Shark Scientist Answers: Are there Great Whites in the UK?

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[@MrEvilTurkey]

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[@SHARKBYTES]

@@MrEvilTurkey this is great news! I didn’t know if it was working on mobile devices yet

[@evildjinn9]

I wish that they WOULD come to British waters.............all waters for that matter. After all, doesn't it belong to them? Don't worry, though; when British waters begin to warm up because of global warming, white sharks will come.

[@saltlifess6226]

Where in Cornwall are you? I lived in St.Austell for six years. Used to go to mevagissey to the pub. Nice to hear some of the familiar places.

[@midlifeadventures77]

I was a beach lifeguard in Newquay for 16 years . Been surfing and in the ocean for 25 years . I've never seen a shark . I know there are over 30 species in cornish waters . But never come across one and I've seen lots of strange things in the water 😮

[@leejones1041]

funnily enough i had a porbeagle scrape itself across my lower leg in aroud 3 ft of water cant remember the beach possibly black rock beach massive black rock sticking out and a garage nearby.

[@benopoly0000]

Used to see baby sharks washed up on the coast of hastings. Caught by the fisherman and discarded I'd guess

[@grahamstrouse1165]

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[@spagooter1807]

Lucky you, we get fucking bull sharks that can operate just fine in like 3 feet of freshwater in the Missouri River in the states. I was on vacation and we went swimming in the river and one of my friends thought he saw one, I totally didn’t think I’d have to worry about sharks in a damn river but I looked it up and sure enough you can run into a shark up the river as far as 2000 miles where they eat trout in the states. At least they are the only species capable of switching to freshwater like that, but they are the worlds most aggressive sharks so the chance they test bite you is very high in comparison. Followed by tiger sharks which I just saw in Hawaii who tend to have a very wide diet of food and if those attack you you definitely won’t live cause it’s not a test bite and there’s a higher chance they come back to finish the job. But I mean I think they view us as Brussels sprouts cause the one I saw diving definitely could have killed me but it swam away not interested so I think the overall probability is low just not a fun thing to see while 60 feet deep in scuba you can’t just get out of the water. That’s why I pack a big ass dive knife now so I could maybe convince it I’m not worth it when it bites.

[@BurntByMcDonaldsCoffee]

Yeah I would love to hear about all the stuff you’ve seen over the years.

[@FluffyFaven]

I know you're a shark scientist but I am a seal fanatic and it made me happy to hear them mentioned (I am also a shark fanatic though but no one really talks about seals much)

[@ourcorrectopinions6824]

"seal fanatic" is such a cute title.

[@SHARKBYTES]

Do love a seal tbf

[@maeterith1984]

I love seals too. Especially baby elephant seals. Stunning faces. ❤

[@Gildedmuse]

He called them sea puppies. So cute. Not entirely accurate but who ever cares, so cute.

[@zenithal666]

A shark scientist and a seal fanatic walk into a bar ....

[@MJMW25]

I live in cornwall and went to college for marine biology and ecology! Also my dad is a fisherman and he’s always said the seals are growing in numbers every years since I was a kid. Even I have seen the numbers increase where I live, I even have a seal that I named and regularly swim with for years :)

[@miss.l.1563]

My mum moved to Holywell Bay & she saw a or of seals around there & other parts of Cornwall. I remember the seals in Newquay harbour. 💕.

[@digitalT83]

well somethings not eating them then if they're growing in numbers

[@jamesjudd8243]

I was at St Michael's Mount on Thursday and there was a cows head (with no body) and a seal with no head on the beach! Very strange! I also found a live oyster in the seaweed which I returned to the water!

[@jodu626]

i spearfish around cornwall. i reckon i see seals atleast 50% of the time i’m in and as mentioned they are getting more numerous

[@craigduncan4900]

The seal numbers here in north east Scotland are out of control and damaging the salmon numbers! They need their numbers to be controlled!

[@adamhickey396]

Just when I thought there was nothing left to watch on KZbin... Shark Bytes Season 6!!! Thanks Kristian for this surprise Shark Sunday super!

[@SHARKBYTES]

We’re back!! 🎉🎉

[@MonsieurFeshe]

Watch avnj lol

[@AirbornePirates]

Thanks for the shout out bud! Loved this video! I’ll be rocking some of that merch in no time 🌊 thanks dude!

[@jawsko]

The purple lighting is AWESOME!

[@stevemolina8801]

I live is Southern California and I fish offshore LOTS! and have seen my share of White Sharks! I can assure if someone sees one from a small boat they dont say "Hold Still while I get out my phone"You get out of the way! Outstanding presentation young man!

