Exclusive video: The first hunt by a great white shark ever recorded in San Francisco Bay

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Fall is prime time for great whites to roam off the coast of San Francisco. While they’ve been documented inside the bay in the past using electronic monitoring, none have been spotted inside the Golden Gate, let alone seen stalking and attacking prey.
Some say this was the first known recorded predation event in the San Francisco Bay.
On Saturday, October 10, 2015, witnesses from Alcatraz and the Alcatraz Cruises hybrid ferry watched in awe as a great white shark devoured a sea lion just a few yards off Alcatraz Island. This is the first attack by a great white shark ever recorded in San Francisco Bay.
The bloody spectacle is proof that one of the most feared oceanic beasts sometimes takes feeding forays into bay. Some believe that this year’s robust El Niño is driving sharks northward into uncharted territory.
The attack was recorded in great detail by the cameras aboard Alcatraz Cruises’ hybrid vessel and from Alcatraz Island.

[@johnlesling8376]

New Yorker here who has been living in San Francisco for 4 years now, and every single time I look at the SF Bay, I cannot help but think of Great White Sharks. It is so surreal that something so exotic as the Great White Shark.. is swimming under the Golden Gate Bridge. Still crazy for me to think about sometimes lol..... weirdddd

[@805fillmore]

Fellow New Yorker here we have great white sharks here in New York too… kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKXJkIeNpt5_nM0

[@heathguillory4803]

Been here my whole life and wondered if the bay had whites.once the seals came in the bay and chose the slips and docks around fisherman's wharf to call a rests stop really had me wondering.we both know there in the bay via the Golden gate hunting.think il get a grant and study them by a cutout seal and dragging it around just to see wtf happens.imagine the footage of a white hitting cutout seal with alcatraz in backround.under the Golden gate they swim hunting for seals.a few years ago a party boat hooked a white off alcatraz for more confirmation there hunting.cut outs worked at the farrolones let's give it a go.that would be badass and fun.

[@Soul_dead5612]

When I lived in SF I did the same!!! I'm upset at myself that I didn't research Sharks more while I lived there. SF also has some of the biggest White sharks because the population isn't as big as say Australia or South Africa so they have a bigger diet and they get huge!! Plus there isn't as many Tiger or Bull sharks in the California waters so they have less conpetition

[@heathguillory4803]

@@Soul_dead5612 tigers like warmer waters ,bulls mostly enjoy eastcoast and southern state waters and rivers.thats scary in its own right.tigers and bulls will eat gobble you up.whites it's a more exploratory bite,they like blubber and seals not bony humans.hawaii people go missing on the regular surfers ,kayaks,bodyboarders get taken by the tiger.awesome shark and to me the deadliest to humans along with the mighty, don't care, I swim miles upriver "bullshark.

[@thepro3k_watches656]

@@heathguillory4803 as a shark lover who done research on sharks and stuff some of the stuff you mentioned is true

[@HolyheadUK]

I did the Alcatraz swim 2 weeks after this happened. Needless to say it was constantly on my mind!!

[@AudioGuyBrian]

Uhhh. Is that some kind of tourist thing? Swimming from Alcatraz to SF?

[@hoswiper]

Brian F. There is a race that takes place every spring called the Alcatraz Sharkfest Swim And there is also a triathlon that includes the swim to Alcatraz.

[@ninjakid09]

@@hoswiper what dumb fuk would do that?! Then get get attacked by sharks and *surprised pikachu face *

[@amanteheru8572]

@@AudioGuyBrian its a thing they do every year. A lot of people do it actually and theres a video of like a 10 year old or 12 year old doing it of course with everyone and boats around but some people try the shit alone lol

[@combatxhoop7069]

Why did this race wants people to die, I mean it's dangerous for sure, just why risk? they can get sued or some shit if someone dies?

[@patriot-hj5vx]

I did the alcatraz swim. It's so many safety boats, lots of people and commotion. I felt safe in the water and the sharks motivated me to swim faster lol

[@stiofanmcareavey5300]

Most stupid thing I have ever heard.

