Watch Great White Shark Cruise By Surfers in San Diego Lineup (Clip)
Drone footage of great white sharks continues to roll in.
Many of the shark encounters we've seen lately are of stand-up paddleboarders lucky enough to stumble across the experience, like this one who was followed by two great whites.
But the clip below is a little different. In this one, a great white decides to explore a lineup with two shortboarders waiting for waves.
The clip above was shot by ocean photographer and shark advocate, Scott Fairchild.
He captioned the post:
"Great White casually cruising amongst surfers in the shallows."
The clip shows a pretty big great white cruising right up to the lineup as a shortboarder paddles out to wait for a wave. The shark gets pretty close to the surfer, then swims away as we see another shortboarder farther inside.
Viewers got the conversation going in the comments, and Fairchild engaged:
@jacobsilvius wrote:
"Seeing all your videos has helped me rid my fear of sharks. Realizing all these years they have likely been within close proximity, it is comforting to know they are always there, but rarely glance our direction."
Fairchild responded:
"@jacobsilvius love to hear that. Definitely not out to get us. They deserve our respect and aren’t puppies or anything either."
But he did offer a warning:
"Obviously, caution should be taken, they are big animals and apex predators. I love shark diving, but would never get off a surfboard to try and swim with one. Typically any drastic movement or change, like crashing, starting to paddle, etc. they will flinch and swim away out of self-preservation. But that same commotion will typically make them circle back and see what’s going on."
Fairchild likes to include shark facts in his posts. Here's this week's"
Did you know: A newborn dwarf lantern shark is only a few inches long, about the size of your pinky finger. A newborn Great White shark is typically just over 5 feet long!
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