[@rawdog314]

Well this just isn't true, I live in Australia and they are filmed and spotted all the time, even places they are endangered like the Mediterranean they are filmed and documented fairly regularly.

[@atd1681]

I was 9 when I First watched Jaws at the Cinema. I remember that day. The thought of Swimming, and seeing That Fin.

[@jonathancollier7024]

GWS are regularly found off the case of Canada where the waters are colder than Scotland

[@ryanjacobson2508]

But aren't the waters warmer in the summer, on the North American coast, than they are the UK Coast?

[@wildworld6264]

Lol, the oceanic white tip bit made me laugh. Great topic and great to have you back. P.S I think the purple is very chill.

[@CarlosSpiecyWeeny]

Funny enough, the map you showed describing the grey seal population also highlights mainly the Acadian Matirimes from northern New England to Newfoundland/Labrador. Our Canadian waters are just full of GWS in the summers that come up to feed in the Gulf of St. Lawrence all the way from the Gulf of Mexico. There are countless encounters every year in Maritime Canada.

[@underthetrees4780]

1000% I could totally imagine a similar migration pattern from the Met up north around the UK.

[@SuziQ499]

My Father was a Royal Marine based in Malta in the late 50s he was in St Thomas bay on the day of a fatal Shark attack everyone knew the risks of swimming in Maltese Waters the locals used to catch GW and display them in Valletta on a number of occasions my father stated that he had seen half a dozen GW strung up over a two year period. I doubt very much that GW exist in British waters as in Malta local fisherman would spot them and even catch them even if they did not intend to but even so local knowledge of the waters by said fisherman is a vital indicator if they even exist in the waters around Britain.

[@cazzey8569]

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[@waynekieft4952]

My son is a diver and a keen surfer! He has witnessed on 3 or 4 occasions White Sharks on the Pembrokeshire coast! They are here for a fact!

[@GamingMediocrity]

Tell him to wear a GoPro

[@peterjohnson8935]

​@@GamingMediocrity agreed

[@waynekieft4952]

@@GamingMediocrity Wear a condom because we don't want your genetics running around!!! My son always uses a camera for diving,but never does he use them for surfing!One of his team usually films his rides from a jet-ski! Get a life and learn how to read between lines it will do you a favour! Have a wonderful weekend! God bless!

[@waynekieft4952]

I'd like to add whilst diving in the depths of the sea around theUK you would be lucky to see your hand infront of your face! So to actually get footage of a shark under the water would be pretty difficult! Every time my son has witnessed them they have either breached or were on the surface with just the fin visible! He hasn't got any reason too make shit up! He knows what he saw! And he knows enough about the ocean to know that what he saw were G W sharks!

[@Bdoc76]

​@@waynekieft4952No reason for them not to be in waters around here. As he's seen them that many times it's probably a good place to conduct some scientific experiments to verify the fact that they are there.

[@poisonheml0ck]

excited for the new season!! when you upload every sunday its always while im doing my shift at work where im on my own and its usually slow, so ive gotten in the habit of watching your new videos while i work. ive been missing them lately

[@SHARKBYTES]

Glad to hear shark bytes gets you through work!

[@rottweilerfun9520]

Sunday ? Darn it , we're going to have to stone you now , working on the Sabbath , the nerve....

[@brandonjelsema2158]

Your videos are genuinely amazing, thank for for shining a light on my favorite animals. (The thresher is my favorite and i have it tattooed)

[@robbieflub]

I am lucky to have visited SA a few years ago. Just knowing I was looking out on ocean they occupy was so exciting. I went out to Gans-baii & decided against going in a cage because there had recently been two lives lost in Fish Hoek reportedly by a shark the size of a mini bus & the argument of the locals I spoke to was that chumming was bringing huge specimens in to the beaches. On the UK, I think If they are resident, they are not elusive or in-evident. They follow fishing boats, predate on seal colonies, leaving huge scarring on them from close encounters. They even test taste surfers & swimmers, Kristian's more detailed expert knowledge for me, debunks the myth even further. I believe that if they were here, we would know all about it.

[@naomiseraphina9718]

As I mentioned in a comment that I left on one of Islander Outdoors' videos, I want to say that I think you people in the UK and Ireland are LUCKY that you have so few great whites in your waters! Sure, they look cool from a distance, but when you're sharing the water with animals that can and do bite people in half, it fundamentally ruins the fun of swimming, surfing and kayaking. I would happily go for a swim in Ireland or the UK, but you'll never catch me swimming on the Pacific coast of North America where I live! Once you've seen one of those monsters in real life, the ocean simply loses most of its appeal. A scarcity of white sharks is a BLESSING not a curse. Cheers! --N

[@KonradvonHotzendorf]

Same here 😂🇿🇦🦈😬

[@chriskitchen4772]

Yep, I wouldn't swim there either. I went kyacking and was always wondering if there where any around me. A surfer was attacked in the bay next to where I was.