[@USafortiori]

When you enter the ocean, you become part of the food chain.

[@jiggyciggy2188]

Yes I'm sure the ship is terrified

[@805fillmore]

Land too.

[@robbied106]

I kayaked to Alcatraz at night with my friend who said that there are great whites in the bay. I didn’t believe it until I saw this video.

[@Dustyholes]

no way

[@aaroncasbon9943]

Powerful JRE sent me here.

[@LuisGutierrez-uo4ov]

ROGAN

[@nerddorkdiaries2351]

+Aaron Casbon (Subutai) RUN JRE

[@Thizlamic]

+Luis Gutierrez 100%

[@joerogaine7984]

That wasnt a shark it was dmt

[@MirrorDomains]

He just talked about it again!

[@BobbieBees]

I think the seal might have sustained an injury.

[@brantastik]

+Bobbie Bees Naaaah, that seal is gangster AF. He is so gangster that he was drinking red wine at the time until the pesky Great White sucker punched him and made him spill it into the water. What the footage doesn't show is the seal coming back with his crew for a swim-by revenge attack; no sucker punch either. Straight gangster, seal style - Seeeeaaasiiiide!!!

[@brothertspoon5899]

I think that injury might’ve sustained a seal

[@SegiDream]

And it was a full body breach. Rarely if ever witnessed away from South Africa. Possibly the first time that was recorded as part of their natural predation on the west coast.

[@potatotruck]

+SegiDream - No, they do this at the Farallon Islands (20 miles off SF) and at the mouth of Drakes Bay.

[@DoubleGauss]

Even more so near Guadalupe Island, 250 miles southwest of San Diego.

[@MJLeger-yj1ww]

There are a LOT of surfers off of California coasts. Sitting on their board with their feet hanging in the water, or paddling out, splashing the water on their boards, surfers look a LOT like the pinnipeds that sharks prefer to eat, i.e., seals and sea-lions.

[@oraz.]

The breach everywhere. My brother saw one breach in the distance off shore of Aquinnah MA

[@moriarty6677]

It is funny because before this footage all the "experts" said there were no sharks so far from the sea in the San Francisco Bay.... It seems sharks ignore it...

[@uncleswan3896]

they did? not in the bay area!

[@TMath-hi8yp]

Moriarty 667 We visited several years ago and we were told the same thing

[@jenniferbrewer5370]

Just 30 feet from the Alcatraz dock..... WOW.

[@willcall9431]

I was there in the navy and swore I have seen great whites in the bay back in the 80s. This just proves it.

[@MJLeger-yj1ww]

There have been fatal attacks in the Red Triangle (Bodega Bay in the north to Big Sur in the south coast of California) and one of the reasons for attacks north of California is because they used to dive north of San Francisco, for abalone and sea urchins (for their roe-eggs) and when you pry them off the sea floor, it releases odors into the water that are like dinner-bells to sharks! Divers would have a sack full of urchins and get attacked. Abalone have been scarce now for decades, few are left now, but there are still plenty of purple sea urchins. Another reason is that there are pinnipeds in those areas (sea lions and seals and elephant-seals further south) and that's a favorite prey of sharks, especially the Great White Shark! Another separate reason, dead whales have washed up on the shores in that area (called a whale fall) and instead of towing it back out to deep water in the ocean, they bury it right on shore! As it decomposes, the oils and fluids seep into the sand and the rains come and wash that out to sea. That WILL draw sharks as dead whales are one of their favorite ways to feed!

[@diegohurtado4839]

Very cool info 👍🏽

[@Candy-ji1sr]

You are very knowledgeable. Appreciate it

[@zackzittel7683]

Yeah it surprised me how many abalone hunters died from gristly great white attacks but that makes a lot of sense knowing they release a smell.

