Kayak Shark Encounter with drone footage.

A shorter edit of my encounter with a great white.
For those wondering, the kayak is 4m long. The thing at the back of my kayak isn't a bait bag, it is a sea anchor that slows down my drift to make fishing easier. I'm not mad about the encounter. Seeing sharks out there is normal, although this encounter was quite different and a lot more personal.

[@danepatterson8107]

When you enter the ocean, you enter the food chain.

[@silasla]

Especially when you have a bag of food attached to the kayak in the water!

[@canteraseme]

@@silasla Its an anchor

[@minginify]

@@silasla Especially when you don't bother to read the caption.

[@nunopit7439]

You'll enter the food chain faster walking on the savanna's...

[@keepinghealthy3332]

Dane; and we are near the bottom of that chain.

[@barrymundi480]

Scary how you can see them when they want you too and then a second later they can disappear beneath you.

[@samuelmcc1870]

My paranoid mind goes to: its disappearing beneath the waves to dive down deep so it can build up speed and knock my kayak into next week!

[@fritidjoffen]

Ikr, its scary how quickly they become invisible too

[@paulhall170]

Which means, even when you can't see them, they're there!!

[@yepiratesworkshop7997]

@@paulhall170 Those are the ones that ALWAYS worry me when I'm in the water working under boats. Generally the visibility is so bad I have to work by feel. Something could be 6-inches from me and I wouldn't know it.

[@missouriplantmom1769]

@@samuelmcc1870 yep that's exactly what I thought

[@fukkdasystemxd3759]

Scary asf how they just disappear

[@akhooba151]

What's more crazy, is we know more about space than the ocean. Still, we don't respect it. Even the shark can't fully penetrate his own world, or get fully lost in an abyss. Ocean terrifies me. I respect it, admire it, love marine life. But lost @ sea? I rather go face to face with any land predator.

[@bbkingwasthegreatest711]

Thats what I was thinking, and you know it is there, but where

[@akhooba151]

@@bbkingwasthegreatest711 I swear that moment when they notice a shark, then go to get back on the boat... I still think to myself, "damn, hopefully he don't go for the legs right when they're climbing up."

[@dbloyd2]

Dragging 3 barrels down with it if the boater thought of doing that scene from Jaws.

[@akhooba151]

@@dbloyd2 I still never forget that scene. Or when Roy Scheider stands & looks like "HOLY FU%*ING S$%T" lol

[@packerzfan85]

He was so curious by the anchor bag. Realized its not food and left. Absolutely amazing animal and great footage

[@Galm02]

Fr

[@johnbays32]

Arh nice one!!..That was the anchor bag at the back of the kayak😂.i though for a second maybe they had a bait bag there hoping we wouldn't think nothing of it😂but yes what a magnificent animal and amazing footage well impressed

[@MichaelSmith-zh2px]

Yep good time to put down the fishing pole.

[@92alphagal]

Thanks...I was wondering what the heck that was

[@sharkfaced]

Yeah - let’s look over the fact that only an idiot would do that knowing there are man eating sharks there !!

[@tomtiernan8134]

Kayaker: There is a shark as big as my kayak Radio Operator: How big is your kayak? Kayaker: Not big enough

[@chrisc7265]

Radio Operator: How big is your kayak? Kayaker: About the size of the shark

[@oneilclarke8494]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sktbug6833]

I love how they were just checking each other out. Sharks are such intelligent and curious creatures.

[@lancehobbs8012]

No they arent they have as brain the sise of a damn walnut...thats such a greta thunberg thing to say

[@CorpseGrinder1967]

Youre gonna need a bigger boat.

[@yettimusik2068]

Kayak is a boat.

[@elykspuz6596]

Hey it's the real quote instead of the misused one! Hazaa!

[@LoganRogue1]

🤣🤣

[@tepeassydac]

With a toilet

[@OGFrylock]

You're gonna need a better quote..

[@gregoryunderwood4121]

I remember when kayakers thought it was safe to paddle the rivers in Africa. Crocs just swam up and pulled them right out, without much effort. That shark could do the same thing IF it really wanted you.

[@robson5496]

Just live life in fear it brings you something.