[@David-uh3co]

Hell, I live in the UK and respect the ocean enough to only look at it. I still ain’t going in.

[@whitewolfthedeity1131]

I just seen a few videos of stories of packs of great white sharks hunting swimmers. I gotta say I will still never go into the ocean.

[@hart5263]

To be fair I’d rather kayak near a great white rather than a bull shark

[@nodiggity9472]

There was a GWS incident in the UK. I remember it. The Police were all like, "Shut the beaches, warn everyone" but they were overruled by the Mayor, who needed the tourists as cover for his human trafficking operation. They made a movie I think, but they played up the Shark's role in the trafficking, in case the real life Mayor of England sued them. Idk.

[@SHARKBYTES]

Sounds like Jaws hahaha

[@jezjukes]

Howdo mate. Ocearch said that they were tied up with another project, but they're coming this year..!?! I dunno, but that's what they said. We'll see..... Islander outdoors will find the buggers anyway! Or at least some makos or porbeagles 🤞

[@SHARKBYTES]

@@jezjukes I did see Matt’s video (after I posted this one), although the cynic in me isn’t convinced they’ll come. I’ll stand to be corrected!

[@jezjukes]

​@@SHARKBYTES It seems to be easy to use facts, or broad statistics to prove the likelihood. Obviously you have a much better idea than any of us, as do ocearch. So I can't really see them coming to look for, what can only be, a potential needle in a haystack of haystacks.? Very good luck to them, if they do.

[@shreddedguy679]

probably wasnt a GW

[@KRABI_TM]

Lots of GWS are tagged off Nova Scotia & New England in very similar SSTs as the U.K. so their presence here would be entirely credible. Especially around Western Ireland too, I would have thought.

[@colingalloway4051]

Great white sharks have been recorded in Canada and crossing the north Atlantic which has temperatures below 0 most of the year round so it actually is possible for them to live in colder water there for it is quite plausible

[@rottweilerfun9520]

Yay ! Glad to see you back ! The lighting looks good.

[@scorpion-lg4ic]

I love your videos. you have a great camera presence and your info is interesting and entertaining BUT.....ALL I CAN FOCUS ON IS THAT STRAY CURL OF HAIR STICKING OUT!!!! haha..I'm sorry

[@SHARKBYTES]

Was never known for my smart appearance 😂

[@scorpion-lg4ic]

​@@SHARKBYTESawww...no way!! I think you def have a super smart appearance 😜

[@garyyork-zt8om]

Not saying there isn't the stray GW in UK waters occasionally, but if there were a viable population there they would make their presence known like here on the northern Gulf of Mexico where I live. They're not as numerous as other parts of the country, but they're seen, photographed, and caught regularly.

[@rawdog314]

Exactly this, people love a good shark story though

[@xisotopex]

its amazing that they have been catching great whites from the beach in your neck of the woods! if you had told anyone in the 80s-90s that there were great white sharks just off the beach on the gulf coast of florida they would have thought you were crazy...

[@AshMundo]

If GWs ate here, they'll be passers, like Great Hammerheads.

[@brojajacra]

I think that the GWS is an occasional visitor rather than having a population here

[@xisotopex]

@@brojajacra the question is, why DONT they have a population there? its very similar to areas they already thrive in...

[@thirdstarspiritscholar5763]

Great White sharks have a huge migration. They're practically everywhere and can be found in unlikely locations. Even Whales have been spotted going up rivers. A great White in colder water with its main food source. Very possible.

[@ronniejensen6923]

okay, are you 100% right on what you are saying because great white sharks have been seen off Denmark two years in a row. as said and although it is not common, there may be some truth about great white sharks in UK waters.

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[@SHARKBYTES]

Hahaha always advertising for me, my lovely mum!

[@LaPetiteBoulin]

​@@SHARKBYTES awe.

[@wideyxyz2271]

Just a thought Great Whites often swim at a depth of 1000 meters (cruising) when migrating. We know this from animals that have been tagged and they can dive below 2500 meters. Now the water temperature at that depth depending where you are in the world can be between 4 and 6 degrees C, so the temperatures around our shores aren't going to bother them at all, In fact the surface temperatures are going to be most agreeable for them. Its like sea turtles in Cardigan bay. People often thought they had been blown off course by storms or got caught in ocean currents as they were not expected this far north. Turns out they are regular visitors and come to feed on the massive amounts of jelly fish found in the Irish sea!