[@aldorfc7287]

Amazing how everyone just stops doing what there doing to come and witness something nature had giving us... Phenomenal 👍

[@consumman]

i always had listened that one reason because alcatraz was a prison hard to scape is because in its waters you can find this sharks. Sorry for my english, i am from spain 😅

[@theAverageJoe25]

Not just sharks but the water is extremely cold and violent

[@jenniferbrewer5370]

I notice that since the release of this video, far fewer people think Frank Morris and the Anglin brothers survived.

[@dope4500]

I swam this at 12 also very competitive swimmer but it's not that hard look up jack lalane he did it handcuffed and shackled to a boat.

[@user-ml2lk7dy7k]

Yup. And that was before the indiscriminate hunting of this species, so there R more of them and more than likely way bigger .

[@Silverback3]

I lived on Alcatraz for 10 years, when I was a kid. We saw sharks all the time, never Great whites, that is so cool.

[@fordwk]

Now we know what happened to the Three who escaped in 1963.

[@KhanDaniels]

​@@fordwk😂😂😂

[@vanPoll]

Holy mother of god! I did not know that Great Whites go up this far. I thought about doing the Alcatraz swim and I completely *deleted* this from my list of things to do.

[@swegotech8466]

Last week I did the Alcatraz swim. I must admit that I also was worried a bit about this as well, because KZbin had to show me this video a couple of days before my swim. lol. I've swam with sharks before, even a 13ft Tiger shark, but the view in that water was clear, SF bay is not. However, the second you jump into the water you realize, that sharks are your least concern and you focus on your swim 😄 The only wildlife I was worried about were those sea lions even most of them are cute. Looking back it was a very rewarding thing to do. So don't let the video scare you.

[@vanPoll]

@@swegotech8466 I tip my hat to you, Sir! Swimming with Sharks or in sharkinfected waters is a horrorvision to me, but I know it is possible. The Tigershark must have been a majestic sight to see. I'm not that brave, so I will not do the Alcatraz. Can Sealions be a aggressive?

[@swegotech8466]

@@vanPoll yes watching the Tigershark was really an amazing expierence (I've that video on my KZbin if you want to see this). Yes some people go bitten by sealions in the SF bay. Even when there was one really close to my swim I don't really know how they react. I think most of them are not attacking you and they are more playful. But I have seen videos where people got in trouble with sea lions. So this was more my worries than the very very low chance of a shark attack.

[@oraz.]

The go North of Washington state down to Chile. Fatal attacks in both places. Same in the Atlantic from the Bahamas to Nova Scotia.

[@tailhookmd2546]

Well if there was ever a doubt as to whether white sharks are in the bay there you have it.

[@Steve_643]

I remember reading a sign at the SF aquarium that said the salt content was to high in the bay for sharks to live in. I guess they were wrong

[@dionjaywoollaston1349]

I saw a documentary a couple of years back that said due to the drought the salt content was lowered enough for the shark to come in

[@Steve_643]

I was at the aquarium in 2005 so that makes sense thanks

[@watermelonboy-cw5ju]

They were always here those people that said they don’t come into the bay are proven to be idiots. I’m sure they like the open waters of the bay where it’s deep

[@brantastik]

These are the very same waters that certain alleged Alcatraz ex-inmates swam to escape. Knowing or seeing this, if I were an inmate I would've opted for jail, thank you very much.

[@Godzilla691138MW3]

Lol, yeah especially seeing how great whites kill a seal, an escaped prisoner would pretty much be no difference.

[@jenniferbrewer5370]

Seems the Alcatraz guards were more right than they knew when they told the inmates about the sharks in SF Bay.

[@johnshields6852]

That blood flow is exactly what a human attack would look like without the screaming.

[@sdamon7]

Now I know for sure what I always suspected. I am not alone with harmless fish, when I am in the water of the San Francisco Bay.

[@jenniferbrewer5370]

Did you know that the first time white sharks were ever filmed breaching was off the Farallon Islands, just off SF?

