Sharks are part of surfing if you are afraid of sharks then surfing isn’t your thing.

5' long Nurse Shark apparently.

I'd really not want to put my arm's in that water to paddle back to shore....

Play in there garden expect to play🐟

There was a blog a few years ago where a guy flew a drone over the venice beach area and great whites are present almost continuously. Some days not at all but 8 times out of ten they were present and many times they would glide right beneath swimmers who were totally oblivious to their presence.

The food chain does a quick 180 when we go in the ocean.

Whatever possesses people to put themselves in the feeding ground of sharks is beyond me. Mad🤡

sharks got to eat probably saying come on dude just a nibble everyone says you tastes terrible

The shark turned because he made splashing noises, the number one trigger. Stay still and quiet and most likely it’ll keep on going by.

what do you guys out in CA expect? its filled with whites....like swimming in the Nile and then surprised if a croc is spotted 🤣😂

Having lived in HI for many years, there’s some rules I never break when it comes to the ocean, two of which were red flags in your opening text: 1) avoid the ocean soon after a rain and especially avoid river outlets, as sharks flock to runoffs looking to feed on trash/debris/dead animals washed from inland 2) if no one else is in the water, there’s usually always a very good reason why (sharks, jellyfish, riptides) 3) avoid dawn and dusk, prime feeding hours for the swimming razor blades. Part of being wise around the ocean is also knowing when it’s probably best _not_ to enter it. Glad you made it out safe, that dude definitely looked to be prospecting you.

Well, that was exciting, compared to staying home and watching other people surf on KZbin. I'm the other people.

You know, that shark had plenty of time to grab that snack. Looks like it wasn’t interested.

Funny thing: They didn't speed up the video.

A shark in the ocean gee I'm so surprised

“It was the fifth Juvenile Great White I've seen in the water in the last two years there, so I wasn't too concerned ...” Check the current statistics! Juvenile GW sharks seem to be MUCH less predictable than adults, and seem to count for MOST attacks by a GW. Next week the “experts” will reach a different conclusion I’m sure but, for now, that seems to be their consensus.

That you knew was there...............

"That's the closest I've ever been to a shark in the water." I very much doubt that. Most people would be shocked -- and many, I'm sure, would be terrified -- to know just how often and how close sharks get to swimmers and surfers, without them ever knowing it. If you've ever gone swimming in any of the traditional shark hot spots (Florida, Outer Banks, New England, Australia, South Africa, etc.), you've probably been within 100 yards or so of at least one decent-sized shark.

Closest, that you know of.

Why wear black and get mistaken for a seal?

Solitary surfing is like solitary caving. Bad. And there’s no reason to still be using a completely black or black at all, wetsuit.

2:11;THAT-YOU-KNOW-OF! You're taking a chance. Don't you like your limbs? Some people would pay an awful lot to have all four appendages fully formed and well. Think about it. ☮️🩵🖖🏻✝️♾️🕉🪬⚛️

Change yer hobbies.

Fear is a great motivator.

Got no biz in that water

That part that you sped up... that's how fast I for real swim to get out of any water that's not a swimming pool!

5th juvenile white shark in 2 years? Braver man than me

In the Rockies prolific hikers often comment that they’ve never seen a mountain lion. Lol

Where's the Benny Hill music?

This video should be a GoPro promotional ad

The way you paddled and kept going until you reached your car was amazing! 😅

If the shark was interested, paddling fast and hard just makes it worse it would seem ?

Scary 😮

Recognized the background so I clicked. I live here…. Looked at the date this video was posted and 9days after this a boogie board was attacked by a great white about a 1/4mile up the coast from this trail. He’s got to be incredibly lucky!

More Lay backs More cow bell

That’s what he thinks.

He was alone there because the shark ate everybody else and wasnt hungry anymore

Suda neden tek başinasiniz? Su çok bulanik. Tahminimce soğuk. Yani onun için tüm şartlar hazir.

I had a great surfing career ahead of me full of trophies, cups, prize money, sponsors and fame. Then I saw this video and started playing darts

Surf board in the water your in the water. Shark’s are in the water. No thanks

I choose to never willingly put myself on a menu.

La gente es muy inconsciente de verdad muy inconsciente, sabiendo lo que se cuecen por esas aguas y se van solos y alejados es que se la están jugando de verdad se la están jugando

Man that's nothing. I was snorkling in Aruba when I noticed some baby-barracuda's swimming near the surface. Pretending they didn't notice me. They must have been at least 10 cm long.

If you go into deeper water there are sharks, that's their world not ours

San Diego?

OK I take the northsea

Always when you need a wave... there isn't one!

I think the chance or fear of getting chomped by a great white out weighs any pleasure I could get from surfing a wave. Not way I would like to die. No surfing for me.

Good eye.

Just like every snake in the water is a Cottonmouth, every shark in the water is a Great White.