[@markfarr2514]

We have plenty of Great White Sharks here in Western Australia, they’re part of the environment here, together with other species.

[@beckiewuk]

I do find it quite funny that people almost want to see a great white in our waters. I’d be very nervous to see that myself, but if sharks are seen I think people need to act responsibly. Also, visited Cornwall last year. Porthleven is definitely a place that captured my heart. The hmmmm all of Cornwall is absolutely beautiful though. We did see the seals… 3 in total out of all the coasts we visited.

[@shreddedguy679]

yeah xD, but its all good, there arent any, theyve never been seen here

[@waynekieft4952]

@Shredded Gainz Do you think! There are hundreds of fishermen, Jet skiers,boat and kayak lovers that would beg to differ! Not many people in general will get to see them unless they surface or breach our waters are so murky and dark you would literally have to bump nose to nose to see them! Our water has actually been proven to be of perfect temperature for them! They have been proven to be in the Mediterranean Sea so how do you think they get there???

[@espi371]

@@waynekieft4952 we don't live in the Stone Age anymore, if they were in UK waters we would know.

[@viktorbirkeland6520]

​@@waynekieft4952 Sure, and there are loads of people going on fairy-expeditions in Iceland. Some even to "connect to their roots", though they've unfortunately been confused most likely about where they're from

[@waynekieft4952]

@espi371 Don't patronise me,there are hundreds of marine biologists that believe they are there,in matter of fact they should be in our waters,there is no valid reason to say they are not! Just because they haven't been seen! Nobody knows with 100 per cent surety what is in our waters! People didn't believe Panda bears existed in China until not so long ago!

[@artbargestudio]

We used to see a lot of basking sharks off the coast of Sussex in Rye Bay when I was a lad. I used to swim out quite far in those days with another good swimmer and one day we tried to keep up with a basking shark that came close to us. No chance! As for Great Whites...It was on the TV that one had been seen recently off Cornwall. Thanks for your very informative video. Excellent.

[@helioselexandros]

Theres massive gw around maine and all way up around nova scotia waters gotta be very very cold

[@Odin9Realms]

Went scuba diving this past weekend here in Guam. Saw several Blacktip Reef Sharks and one Nurse Shark. Seeing any shark always gets me excited.

[@wyattfamily8997]

I'm in Australia and "excited" is not the response I get.

[@lfcmike12]

As cool of an experience as that sounds, I'd of been shitting my self personally lol

[@wmmorsch]

Glad to have you back for season 6 Kristian, great video as always. When you get the chance I would love to see a video on identifying sharks and rays. I enjoyed how you knew the two videos were basking sharks because of the shape of the dorsal fin, colour of the skin and the white around the mouth. I once had a shark take my catch, it showed us it's Caudal fin and we saw the colour, it would have been great to identify the type of shark that took our dinner!

[@SHARKBYTES]

Tough to do this for all sharks, but perhaps I could do it for the ones that are regularly confused with each other?

[@wmmorsch]

@@SHARKBYTES That sounds perfect to me, thank you.

[@domislegend.]

Love the content! Ocearch are coming this summer apparently a delay from last year so I’ll be looking forward to hearing more

[@justsomeguy6474]

Seems to be wherever Basking sharks are there are Great White sightings.

[@lyndoncmp5751]

Both tend to inhabit the same waters.

[@justsomeguy6474]

@@lyndoncmp5751 No they don't and that is why Basking sharks are mistaken for GW's.

[@lyndoncmp5751]

@@justsomeguy6474 Er yes they do. Google the ranges of both species. They largely share the same range. All areas of the great white shark ranges are also shared by basking shark ranges.

[@justsomeguy6474]

@@lyndoncmp5751 The entire vlog is about how there are no GW's in British waters. I'll listen to the shark scientist thanks.

[@lyndoncmp5751]

@@justsomeguy6474 He doesn't ever say that though. Never once does he categorically state there are no great whites that have ever ventured into British waters. He literally says its "entirely possible" and that some sightings are "fairly credible". No scientist KNOWS if one or two have periodically swam into British waters at times. Science does not know every single individual shark in British waters at any given time 😂.

