{"id":1104865,"date":"2026-07-22T16:21:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T16:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1104865\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T16:21:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T16:21:17","slug":"drone-video-shows-great-white-shark-circling-young-swimmers-in-southern-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1104865\/","title":{"rendered":"Drone video shows great white shark circling young swimmers in Southern California"},"content":{"rendered":"

An alarming video<\/a> shows a battle-scarred 10-foot great white shark appear to contemplate nibbling on a couple of children swimming off the SoCal coast.<\/p>\n

The drone footage, captured by shark-watcher Carlos Gauna, or The Malibu Artist, shows the shark swimming directly towards a child.<\/p>\n

The drone footage shows the shark swimming directly towards a child. Carlos Gauna\/@TheMalibuArtist<\/p>\n

The dangerous predator approaches within feet of the child before swimming past them and making a second pass towards the child. It then swims away without harming anyone in the area.<\/p>\n

It appeared the children and people in the area were unaware of the looming shark, but waved at the drone. Gauna said the moment terrified him.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis shark has a tendency to get close to people, but on this day, it really made me nervous,\u201d he told Good Morning America<\/a>. \u201cMy heart was pounding.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gauna explained in an Instagram post that he had observed this shark, which had an injury to its back and dorsal fin from a prop boat, approaching people more often than other sharks he had seen.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t often get nervous, but this was one of those rare instances where I did. The young swimmers had no idea. I\u2019m standing over a mile away,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMy observations showed the shark to be rather active,\u201d he added. I watched it breach twice in one day (I assume that wound is itchy). And because of the injury I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s searching for easier prey or if it\u2019s more alert. Either way, this shark does approach humans at a higher frequency. At least by my observations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Facebook commenters expressed their fear about how alarmingly close the shark came. Carlos Gauna\/@TheMalibuArtist<\/p>\n

It appeared the children and people in the area were unaware of the looming shark.<\/p>\n

Facebook commenters expressed their fear about how alarmingly close the shark came.<\/p>\n

\u201cNote to self, if you are swimming and see a drone flying above you, get out of the water immediately,\u201d one person wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cCan we all just come to knowledge that if you are in an ocean and see a drone get the hell out,\u201d another commenter added.<\/p>\n

The same SoCal shark videographer had his camera munched on by a shark in late April.<\/a> A great white shark suddenly lunged at one of his cameras and chomped down on it during an excursion off the coast.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been around them a lot,\u201d Gauna told the outlet. \u201cThey don\u2019t normally come at you like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gauna captured the\u00a0shocking moment<\/a>\u00a0from multiple angles.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt depends on the day, but I typically like to have three cameras going, an aerial drone, and a couple cameras on the kayak and maybe even one on my person sometimes,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

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