[@changlee1196]

Enough encounters and information to say it is much safer in the ocean compared to African rivers. Enough swimmers, kayakers, snorklers, divers, etc,... to say sharks aren't too big of an issue.

[@WaffenSSaregods]

Yes but the shark doesn't want anything to do with you. Crocs on the other hand? That's a different story

[@davelister9755]

@@robson5496 Fear keeps people alive, paddling on a piece of plastic in the atlantic does not.

[@robson5496]

@@davelister9755 Its not about being alive, its about live life.

[@deschutesmaple4520]

Seems the shark was just naturally curious. What a once in a lifetime encounter :-)))

[@terrencebell2482]

Then why are there so many videos of this happening. If a shark that size is hungry enough and large enough shark soup ala kayaker

[@Jroark38]

that shark was not hungry so he was just gonna lay his peeps on the small food source on tiny boat XD

[@davidkaplan5517]

@@terrencebell2482 sharks don’t eat people….

[@Unknown-mu7ho]

@@davidkaplan5517 sharks don’t eat people ... 🙄🤯😳 ... soooo shark attacks are fake??🖕think before you speak

[@samuelmcc1870]

Could be the end of a lifetime encounter too.

[@user-gl5ok5pc7k]

I don't understand why people used a kayak in the middle of the ocean Like that is gonna save them 😁

[@HR-rt9nh]

I know right.... only way you get me on ocean is in a naval aircraft carrier... cause they have planes...

[@andrewdemarest1606]

considering that some sharks can get big enough to bite the kayak in two... I say these people are nuts.

[@amyg8792]

My thoughts exactly 👍

[@Akolada82]

The hark is so brave

[@Akolada82]

*shark

[@404-Err0r]

Some people take this as an "OMFG what is he thinking fishing out in the open seas like that" Sharks being my complete nightmare and the worse possible animal on the planet I could've ever dreamt of facing... see this video as: "Actually, just see things as they are and not worse than what it really is.... its evident that the shark had no interest in the Kayak and not all encounters end in blood. Its amazing to see nature as it really is and not tainted by the movies like 'The Meg' or 'Jaws'. Each to their own... but this for me is more empowering than fear. Good video capture.

[@lookatmoy1636]

Totally. I took up surfing after swimming in Western Australia ocean and realising my fear was too much. Since then now when im in the water I actually assume that there are big ones always around and I find that more realistic than 'they are hardly ever here but when they are they attack'. I even saw one leap out of the water vertically at Tea Tree bay a month or so ago, and thought about what my surfing cousin told me when I asked him about whether he leaves the water..."it depends how good the surf is". This day the surf was good...As for drones, I dont wanna know. When my time comes my time comes, bringing tech into the ocean to clutch onto mortality isnt my idea of a good time.

[@404-Err0r]

@@lookatmoy1636 could always give ocean guardian a try mate, I think the WA government actually subsidise a good portion for wa residents. If you haven't seen or heard about it, look up guardian ocean shark shield. They have equipment that you can mount to your surf board to help deter sharks and is the only brand proven to work (hence the subsidy from WA government) Personally, I'm saving for the freedom7+ model. (Diving) I think if you can arm yourself with the right info and act on those info, then the removal of fear will be the result of those actions ;)

[@lookatmoy1636]

@@404-Err0r I think the right info is the stats. Fear is gone. If something wants to eat me so be it.

[@christopherfarrington9270]

@@404-Err0r the best ocean guard is called dry land try it keeps you completely safe from ocean predators.

[@404-Err0r]

@@christopherfarrington9270 yeah I agree mate, but then so does staying home and never going out.. cause statistically speaking, you're about 1000 times more likely to be hit by a car and die than you would from a shark attack. Each to their own.. live in fear or live life on your own terms. No one but yourself can be the judge at the very end. Stay safe mate.

[@fishingnoosa]

The shark was just curious. I've had plenty of shark encounters in my fishing kayak over the years. Nothing quite as intense as that one, but close enough. The sport is as risky as you care to make it. He did the right thing. Sat there quietly. No paddling to excite the shark. No blood in the water. A quick check over and it was gone again. Memorable experience.