[@sharks3653]

Both those video clips you showed us were undoubtedly basking sharks and in the first one I actually noticed the white mouth as well. The fact that someone actually said that the shark in the second clip was an oceanic white tip shark just made me go "HUUGH?" really loud. Then, i started laughing because there's no way that was an oceanic white tip. But that wouldn't be the first time that someone mistook a basking shark for another species of shark. My mom had a video to show me on her phone and she said "It's a video of a big Greenland shark swimming behind a boat". She showed it to me and the first thing I said was "mom, that's not a Greenland shark, it's a basking shark". I was like "How did you think that was a Greenland shark"? and she's like "shut up"🤣🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈

[@ghostwriter1415]

I think the largest great whites are in the North Atlantic. The reason; The North Atlantic is the breeding ground for the Giant Bluefin Tuna, and these tuna are extremely fast & strong. There's also a lot of fat on the fishes bottom belly. How it differs from amphibian fat, I have no idea (not yet), but the aquatic barrier between O2 breathing seals vs H20 sustained tuna fish is not breached by degenerative microorganisms if the sharks eats only fish, so evolution-time speaking, it would seem only correct that amphibians are a mere second choice for the GWS. Seals rot, and float on the surface sometimes for weeks. The flesh becomes repulsive to sea life, even other seals and whales. Oh yeah, and it's cold as $hit up there, and only a Viking of a shark could munch out a thousand pound BFT.

[@rottweilerfun9520]

​@@ghostwriter1415 , What amphibians are you talking about ? Seals are mammals.

[@SkyeEyeSightings]

I know..it baffles me there is debate about it being a GWS. its really obvious it is a basking shark. Facepalm.

[@mattmatt7305]

They are definitely there, but they are pretty rare out there. They are also up in Scotland but only in the few weeks the water temp is OK for them and only when the seals take then up there. It’s a natural cycle.

[@xisotopex]

what do you mean about the water temp? too cold or too warm? nova scotia/newfoundland water temp is generally colder than any part of Scotland. they get some of the tail end of the gulf stream however it by passes nova scotia and newfie land...

[@shreddedguy679]

yeah but nobody has ever seen a GW in uk waters

[@grahamjones6106]

Great video, I do agree that it's possible that the occasional great white shark visits our waters, however there's simply not enough food for a permanent population here.Theres an argument that the great white shark population in the Mediterranean sea doesn't depend on seals for their diet and they're more inclined to hunt bottlenose dolphins, common dolphins, other sharks and tuna however, even in the Mediterranean sea, the white shark population has massively declined due to over fishing.

[@marshmelon3060]

Welcome back! Hope you had a great time off! And I think the purple lighting looks great 🦈🙌🏻

[@phage1232]

When I was a kid growing up in Newfoundland my grand parents who were fishermen told me we didn’t have big sharks yet they have a tagged great white who loves hanging around the island

[@pamelajackson6954]

So glad to see the beginning of Season 6. I hope you had a nice break.

[@BC_Joshie]

I found two teeth of a great white on separate occasions in Pembrokeshire west Wales. I know a lot of other people who has found them also so they must be here at least from time to time.

[@oraz.]

That's pretty cool

[@LouderThanLife7]

YAY!!!! SHARKS! And FYI you don't have to do anything to make me come back to your videos as long as you keep making them! Love your content, intelligent, interesting, well researched, and not all about scaring people. Keep up the amazing videos! ❤❤❤

[@greghenrikson952]

On the one hand, they've been confirmed as far north as southern Alaska in the Pacific, which is pretty chilly even in the summer. On the other hand, they HAVE been confirmed. Both following in fish on the line and getting stranded. And Alaska has exponentially fewer people than southern England and far, far more coastline. So if they are in the UK on any regular basis, someone is likely to have seen one. Keep in mind that when a white decides to pay a visit, it may not be subtle at all. Given the sheer number of humans on the water around the UK, I think if there were a regular population of whites, there would be some very clear documentation of it just by statistical probability. And instead we get grainy pictures of what are almost certainly other species.

[@lyndoncmp5751]

"" So if they are in the UK on any regular basis, someone is likely to have seen one."" There are a number of convincing eye witness reports.

[@rottweilerfun9520]

​@@lyndoncmp5751, Anecdotes are nice , but theres no clear , conclusive evidence of White Sharks in English waters. No photos , and no video. If they were actually there, the odds are that there would be one or both.

[@wideyxyz2271]

Look what i said in my comment about sea turtles. They were thought to be rare or stray it turns out they visit regularly but mange to go unnoticed most of the time!

[@shreddedguy679]

yup, they do not come here at all, theyve never been seen

[@lyndoncmp5751]

@@shreddedguy679 Yes they have been.

[@paulreid5259]

There is a much more recent report of a great white close to home. You can watch the video. A young Italian boy caught a shark with his father. They were towing it in, and a massive white decided to have it instead. The video is still available. It's called Great White spotted off Rimini. They have quite a sizeable Thresher shark, and the White just saws it in half.