[@PossiblyTheRealSirSqualo]

Home state represent

[@123verne]

I was on the boat that day and saw this first hand

[@theAverageJoe25]

Interestingly there are About 11 species of shark in the bay including the leopard shark(the most common) pacific angel shark, Brown Smoothhound, Broadnose Sevengill, Soupfin Shark and more, white sharks aren’t supposed to be found in the bay but on occasion they do find their way in

[@georgemilo7649]

The seagull's like DAVE DAVE WHAT HAPPENED

[@jenniferbrewer5370]

Dave's not here, man...

[@fernandorodrigues5912]

Fizz Ult

[@enz9542]

+Fernando Rodrigues omfg x'DDD

[@LuisGutierrez-uo4ov]

+Fernando Rodrigues fuk i hate fizz

[@Joyboyisme]

Lolololol

[@eefund]

Full Breach! WOW.

[@MrCoaltrain15]

train by day, joe rogan podcast by night, all day

[@syd.000]

I watched a documentary about the people who escaped Alcatraz and one got caught on rocks but the other made it to S.F shore he was taken back to Alcatraz there are actually thousands of people who swim the three miles from Alcatraz to S.F just to do its pretty cool

[@jccharles6182]

That's insane! Moreover, locals do a yearly swim event from "The Rock" to the mainland. One year a 7yr old and a Golden Retriever participated in the event. SMH, Seriously?

[@heathguillory4803]

It's a fact.you tube got the footage.find "white shark caught and released off alcatraz" and you can see for yourself. There in the bay chasing seals that rest along fisherman's wharf boat docks, slips and pier 39.i live outhere born and raised ,lots of drone footage of juvenile whites sunning up and down the coast.check it out.youtube has it all.

[@mumbus272]

What a spectacular sight...

[@fordwk]

Now we know what happened to the Three who escaped in 1963.

[@djackson006]

Now imagine the rail/fence everyone was leaning on suddenly gave way. 😇

[@jenniferbrewer5370]

Sounds like an awesome opener for a sixth Final Destination movie. That premonition would be more horrific than usual. Planes, rollercoasters, highway pileups - they don't EAT you.

[@willekewk]

nothing would happend

[@raychbez]

It would scare the sharks away. That's what would happen. 🙄

[@whe832kso10]

@@raychbez at first sure, but all those humans screaming and kicking in a frenzy….

[@Grillinnap]

You have a weird imagination

[@brockragni1053]

I was on vacation when that attack happened. I was actually there on the day it happened. I'm actually standing on the other end of the pier, looking out at the water. I started panicking when I saw that thing.

[@jceasar5685]

I was actually the shark, next time jump in and have a nice swim🦈

[@batmanRBC]

There’s another angle of this event filmed from the crowd on the left, and there’s a really funny kid who you can hear singing the Jaws “da-na-da-na-da-na”.

[@James-oo1yq]

Look how many people are leaning against the barrier, imagine if it broke and they fell in 🤣

[@PsychologicalApparition]

* imagines

[@willy84__39]

The Pacific Ocean the 20% of the white sharks are monitoring, depends of the season, they are moving between (1)Hawai - (2)Guadalupe island - (3) San Francisco, thats the information about their GPS. The famous triangle every year.

[@TigerMeadows]

+Willy Visedo The Red Triangle. You don't wanna go swimmin' over there.

[@Dustyholes]

That seagull wanted those courtside seats lmao

[@therealist1103]

That shark had to swim through human feces just to get lunch.

[@pietropes1322]

Now we know why those escaped prisoners were never found....

[@llve-jc7lx]

Yup there were less boats, less pollution in the waters back in the day when Alcatraz was open. More life more sharks so those guys were for sure eaten by sharks

[@Muhlogan]

OMFG GET YOUR PHONE OUT!! I swear, EVERY single person watched that through a phone's screen.

[@spacepodz9216]

+MuhLogan the boss in red at the bottom also not rushing to the edge like he has a brain.

[@Muhlogan]

Leon Mann I just think that its sad that most people nowadays experience some of the most important moments in their lives through a fucking screen. Put the phone down and actually take in the moment!