[@mattsmith3150]

Good to get a comment like this after some of the strange stuff I’ve been seeing!

[@alanfoster6589]

Sharks are just big dogs, and act the same way.

[@alanfoster6589]

Kayak doesn't look like a seal from below. Wrong silhouette for an attack.

[@atmacast4563]

@@mattsmith3150 not strange stuff, but mostly people with common sense.

[@kenadams9376]

@@atmacast4563 no, people with zero knowledge of sharks. Moat of these foreign people think they're just out slaughtering people all day. Very few shark attacks every year. If you don't know what you're doing, stay tf out of the ocean. You know, their home.

[@catapillargirl2021]

I wonder if this guy ever kayaked in the ocean again. My ass would’ve put that kayak right up for sale. No Ma’am!

[@TheMonkeyMedicine]

Kayaker is like ; "get the fuck away from me man". Shark is like; "Hey Dude, I haven't scene a bloke my size with your colors. Where you from mate".

[@jeroennieuwland4022]

seen

[@fxtalfr8735]

Lmfaooo

[@MichelleVisageOnlyFans]

Spelling seen as scene is PRICELESS, though! LOLZ!!!

[@dereksanchez1868]

I would be scared to if there was a shark circling my boat, especially if I'm alone

[@jeroennieuwland4022]

too. . . especially if I was alone.

[@dannilaser16]

He was just checking on the guy in the kayak to make sure he was okay.

[@marcelbecvar8675]

Imagine how long this dude has to clean his kayak after this....

[@elduderino7767]

im pretty sure he burned it and it wasn't because he couldn't get the smell out

[@andrewf0784]

I opened up Netflix in the background right when this video started playing, and in the Netflix App the Night Stalker trailer started playing, with a woman describing an encounter with him. It synced up perfectly with the shark circling the boat and was kind of trippy

[@laurametheny1008]

Yeah. Except the shark is a helluva better person than that...guy. Lol.🦈

[@laurametheny1008]

That was pretty hairy. That shark was as big as that little can with the big "sardine" in it lol. And he was not going away. I would have been 💩 bricks when he disappeared. They like to come up from the bottom....great footage tho. Never EVER would I be in a tiny little one person kayak in the middle of the sea. Loony tunes.🙄🤯🦈🚢 You really need a bigger boat mate!

[@ThisisDanBell]

INCREDIBLE

[@BigDemz]

can't wait for the next dirty hotel vid

[@AlpacaEmperor]

omg I love your urban exploration videos!!

[@osamabinladen824]

That's what she said

[@yodheyvavhey9525]

As a kayaker your video makes me want to switch to just photography! Great footage!

[@parsonstj]

Nicely handled. A little curiosity by a magnificent creature is nothing to freak out about.

[@johnclaassen9861]

Great footage! Scary getting checked out by a shark that big well done for staying calm!

[@terrelmchenry9524]

THAT'S A BIG KITTY.

[@richardloader1898]

These drones are getting some great footage of shark encounters, and proving that practically all shark encounters pass quite peacefully.

[@TS25539]

Yeah fishing in the ocean with a kayak is always a damn good idea

[@emancebo13]

Smoking cigarettes, riding with no helmet, free climbing, sea/ocean kayaking; there are things out there I will never understand...

[@leopardshark9581]

well, ocean kayaking is fine if you know the local fauna. wouldn't do it out in california, for example. the rest offer nothing but risk.

[@TonyG-iu4td]

So whilst this big shark moved off; Does it surely make us question whether we should fish in deep water off a small kayak??

[@rationallogic5325]

I've fished for years in a kayak. Only had one shark come up and give the kayak a bump. I have closer encounters with death every morning during the rush traffic to work.

[@ryanlorber9836]

@@rationallogic5325 exactly. You're not in danger necessarily if they are totally exposing themselves. If they wanted to attack you wouldn't see them before hand.

[@walterpayton2120]

@@ryanlorber9836 but it looks like a great white, those charge from below like a torpedo going up and can easily destroy the kayak

[@MegaWetbrain]

Great Scott he must of thrown out a few chooks. It looks like big Bessy the big dog has come for the afternoon supper right on time

[@brandon_g_808]

Epic drone shots!