[@SHARKBYTES]

Have you got a link for me Paul?

[@paulreid5259]

@SHARK BYTES kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYPUimxrqcuDn80 here you go doc

[@garrysmith6592]

That's quite an old video, but not unusual as large gws are well known in the med

[@younowhythatis6381]

That video was shot in the 1990s.and the med great whites are reasonably common.

[@paulreid5259]

@Garry Smith I know mate, I was just responding to the comment the doc made about the scarcity of white sightings in the region.

[@enscroggs]

You've got relatively warm water thanks to the Gulf Stream and you've got seals. Therefore, you've got Great Whites. Carcharodon carcharias is a worldwide pelagic predator. They can live and prosper in rather cold water (the Humbolt Current and the North Pacific Current, for example, but they usually stay clear of the tropics, arctic, and antarctic waters.

[@Aria-wl2ve]

@enscroggs did you not watch the video?

[@GooglSucksDisk]

Yes, he said no one has FOOTAGE to prove it. Not like fisherman waste pub money on video cameras in the 70s 80s 90s, etc. They're FISHERMEN, not teens, capturing everything on camera phones! and like he said, by the time you grabbed your phone, fin gone. Just like he said here in the video.

[@SwordsAndSharks]

Great to see a new video of yours pop up in my notifications Kris! I'm going to Newquay in June, had planned to snorkel with blue sharks on a tour but I've put a bit of weight on over lockdown, the tour states you have to wear a black wetsuit from head to toe, and they chum the water. I know it's a slim chance but I don't want to get in the water looking like a plump seal when there's even a 1% chance a great white has lost its way and made it to Cornwall 😅 Really interesting video as usual, looking forward to more Shark Bytes.

[@SHARKBYTES]

Definitely worth doing that blue shark trip - you’ll be fine I promise 😁

[@Alcatrazrezz]

I like the purple too

[@wyattfamily8997]

From Queensland Australia, we'd LOVE you to have some of our sharks, Great White, Grey Nurse, Tiger Shark, Bull Nose (really aggressive) & often in packs, you are most welcome to have some "immigrate" there, I'd relax a bit more when surfing here.

[@samuelhonywill4499]

Funny you should say that, as two grey nurses (also known as sand tigers) have recently washed ashore, one in Hampshire on the south coast of England and another in Wexford in Ireland. They're the first documented appearances of the species in these waters and some scientists are theorising it's down to water temperatures rising. If they're starting to appear here, who knows what else is on the way?

[@ReadyMadeLobotomy]

Wooooo! welcome back for another season. I hope your break was restful. I just got my merch a little bit ago and its so comfortable!

[@SHARKBYTES]

So glad to hear you're enjoying your Merch!

[@nickwatkins5321]

Some of those photos and claims are ridiculous. I agree about the seals bottling. The basking shark is fairly obvious, despite the quality of film. That one taken by your mate, could it be a big porbeagle? Colour looked wrong for a GW, but the dorsal shape was wrong for a BS. I’m fairly sure we get the odd white enter our waters occasionally, but probably nowhere near land. Anyway, interesting video, thanks

[@krishorst4734]

Remember that those temps are for your avaerage sized GW. The larger the shark the more tolerable of colder water it gets so a 5m+ GW could easily tolerate those 7c waters. Esspecially if there is a blubbery food source. The colder the water the less they need to feed aswell.

[@punk24]

SO freaking glad you're back so boring when you're not around LOVE your videos and thank you so much for all you do for us 😊

[@SHARKBYTES]

Thanks Penny, glad to be back!!

[@TheMaisiewoofwoof]

If we're talking water temperatures GWs are seen regularly off of Nova Scotia in Canada which averages 17.1°C in Summer months. Typically they hang out there from July to early November and those later months have similar water temps to Scotland and off the Irish coast. Back in 2014 a tagged GW was pinged in the Bay of Biscay and fisherman do report seeing them regularly so as you rightly say the small distance up to the UK is not impossible. Indeed GWs are sighted and have been tagged off of Prince Edward Island in Canada. Islander Outdoors put up a video this week to discuss the Sand Tiger Shark that was found on the Hampshire coast and I believe another one has now washed up in Ireland. These sharks frequent much warmer water normally so that could be a nod to sharks changing habits, climate change and rising sea temperatures or the hunt for food. Either way, if they're venturing North as warm water sharks, it's far more possible a GW would be able to do so successfully. Also on Islander Outdoors video he mentioned he had spoken to Ocearxh who are still planning to explore the UK and Mediterranean in combination.

[@CycoSven69]

They are found in Alaskan waters too and one GW was caught in the Bering sea. British waters pose zero problems for GWs.

