Scuba divers have 'once-in-a-lifetime' encounter with great white shark near Catalina

[@skydouglas996]

“Once in a lifetime experience “, could have been once in a very short lifetime experience.😮

[@NinetyFiveBravo1775]

​@@highcountrydelatitesafer with a great white than with Charles Manson, Jeffrey Dahmer, Jeffrey Epstein, Donald Trump. Even scarier is these are all land predators.

[@abdiver12]

I'm an abalone diver in northern CA and a few years back, another diver named Randy Fry got his head bitten off in only 15 feet of water. His dive buddy said Randy just disappeared in a cloud of blood right beside him. Also a "once in a lifetime" encounter. I guess it all depends on how hungry the shark is in that day.

[@Nath-sn1mv]

I mean, Randy might have been trying to look inside its mouth??....

[@nickmitsialis]

@@Nath-sn1mv No the shark hit Randy as if he was a prey item--big white sharks like to decapitate pinnipeds to end the struggle quickly. That being said, the coast guard recovered all of Fry's body over 24 hours later; If it wanted to eat him it could have but it didn't. I know that white sharks in Australia will eat humans (the fatal attacks over there feature 'total consumption' of the victim with surprising frequency. ) but off Cali, even if the vic is in the water for a long time (Frye, Louis Boren, the 2021 Christmas Eve shark attack at Morro Bay) they usually are not eaten (small consolation if your dead!); Ralph Collier says its because central coast white sharks are 'spoiled' by those big fat elephant seal pups that are birthed every fall. So it might be curiosity or territorial ( big flat thingy is in it's chosen space, and the bite is basically 'get off my lawn'). Still The Channel Islands have a history of BIG white sharks (and BIG Mako sharks) because there are deep dropoffs and lots of seals and sea lions to ambush.

[@Nath-sn1mv]

@@nickmitsialis it more sarcasm / irony tbh. I am actually from Australia and have and do swim with them. A guy was killed right next to 1 of my usual spearfishing spots earlier in the year.

[@nickmitsialis]

@@Nath-sn1mv It's all good; shocking about your experiences. I'm from the US (Northern California) but the area of Greece my family is from (Kerkyra/Corfu) was famous for a couple of fatal (IE: Total consumption) attacks by white sharks, though in all the years I've been swimming, I've never seen any sharks.

[@Piratedaveslife]

I was scuba diving off Looe Key, and a 12 foot Bull Shark popped up behind me 20 feet away. I saw him turn to me, and I was back on my boat in 3 seconds. They domt play.

[@strongdelusion9442]

Agreed no thank you, I'm gone!

[@matty7dream1]

Lucky you saw it in time. You could offer me $1million there is still no way I am going into the sea.

[@karlpedersen7]

I've dived with Great whites for years in SA 🇿🇦. Truly amazing creatures. 🦈 💙

[@tube33139]

He was headed to the Catalina Wine Mixer.

[@crxk20r59]

Boats and hoes!

[@strongdelusion9442]

"Boats and Hoes"

[@honkeykong9563]

Catalina Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo India November Golf Wine Mixer!

[@zx45zx]

"hurl myself into shark infested waters"

[@quitplayinus]

Roll of the dice...

[@Taureanfitness]

These people are incredibly lucky that it just simply wasn't hungry.

[@trifin5772]

Great whites don’t eat us. When they have attacked the generally realise we aren’t food and let go. Sadly they are so powerful that we can get really hurt in the process! Tiger sharks and bull sharks do eat us!

[@bradchatellier1877]

Humans are really not on the white shark menu, but it's true, they don't always recognize us and might come in for a test bite.

[@devonmartinbasson]

facts.

[@Compuscience-Python-Prog-Exps]

See. Jaws was friendly after all.

[@efrenlozoya8720]

The shark didn't see us, right. Blessed to be alive these divers. GWs are opportunistic feeders. It just wasn't hungry for humans that day/ lucky

[@dolphinsfan3245]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@HeadNtheClouds]

He just wanted to play. He was so misunderstood

[@ryanpearson9596]

As a Scuba diver who is in awe of sharks in general, an encounter with a GW is the holy grail. I think GW's are evolving intellectually, just as perhaps Dolphins and Orca did to become the known intelligent self-aware creatures they are. Same with humans. Human intellectuality, at some point was once sub-par from where we are today but we evolved. They may sense we are at a higher stage of intelligence which may create new neuropathways in the brains of sharks when they become curious of humans. GW's have been around a lot longer than humans have but they are confined to the underwater world but as humans we are thriving in both which is maybe why we've surpassed them intellectually. My hypothesis is GW's are evolving with each human encounter/sighting/interaction.