[@matthewblackburne169]

That is amazing...great coolness to stay calm fella ..

[@christopherfarrington9270]

well what the fuck was he gonna do make a run for it.

[@warrenwilson1437]

I don't think I'd call it "Coolness"...

[@amadeoquilici242]

Awsome!! Good job keeping your head and not panicking.

[@MichelleVisageOnlyFans]

Shark be like: "C'mon dude, go for that eskimo roll! I am trained in rescue, if something happens, I got you!"

[@waderivers3304]

This is the moment when I would be saying the most sincere prayer of my life. it would begin, “Oh, God, I hope you can see me....”

[@MorganBrown]

Nice footage. Should go viral

[@jerrypaulwhite]

So crazy how it disappeared in a split second 🦈 great whites and grizzlys are my favorites

[@TTundragrizzly]

Mine too. Two very misunderstood creatures

[@tevezkeleztheman]

He got something else lingering behind his kayak.

[@pfaffman100]

Where and how far out? Amazing.

[@echospaw899]

Damn... I'm actually quite jealous. I'm just glad you knew what you were doing, instead of freaking out. She came, she saw, she went. Simple as that, heh heh

[@kajuta240]

They see the silhouette of paddles and boat, dude your making the profile of their favorite food.

[@leopardshark9581]

the most horrific part is the way it faded out at the end. still there, completely unseen.

[@hankb1604]

Awesome! Luckily great whites are rare in my area, however 5 - 8 ft bull sharks sometimes cruise by in the shallows. Keep your cool!

[@sdarms111doug9]

What the hell do you do in that situation? If it comes to close do you whack it with an oar?

[@uavzdronesolutions8631]

Nice footage mate. Chunky shark sussing you out

[@ferdinantamba6911]

My life flashing in the front of my eyes

[@vacambetta6119]

Kayak boii : There is Shark encounter my kayak. Radio Man : Ok, what is your last word?

[@hendriepatton478]

Time clean shorts. Damm big respect to you

[@LuisFernandez-ld8ow]

Thats the best laxative

[@oneilclarke8494]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Firefly-trike]

Looks to be a 12 foota mate. Seeing if you have any tucka.

[@janewebb3477]

Should you leave your paddles out to the sides, or bring it in parallel to the kayak? Or does it make any difference? What is shark curiosity etiquette for paddlers?

[@kenadams9376]

Don't paddle unless you have to. Don't look/move like a seal and you'll be fine. At least you asked about something you didn't know about. So many comments that are just spreading whatever garbage they heard on the "news." You have a better chance of being struck by lighting than getting bit by a shark, especially a White.

[@chrislegend_legendary5812]

After that I couldn't stop looking around, were on their surf......

[@jackofallvidz9418]

Spooky how it just vanishes so quickly into the depth of the ocean.

[@TheSunIsMyDestroyer]

human has entered the chat shark has entered the chat killer whale has entered the chat shark has left the chat

[@LionTheHeart]

Exciting but a tad worrying, you gotta be there to really know!

[@scotty932096]

The eeriest feeling is knowing that they are invisible once only 5 metres away, they can feel you and see you from much much further away. Especially if your heart is racing and you have a fairly decent wound or cut (it's not necessarily the blood, it's the electromagnetic pulses from your heartbeat that escapes through the wound or cut that the shark picks up even easier). It's their territory! I'm a surfer so so get to enjoy knowing that everytime I'm out haha yay!

[@gortnewton4765]

If someone swims where you are surfing do you give them space?

[@davidkaplan5517]

all you have to do is look at them and bump them and they won’t attack you. divers don’t get eaten. surfers don’t get swallowed whole. they get a limb taken off occasionally because it looks like a turtle or seal. It’s incredibly rare. Humans are the monsters not sharks.