[@noicemcnoiceface4006]

Awesome video and glad to have you back, Kris!!!

[@SHARKBYTES]

Thank you! Glad to be back!

[@karenmurray351]

Looking forward to continuing with S6. Great that u r back Kris. Be good to see u n Hal collab on an actual live if possible 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦈

[@itz_arrchie]

Nice new lights. Purple is the best color

[@guygirard4274]

Hey there Chris , super interesting video as usual , I would like if you could talk about sharks in the water of east coast Canada 🍁 ans St Lawrence River, it would be awesome 😁 I would also like to know your opinion about if we make a crossover movie : Jaws , Free Willy 😂😂😂

[@SHARKBYTES]

I can definitely check out those Canadian sharks in a video!! 😁

[@differentfins]

One day I did a tour of Prince Edward Island and at the light house at east point they had photos of a 19 foot great white that was caught there back in the day. So great whites do roam our eastern waters on occasion.

[@Dotdots-wq3hz]

There was one in Portsmouth, me and my pal took a boat out to find it.

[@SharksHappen]

I also say it is the usual basking snd as usual angles make it look like it could be. Usually from near the head with it diving away from the canera but the fin gives them away. If we got a good view of yhe shark the dorsal would look small for its size like a tiger Dorsal instead if the white

[@jezjukes]

When I first saw it, I spoke to the bloke who filmed it,asking if he was sure. He was, but I pointed out temperatures (the lowest gws had been found at)etc, being oh so knowledgeable. He was there, and is convinced it was a basking, end of story really!

[@marcharley6465]

Are you ruling out the numerous smaller cetaceans around the British coast as a potential food source for occasional Great Whites ? What about evidence of Great Whites off of the south eastern coast of Canada, which is similar to UK water temperature range ?

[@peterpedro7662]

Can you please do a video on great white sharks in the Mediterranean and the Adriatic please 🙏

[@billsullivan9219]

A 5.2 metre great white, one of the biggest ever recorded, was caught in a fishing net off Prince Edward Island, Canada in 1983. Their average sea temperatures are significantly lower than ours.

[@bulletanarchy6447]

If you don't get GWS in Cornwall because the temperature is too cold, does the same apply to the southern hemisphere that below a certain latitude it is too cold for them?

[@jack-a-lopium]

Very proud of our natural resources and the awesome people who get to preserve and interact with them!

[@charlessarver1637]

Very good presentation Impressive debunking. I trust this channel far more than a few others reporting on sharks

[@AussieAquatic]

Interestingly, the New Zealand Great White shark population extends to the southernmost Stewart Island, where water temperatures are certainly very low.

[@alexisc4922]

Stewart Island is where most of them are found in NZ. I saw one from the plane window when we flew to the island from Invercargill.

[@petitpoisparis]

I live on the SW coast of France and we have a seal who turns up he’s called Phoque You 😂 (phoque is seal in French )

[@lillipupsmum8820]

I was walking my scruffy little terrier along a beach in south west Isle of Wight approximately 10-15 years ago and came across a large fish washed up, that was about the same length as I am tall (5’6”). I believe it could have been a dog fish, it looked similar to some types of shark and it had a big chunk taken out of its stomach. It stank to high heaven. All of a sudden my very aged little mutt took off like lightning and threw herself into said hole and commenced to roll like her life depended on it. It took at least 3 baths to even begin to get that smell out 🤢. I still remember the smell. I did see a sun fish off that coast once.

[@kygreenskeeper8326]

Hello my friend from Cornwall! Another great video buddy...Hope all is well across the pond..!

[@SHARKBYTES]

Keeping well here! Cornish waters warming up now, might be time to get back in the sea :D

[@Tseringlhatso]

Yay! New season 😃

[@SHARKBYTES]

We’re back!

[@carastone3473]

Welcome back! 🦈 bytes!

[@derekrobbens5355]

Not. Many people are aware that Whitby not so long ago was known as (the tuna fishing capital of England ) the tuna would follow the herring shoals, as the herring was over fished the tuna disappeared

[@Spr1ggan87]

Came across a dead seal on the beach at Findhorn a few weeks back, one half closer to The Captain's Table and the other half further up the beach, guts hanging out and everything, my Husky kept trying to roll on it.

[@draganjagodic4056]

Few years ago, fisherman in Adriatic sea pulled out dead white, pregnant, 4 m. long. liver already fallen out. They made some photos and to dismay of the Institute for marine biology, threw it overboard, although still "fresh". It would have taken them appx 5 hours to reach the coast and deliver the specimen to the institute.