[@jasonclark950]

I disagree!! They are an apex predator and a killing machine when they are hungry!! There is an increase in Australian surfers and divers that get taken by Great whites every year! These divers were very lucky it wasn't hungry at the time!!

[@kirkdunn1379]

that was a really good size one, pretty cool and am sure nerve racking at same time......there are tons of em over there

[@conqueringlion420]

There she is guys “I’m spiritual” , RUN

[@berniedmj1]

They are curious, but how curious they are is the scary part. Why? Because their mouths are their hands.

[@kurtsmith2699]

100%. They explore the world with their teeth.

[@nickmitsialis]

@@kurtsmith2699 And there's another factor (why do dogs chase cars? It's not like they're going to catch them, right? It's just predator reaction). One time, here on Y/T a spearfisherman diving off the Channel Islands (I forgot which one) caught sight of, and started filming, a 'teenage' white shark rising up towards him with surprising speed--but as soon as the shark got close enough to notice that he was seen and had a speargun pointed at him, he immediately turned away and began to swim parallel to him and kept his distance, as if to say 'Hah, just kidding'. Another case I read about was of an Australian diver who 'exited' the cage to swim with a white shark--little by little he was led further and further away from the cage, when suddenly the shark turned about abruptly and came at him. What could the guy do? He 'squared up' and faced the shark-who promptly just swam passed him. Once they established their 'pecking order', he spent the next 15 minutes or so free swimming with the shark until he had to return to the cage. I think 'Some' white sharks might even make harassing humans a 'sport': there was a lobster diver off who got bitten off Pebble Beach-non fatal but still severe bite to the thigh. He saw it several times during his dives but each time it was spotted, it would 'fade away' beyond visual distance--finally when he broke the surface near his Zodiac inflatable to tell his father there was a shark in the water, the shark closed the distance and bit him in the thigh-then it left. Why? Maybe it wanted to 'practice it's hunting strategy'? I have no idea if sharks are even that smart or not.

[@Giggle-ing]

Once in a lifetime? There are tons of gw’s around Catalina all the time.

[@pmgear]

once in a lifetime meaning she survive the experience of GW that suddenly shows up underneath her. Experience it again and it might end differently. If she manages to experience it 10 times she should get a Darwin award.

[@LarsDennert]

Always nice when a diver is the reporter. Nice job Christina!

[@PsychicMediumRebeccaK]

Nope

[@heatherstephens9295]

Spiritual Experience - she could have been the spirit 😂😂

[@brucepedersen4032]

Up close like that is AWE INSPIRING ❤❤❤

[@hannabio2770]

Such a gorgeous creature! ❤ This scuba diver are really lucky to meet friendly Great White!! 🤗😍😍 I'm amazed!

[@iflyg4]

There would be a brown cloud behind me. Jaws killed it for me for life. Thanks mom.

[@Perch_Master_Nick]

I was recently fishing at Catalina Island. It's really rare to see sharks cruising by the boat but it dose happen. I seen 3 blue sharks and 2 mako sharks before.

[@evanherrera5948]

No it’s not ahhaa u r on a boat rarely then

[@jmalexander131]

Bravo for the non-hyperbolic coverage.

[@theplanetofcats6]

Be careful guys .Shark is no joke .

[@lemar5580]

Yes Your correct so blessed it didn’t decide to turn you into it’s afternoon lunch

[@mikem.2078]

Unnecessary

[@anandmorris]

See, thats professionalism. No panicking or exaggerating the sitiation. Incredible. I on the other hand would have leaped out the water like a fat panicking cruise missile.

[@irishninja2009]

Why are they downplaying how dangerous this was

[@杰-说话都要講道理]

This is one of the most awesome footage ever filmed ´ this foogy waters GW appearing and disappearing like a ghost ´ atmosphere is so unique that’s just perfect 👍 👍

[@medicjack2845]

It’s a GREAT white shark** Say GREAT white shark, G-d’it

[@Robert-vl3ur]

you = loser 🙂

[@lj2700]

This is just advertising for the dive company everybody knows there's sharks in the ocean and especially at Catalina

[@clasicdemott5986]

You're Absolutely Correct about that.

[@TubeFlexMedia]

You have a better chance of getting seriously injured ridding a bike than you do in case you ever encounter a great white shark White Shark. Those are facts! Sharks are great to dive with. Just don't be stupid about it!

