white but managed to fend it off.
The last great white killed was pizza shop owner Kimon Bisogno, 39, in September in Plettenberg Bay, just off the coast where he was swimming.
Here’s a terrifying photo showing that great whites can cause massive damage, but this 38-year-old victim was lucky to survive the attack in Jeffreys Bay two years ago.