[@ianmelonie6440]

I think a lot of shark fins spotted are possible Basking Sharks but we do have Mako

[@jamesblonde2271]

Theres a population of 2/300 in the Med, it would be hugely surprising if there weren't the occasional G Whites in the Atlantic. As a commercial fisherman and experienced scuba diver allow me to assure you that there are, this is not a controversy or even a "thing" .

[@annabizaro-doo-dah]

Also the fin in Mull was "floppy" - which is far more typical of Basking fins than Great White fins.

[@sergarlantyrell7847]

When talking about the densities of seals, all those other places are significantly larger than Cornwall/South Wales. 100,000 seals in south Australia? Not dissimilar in terms of density to 5,000 in Cornwall. That's about the same area just around Sydney.

[@carastone3473]

The lighting is cool!

[@BronxBastard730]

Cape cod is an 86 mile long peninsula and we have way more than 5000 seals

[@user-xh3lz9xt4l]

I often see dolphins in Cullercoats Bay and Amble but no Sharks

[@mattlord3660]

My pal was chased by a shiver of great whites while surfing in Newquay. They thought he was seal he had to fight them off before swimming to shore (approx 1 mile).

[@rachelwolfe9934]

Nah, we know they're all megalodon babies 😄. Glad to see you back. Checking out the merch

[@quinnpaddock4241]

They are in the Mediterranean Sea around Malta...

[@gafrers]

Great to see a new video. Quality as always 👍👍

[@DavieTait]

Porbeagle sharks are close relatives , prefer colder waters admittedly but not massively so , the biggest breeding ground for Porbeagles in the NE Atlantic is between the Pentland Firth west to Cape Wrath and north to west from Fair Isle ( where the world record rod caught one was taken and that was well over 500lb ), there has been a constant increase in Tuna in the northern north sea ( film of feeding Bluefin NE of Shetland in late summer has come out over the last few years ) as well as there being large number on occasion of Pilchards and Sardines ( in January/February from North of Shetland down to Montrose , we were catching 100kg some hauls on the FRV Scotia back in 1993 with commercial scale hauls landed by the pelagic fleet ) , one of my former colleagues at the Marine Lab in Aberdeen ( where I worked as a Fishery Scientist from 1990-1999 ) was diving in the Channel in the late 1990's and he was convinced that he saw one when he was diving on a wreck and he wouldn't go public like that without being convinced as reputational damage in that line of work means loosing your job

[@Knightess]

12:37 It's spyhopping! I love it when they do that. It's so unusual. To me that's more interesting than the drama behind the photo.

[@ShepherdsCreek]

Ayy he's back! Looking forward to this season :D

[@FollowMatty]

Really enjoying your videos. Sharks are my worst fear, ever since I watch Jaws. I was young, far to young to watch it and it still affects me now. Don't like the sea but still go in, but it's always on my mind. At one point even in the local swimming pool I would get the feeling of being stalked and at any moment my legs were gone 🤣🤣🤣. That has mostly passed now, but I still think that one day I will meet him in the depth and he'll have a full stomach or I'll have a new reckless 😅. Time will tell 🏊🦈😡😵.

[@mikemontgomery2654]

That video of the basking shark was pretty cool. Not often you see those.

[@evan5935]

Lmao at that "oceanic white tip" suggestion by that random person 😂😂

[@lucieclayton10]

Really relaxing decor.... love it. Love your enthusiasm.

[@TheJim9191]

I swam with grey seals in the Scillies a couple of years ago, and I remember thinking two things the whole time: 1. These guys are cheeky little sea puppies and I'm having a great time in the water with them. 2. Hmm, this small rocky island and turbulent, murky water absolutely loaded with seals sure seems like a good place for great whites to hang out, let's try not to think about that.

[@DarkMegaPlague]

in the 90`s 1997 or 98 there were clips from fishermen who saw a great white 10-15 miles south of the UK coasts.

[@justluke8836]

We have a massive population of seals in the North Sea and I personally have stumbled upon a seal carcass with a semi circular bite out of it with teeth bites, it even made the papers.

[@backupintheday9710]

Answer , A couple of them get spotted around Cornwall areas now and again during the hottest summers. They do not live / breed in our waters though. The chances of ever seeing one or one of them seeing you is about as likely as winning the lottery is.

[@napzilla]

They don't live in the North Atlantic but they do go there and we don't really know WHY they would fallow foods into the coldest waters when they prefer warmer conditions but they are warm blooded and can stand depths and temperatures probably beyond our current understanding.

[@hhlentz]

Halfway in, you fixed your wayward curl! 😢 I get it though-the humidity in the Southern US helps my curls make me look like a crazy person.