[@billfletcher5495]

Awesome encounter. The usual shark jokes, but most people don’t understand them. Don’t fear sharks, fear the bad driver on the road, walking down stairs, eating fatty foods, and lack of exercise/heart disease. Those things WILL kill you.

[@cindyfall8063]

Live and let live

[@PlanetBlake]

I am glad that the encounter went OK. On rare occasion, they don’t go OK and someone either gets injured or killed. They were fortunate to have an experience that say that they enjoyed, without any bloodshed. I appreciate their excitement. For me it would’ve been an entirely different story cause I would’ve been terrified. But then again I would never be in the water to begin with, so I’m happily satisfied staying on the land… LOL

[@paulmila5210]

Watching great whites from the safety of a cage in Guadalupe Island, what struck me was how unpredicable they are. You never knew if they would make a sudden turn towards us or just keep moving.

[@paulmila5210]

@@highcountrydelatite Hi, whether or not they're the "most" predictable, your heart skips a beat (even in a cage) when they turn toward you and you don't know what they'll do next.😄

[@paulmila5210]

@@highcountrydelatite Very cool! Also did some cageless shark dives with Stuart Coves in the Bahamas, but that was Caribbean Reef sharks. I wouldn't tangle with bulls. Read that scientists have found that pound for pound, male bull sharks have the most testosterone of any animal on the planet.

[@paulmila5210]

@@highcountrydelatite Nice! I scuba dive a lot in Cozumel and across the channel near Playa Del Carmen they have a bull shark dive but I think I'll skip it. Heard too many bad stories about bull shark enconters. I am "Chicken Of The Sea"!

[@francisboland6683]

That water would have gotten awful BROWN if I was on that dive!

[@arthurvargaslujan18]

Looks like a experienced great white

[@goldeneagle99]

Could have been last time you ever saw anything again....

[@VolksdeutscheSS]

This was not a "chance" encounter. Sharks can sense the "resonant thumb print" given off by a diver when he/she is swimming because it's somewhat of the size of the shark itself. This "thumb-print sine wave" is distinguished by the fish from the rest of the resonances--very short and very long--that exist in the ocean. Best practice in this situation is "no sudden movements" calm and steady. And, as another person noted in this thread: this "once in a lifetime experience" could have turned out quite differently: these predators are unpredictable.

[@gaatjenietaanprivacy5023]

You see, "We don''t need a bigger boat".

[@Malibu_Dawn]

Great reporting!

[@JS-hb7qu]

All fun & games until your leg gets chomped off

[@colemank7753]

Nice experience, but it wasn’t 15 feet. 11-12 feet

[@mikeoglen6848]

omg! A GWS swimming in the Sea! Who would ever have thought that!

[@ryand141]

Get a job as an Abalone diver, then come tell me sharks are nice and cuddly.

[@andrewbarton5590]

Not about being hungry all the time. If it was feeling a territorial situation that would have been game over.

[@DoggyDoula]

😂 i love that she was so excited about getting her shark encounter 😂 i live on the east coast,white sharks dont give a crap about humans here.

[@barkermjb]

“Once in a lifetime experience “. One way or another….

[@gregkmit6492]

SO AWESOME!🔥💜🙏

[@mikeanzarouth518]

Shark tacos would be a delectable treat out there off the coastal 1, maybe a bit of avo and lime habanero salsa, spicey....

[@stevenbenjamin818]

Once in a life encounter. It could have been last encounter. Sharks are unpredictable 😅

[@lancecashler5547]

Don’t worry we people from California can read a shark’s mind

[@Robert-vl3ur]

you = loser 🙂

[@RobertR-t5l]

you're blessed that you didn't get eaten

[@poppycock6572]

I bet the reporter was something ... Before electricity.

[@MicBergsma]

Love it! I am jealous!

[@plutoplatters]

"Very rare" not at all... they're everywhere

[@betofernandez5524]

Exactly. Most of people don't realize how common is to have sharks in the waters. The number of GW swimming close to humans in some beaches at regions like California Coast is crazy. Hundred of close interactions every month? week? Watching some drone videos you can realize.

[@crazypolite]

So it wasn't hungry. They love the good shark PR

[@sfiron]

This was lucky from more than one aspect. Yellow colors are not a good choice as well...don't try this at home kind of thing

[@Irelandrbi]

Amazing experience. Wow 🔥

[@DJMarkmann]

If that's a 15 foot Great White than i'm 14 and a half foot tall !!!!!!