+MuhLogan You would have done the same, buddy.

[@Sety]

+MuhLogan What if you wanna record and document the moment and see it again and again? Thats the main reason why they pull out there phones.

[@jenniferbrewer5370]

"Screw the cell house, THERE'S A SHARK OUT THERE!!!!!"

[@Baby_yoda_king]

The worlds biggest big white shark is named big blue and is 6m 20 feet

[@vespavespa8946]

What about those who constantly swim from there to Sam Francisco? They never bitten?

[@freeaintfree]

I've seen some giants in new smyrna beach fishing by south causeway bridge

[@mbluetyphoon]

Holy sheesh, this is waaaaaaaaaay too close to home for me!!!!!!!

[@Sharpshooter99100]

thats crazy. at one point it was right next to the wall where all the people were stood!

[@seancarson1212]

Think I might pass on that Escape from Alcatraz triathlon after watching this....

[@petrokemikal]

I find it very amusing how they have a giant swim race here every year.. When its clearly inhabited by sharks.. It will make the news and of course everyone's shocked and devastated when somebody eventually gets take out by one !!

[@johnlesling8376]

They say that although the area has a lot of great whites, that sharks only rarelyy frequent the actual bay near Alcatrez. I still would never risk it, they are def in there regardless and there are seals everywhere.

[@yorky9585]

Idiots that's why. I wouldn't hike were lions or tigers are why would people swim with something that will eat you .

[@LeatherCladVegan]

@@yorky9585 Nor would you spelling or grammar. But idiots, sure.

[@yorky9585]

@@LeatherCladVegan there's manually intelligent and. Academically . Idiots go were something could eat you . Then they get the shark hunted and killed because of their stupidity .

[@raychbez]

I huge group of humans swimming would scare sharks away. They aren't paranas.

[@stayslidewayz]

i can spot the kid in blue from the other video pov " this is the best thing I ever seen in my life" 🤣

[@gameandgamer1479]

"I don't like the taste of blood," the shark says, shaking its meal so as much blood a possible come out. "But what I DO like," he announces as he drags the bleeding seal around in a circle, "Is baiting my friends."

[@bassbuckmaster]

Well... who won?

[@bobfish3176]

Seen that off of SBI except the shark came completely out of the water with the seal in his mouth. The shark wasn't quite that big though!

[@Jphonski]

And this is why you never swin near Alcatraz

[@brianjones866]

Mother Nature puts on the best show

[@stevegordon2032]

Was the seal ok after this? 🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@flipper184]

Thanks for sharing .

[@Levi-em6ym]

You need Video from people right in front of the action. Can't believe no one had a phone out.

[@cz3249]

No seal was harmed in this documentary….

[@GordonStudent]

Train by day Joe Rogan podcast by night..... all day

[@carlsbadtuber]

AND PEOPLE SWIM ...FROM ALCATRAZ BACK N FORTH ALOT... GUESS THEY MIGHT THINK TWICE NOW ..OR SWIM FASTER?

[@darwinism101]

I wanted to do the swim from Alcatraz, but after this video I quickly changed my mind. Freaked me out. I would be that one guy ending up like that seal.🤣

[@techwcrafter]

Fizz has been ulted.

[@tysswe1]

people will Think twice about swimming to Alcatraz now.

[@surfsquatch5]

I knew there were sharks around there!!! Dang I knew it!!!!

[@theAverageJoe25]

About 11 species of shark are in the bay including the leopard shark(the most common) pacific angel shark, Brown Smoothhound, Broadnose Sevengill, Soupfin Shark and more, white sharks aren’t supposed to be found in the bay but on occasion they do find their way in

[@watermelonboy-cw5ju]

@@theAverageJoe25not supposed to? Says who clearly they can go where ever they want

[@MRGrim666]

Qui-Gon Jinn:always a bigger fish

[@bigsby6956]

i assume this was what happened to the prisoners that escaped

[@anthonymartinez9624]

Their bodies would've washed up on the shore

[@tonysoprano2713]

@@anthonymartinez9624 how? The shark could have eaten them whole.