[@scotty932096]

@@davidkaplan5517 mate when you see one in the water you go immediately into fight or flight instinct, which obviously flight is the only answer. There is nothing more horrifying then seeing that fin and shape in the water, many surfers have been completely eaten, by say a bull shark/tiger shark or a curious juvenile Great white. They aren't restricted by diet, if they want you they'll have you. Divers are generally safer as they know not to dive in murky water or breeding ground areas, surfers are unlucky as we are on the surface of the water, usually salty un clear water. As sharks are ambush predators they strike hard from underneath, thinking we are a Turtle, seal or whatever. My point is unless you're out there in the ocean regularly, you'll know that you won't have the chance to just bump them or go near them because you will never know they're there if they want you, the shark you see is generally the one that already knew you were there and isn't interested.

[@scotty932096]

@@davidkaplan5517 and if it does take a limb off you're pretty much dead anyway, you'll bleed out in minutes unless you're close to the shore or a hospital. Plus they can get excited by the blood and come back for more. There's many cases like this the media doesn't cover, coming from Australia.

[@davidkaplan5517]

@@scotty932096 Sharks kill less than 10 people a year in Australia….. Bull sharks are more aggressive and tiger sharks think you’re a turtle on a surfboard but the idea that sharks want to eat humans is blatantly false. Divers don’t get eaten because sharks don’t want to eat humans.

[@andrewwilson8781]

So what was that brown stain coming out of the kayak drainage ports,?

[@scuba4families447]

Really great footage Matt. Just found your channel. #scuba4families

[@storytimewithunclebill1998]

Would have been my last time for sure. We are going to need a bigger boat. You not gonna beat that shark or out swim it or anything but get eat. That had to suck. Great video

[@Corkyrooster]

When i had a sea kayak, i never went in the sea. Only lakes, sharks have big gums

[@MakaiMauka]

Attracted five "revved up" reef sharks once to my small craft. Were ere circling when returned from freediving. Had anchored in sand, middle of Molokini Crater. No idea there'd been an hour of slow drip of baitwater from igloo drain on fishing cooler used day prior, (planned to return unused bait to the ocean after diving). Craft was 18 foot outrigger "proa" not a kayak (but presented same problem when returned from free-diving with a new girlfriend to find sharks circling the watercraft that we need to get home). After escorting terrified GF to Shoreline reef (cut leg. of course), swam back, dove deep and "porpoised" up onto the outrigger through the middle of the circling sharks. No joke, scared shirtless. Threw bait in opposite direction of shore/ GF to distract, went to pick her up not realizing sharks followed after feeding them and it took 5 min of reassurance "no sharks" to get GF to try get back aboard. Stuck my head in looked oceanward to making sure was clear, convinced her to jump in and climb onto outrigger hull. Shark circling the perimeter wasn't visible, was first thing she saw in her mask ~ ten feet, swimming towards her. Last date. Moral of Story: NEVER SWM WHERE YOU CHUM

[@yanvlogs5038]

that a big great white right there wow it huge

[@TTundragrizzly]

Actually a small great white

[@nicoleanderson5704]

In the ocean, man is no longer the apex predator

[@Chalwaman]

Shark checking out unknown entity: Ah, I think this is the species that killed my Mum, Dad, Son, Daughter, Grandad, Grandma, Great Aunt, etc.......I think I'll let it live and maintain the moral standpoint here !

[@alarmritelbestsolutionprot3456]

When the life or death,separated with.thin red line

[@BeachSharkFishing]

EPIC AF!!!!!

[@billyrock8305]

Cute little shark

[@LittleLulubee]

Awesome ❤️🦈❤️🦈❤️

[@JoeBlow-fp5ng]

That kayaker must have needed a change in shorts after that encounter.

[@Versado7]

when u go at the end of the map in GTA V

[@markgray6982]

You guys are CRAZY,, i was fishing halibut in my 16ft cape horn in Alaska,,, we had about a 30 ft male killer whale take my chum bag on the anchor rope,,, his dorsal fin went up and flopped all the way back down, HUGE, i was tied off to the front cleet, if he had dived, we would have went flying,, scared the shit out of us,,,,,,,,,,you always need a bigger boat,,, dont forget that

[@taechillz4333]

Legend has it.. this guy lost both his fishing poles.

[@HereonTubeYou]

Clicked on comments just to confirm someone quoted the famous Jaws' line

[@aguynamednathan]

Who was operating the drone?