[@BidenOwesMeGasMoney]

That’s what I said when I saw it. More like 12 ft. Still pretty cool though

[@mattjoseph7255]

Yeah that was easily 15 feet of fish right there. From the perspective at 1:10 keep in mind that the shark is probably a good 20 feet below them.

[@nightrider4370]

Agree May 10?

[@MJR1117]

Looks about 12ft

[@gerardosalazar161]

They know the Catalina area is a breeding ground for Great Whites yet they go and dive. Can you blame the fish?

[@rainbowrose9299]

Yeah thrilling!!! NNNAAATTT!!!!!!!

[@spaceskipster4412]

It had already had lunch…! 😂

[@davidcarruthers5850]

spiritual until it kills you .....

[@1scott921]

15 foot is 3 kilometers?

[@nerad1994]

Humans are friends, not food

[@irishninja2009]

Please go in to the water rainbow warrior

[@robertluna8993]

It was spiritual? 😳 till it decides your food

[@R1sk1t-B1sk1t]

She’s feels blessed for being close to animal while swimming in its habitat lmao somebody take this girl to get blessed by the bears😂what an idiot

[@R1sk1t-B1sk1t]

I’m aware that behavior in the two species are vastly different but it doesn’t change how idiotic that sounded to me. Of course you’re going to get close to one, you’re in it’s home😂😂 and while “rare” they can, do and will eat you

[@Broker205]

Hahahaha! We are laughing nervously! Hahahaha! We're all going to die! Hahahaha!

[@RickyBarness13]

I saw one surfing at Emma Wood 7’

[@beltop5]

Umm Ocean Ramsey swims with great whites all the time

[@sinner-saint361]

The hunters become the hunted😂

[@simonrussell6884]

They are getting bigger!

[@robertschoonover6517]

Very spiritual to be a piece of shark poop….😮

[@svenop]

Lots of sea lions around the island

[@Dogsrulepeoplenot]

Once in a lifetime????

[@FireBladeRR-RSP]

Lucky it wasn’t hungry

[@TheFrog767]

Great white shark got it

[@tblcville]

Excitement

[@tblcville]

Do you think the shark smelled when u chit ure pants

[@goldeneagle99]

It was spiritual...yea you almost became a spirit.....👻

[@taurielnightblade7200]

thay saying so happily that encounter?? next they are dead for sure, they did not tell when the shark was going circles calculating how to attack because they ran away and did not stay there longer. and then spiritual connection WHAAAAT;??? why she did not stay with the shark??nope always a shark is calculating how to bite, eat and attack you anytime.

[@ataglance556]

This is crazy, you want spiritual encounters go read your Bible

[@John-gw7dh]

se parece a la de la familia peluche

[@marcgoldstein2957]

Follow to the Malibu Artist to find out how much White Sharks are not interested in humans.

[@GreenClassified]

Not interested until they are. Don't kid yourself

[@jameswarren423]

Yeah, there would’ve been a big brown shark by the white shark if I seen that in the water😵‍💫💩

[@guyfawkes8384]

"It was...spiritual." These liberals are loopy.

[@mikeemolina9776]

Fuxk that shits not cool I would have 💩 myself

[@drdeb_ocherry]

Yellow, bad color, or white

[@r6mt09]

Wyt people

[@Gump-tion]

Was thinking the same thing

[@pinchebruha405]

Yep brave and fierce as fuuuuuuuuuuuck, it’s why they were able to bring the civilization to the west that most people want to live in, and why so many haters!

[@mattjoseph7255]

Rich people

[@ATRTAP]

da dum..da dum da dum da dum da dum da dum da dum

[@jacoblogsdon2850]

It was "spiritual".... Darwinism needs to make a comeback.

[@seansmith1756]

Stoned to the bone 😊🤗😎✌

[@saulvillicana292]

White sharks are curious but do not predate on humans. There are often white sharks around us but they stay away like she said. Truly a spiritual experience.

[@mattjoseph7255]

Utterly false and there are plenty of cases to prove it.

[@saulvillicana292]

@@mattjoseph7255 feel free to provide your "plenty of cases". 🤓

[@straydog1996]

Wen poeple say they arnt killers their talkin shit,,, thats all they are , u got dumb lucky

[@Raveinator]

Why a “once in a lifetime experience”? - Because it might be last 🫠

[@buzz5969]

SPIRITUAL? Shark God? Good thing they didnt have any bugs 🦞. Dove and surfed Cali ten years of my life and Im glad I NEVER seen one but Im certain they knew I was there. Scary in those kelp bed forests.😊🍻✌🏻

[@mikeoglen6848]

What have Doves got to do with it?