[@anthonymartinez9624]

@@tonysoprano2713 There were 2 bodies that were found one floating in the bay by a cargo ship which wasn't identified and another one off shore which the Dna proved not to be any of them

[@tonysoprano2713]

@@anthonymartinez9624 hmmm, i didn't know that.

[@elliotjoseph6093]

With that amount of blood when the first hit happened that seal was ripped wide open or completely bit in 2.

[@saintsinner7565]

That is exactly, why I don't go into the water

[@tucko11]

We all know and realize you have a better chance of getting struck by lightning than bit by a shark

[@justsayin644]

particularly if you never go in the sea and like standing in the middle of fields during storms holding a metal pole

[@Beckyboo.89]

So all that time the guards threatening the inmates saying if they try to escape the sharks are circling , they were not lying .....

[@Penny_Wolf]

There should have never been any doubt there all over the bay and thousands off the fairlon islands

[@alldaytony2751]

And when I went to Alcatraz they said thier are no sharks in those waters, what a bunch of liars. Those tour people lied about alot of things.

[@chelazar8895]

Never believe someone if he says no shark here arround had also bad experince

[@theAverageJoe25]

There’s actually 11 different species of shark In the bay but none of them are harmful to humans, great whites aren’t even supposed to be there but as shown in the video occasionally they are found

[@heathguillory4803]

Diving these waters and Kelp beds is a dangerous act hunting for abalone. Dangerous is a understatement.

[@ShakespeareCafe]

The bigger danger is the Alcatraz Cormorant flies; they're relentless

[@eli-ke3wl]

the bay is literally my biggest fear

[@rhensley94]

Which pier is this

[@donaldkoelper5807]

This video is from a surveillance camera that's mounted on a cruise vessel, which was docked at Alcatraz Island at the time of this recording.

[@emilyc2175]

can we name him larry. what a great video he is one massive beautiful creature

[@acepotter6053]

Kay Thompson swims in this water.

[@Serpent947]

689k views,and only 656 likes!?

[@kaiza9184]

smh, people act like they've never seen a great white kill a seal in broad day light before

[@vespavespa8946]

Those who swim from there to the city never get bitten?

[@thorstenkummel6840]

Ok I review swimming in this "peaceful" bay when i go to SF next time.

[@johnlesling8376]

I still get the heebie jeebies everytime I look at the SF bay because of sharks. I have been living in SF for 4 yrs now, NY born and raised.

[@fragelicious]

Lucky crowd ; )

[@thumb9005]

That’s Alcatraz

[@oxyfee6486]

Was that Clint Eastwood?

[@vitor79pinto]

that's game over for the seal, poor seal :( i afraid of sharks , lions and snakes

[@trajik420]

I love when they always say there are no sharks ever in this area then a shark proves them wrong heres the truth if theres ocean water expect there to always be a shark in that water

[@FLP1203]

The Nature is beautiful!

[@JohanSalvattore]

+Luis Felipe Savage but beautiful indeed

[@LeroyKinkade]

Let Polly do the Printing!

[@shawnrae2952]

Everybody get your phones out quick!

[@lawrencemaye6921]

Should have just watched it with your own 👀 none of you got a better recording than the boat.

[@bankzoz8871]

We got there 3 weeks after that ,

[@tsilva1970]

sharks are nice, dont worry about it, go in,, its fun,, trust me my friend,,,, trust me.

[@watermelonboy-cw5ju]

Well I think I know what happened to the 3 that tried to escape Alcatraz 🦈

[@Baby_yoda_king]

And discoverd in 2014

[@RT-mm8rq]

Hmm, Dinner and a show.

[@yodatrucker420]

Damn that seal popped like a gusher

[@TPDManiacXC626]

Fruit gushers! Taste the blast!

[@moreblack]

Just letting folks know they out there

[@tonyparra8459]

Add in "Jaws theme"