[@benruthlessburger8905]

Scary shit .. lol good footage

[@barsoom43]

"We're gonna' need a bigger boat".. Sheriff Brody..

[@sumguy835]

Little nudge, your in, sheer terror at the minimum...

[@oneilclarke8494]

Quint: He's gonna under the boat, he's gone under the boat, smart fish he's gone under the boat. Shark: Shaddup Quint, it's a goddamn kayak.

[@corneliagarbe9934]

Hi there, I'm no expert in shark and I can't identify this one. Just know that according to the US National Ocean Service; "Only about a dozen of the more than 300 species of sharks have been involved in attacks on humans." That been said, what an amazing and maybe scary encounter.

[@toonjie]

That was a Great White!

[@thatonebeone]

i deal with great white and hammer heads sometimes here in la jolla cali san diego in my kayak.. they dont do anything to you unless you have a fish reeling in they want to eat and if you have some live bait in your live well that you dangling outside, im sure thats what the shark was sniffing., i keep live bait on the kayak because of that lol..still scary tho but i got use to it.. the hammer heads tend to follow be cause i think people feed them when they bleed and cut the fish head when they catch it and got smart to follow kayak fisherman thinking for a free meal

[@MichaelSmith-zh2px]

That's exactly what is happening here. Bad deal for them to identify human activity with food 😨😨

[@TEAM6USA]

That is why i don't take chances and shower only once a month and over the sink.

[@OtnielSantiago]

such majestic creatures.

[@tiendaforense]

Do you have any idea what kind of shark was it? all i can tell is that it was enormous

[@mattsmith3150]

Great white

[@bFORCe2003]

This guy must've shat some burley when he saw that approach.

[@bluewendigo672]

I love my swimming pool....and cold coronas. Also the 🐠🐟 supermarket.

[@ryuarsyad5259]

How can he still calm?

[@pitchkapizda8355]

Holy crap we’re was that

[@bartstarr972]

You can bet the farm that boys pooper was puckered ..I can almost hear him praying "please God , if you make that shark go away I promise you I'll do anything you want..."

[@ahaha8]

Yes and the shark smelled it and swam away in disgust!!!!

[@travgal9903]

Nice encounter and nice footage. Was that a sea anchor floating in the water? Looks like that's what attracted him.

[@ahaha8]

Luckily the shark did not give it a good strong yank :D

[@theasiannomad988]

Honey, we are gonna need a bigger Kayak!

[@northlanedarko771]

dude after just seeing the guy in a kayak being circled by a hammer head that he must of hit 500 times with an oar and it not giving up , you are so lucky , that thing would of just bumped you out and eaten you in a heartbeat

[@billhagstotz8518]

Absolutely nuts to be in a fishing kayak with sharks. Chumming the water with baitfish or you catch a fish..then you have company! You get what you ask for. I windsurfed in Hawaii for several years. Always a fall away from a great white to a tiger shark. Risks!

[@mattsmith3150]

No chumming going on there. Using artificial lures. Sharks are always around and rarely are interested in people despite thousands going in the ocean in my area.

[@petr-podrouzek]

Amazing :-)

[@nosection2173]

Wtf.....Thats scary and magnificent at the same time.

[@oneilclarke8494]

I agree, I would love to walk away from an encounter like that. Then sell my kayak thereafter cause I ain't going in them waters again.

[@chelsea_belle]

Shark be like, you wanna playyyyyy?? 🤭🦈

[@joetoney3016]

It’s bigger then the kayak

[@Psevdokranos]

...and vanished as a ghost in the abyssal depths

[@tahiragibson6407]

You’re such a poet...

[@Psevdokranos]

@@tahiragibson6407 thank you...

[@kaithecrackhead6922]

I mean at least there was a drone

[@silverwindchimes8184]

Lifeline?

[@WorldAquariumSingapore]

life on a tight rope WOWW

[@mrfishingbd5545]

Nice video beautiful Fishing video Nice

[@yansenpaulus8176]

Kayak ??? Ocean ???

[@flamingphoenix3819]

Crazy how it just vanishes