{"id":897282,"date":"2026-06-27T21:23:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T21:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/897282\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T21:23:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T21:23:23","slug":"wild-drone-footage-capture-great-white-feeding-frenzy-off-california-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/897282\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild drone footage capture great white feeding frenzy off California coast"},"content":{"rendered":"

A gruesome underwater buffet drew a pack of hungry sharks to California\u2019s central coast Friday, where drone footage captured the predators tearing into the rotting carcass of a dead whale in a feeding frenzy.<\/p>\n

The dramatic video, filmed off Martin\u2019s Beach<\/a> just south of Half Moon Bay, showed everything from juvenile great white sharks to massive adults circling the floating whale before lunging in to rip off chunks of blubber.<\/p>\n

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Drone footage showing a great white shark feeding on a whale carcass. Instagram\/@drone_guy650<\/p>\n

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One shark he estimated was at least 15 feet long. Instagram\/@drone_guy650<\/p>\n

The predators took turns darting in and out of the animals decomposing carcass like diners at some kind of all-you-can-eat buffet, feasting on the whale \u2014 the latest sign of increased shark activity<\/a> along California\u2019s coastline.<\/p>\n

\u201cI spent most of the day filming multiple Great Whites tear apart this whale carcass,\u201d drone operator Sammy Rigling wrote about the action he posted on social media.<\/p>\n

\u201cI must have seen 6-8 different sharks throughout the day. A handful of juveniles and 2 or 3 large Whites.\u201d<\/p>\n

One shark he estimated was at least 15 feet long. In a second video, he posted a close up of all the action noting that Shark week came early this year.<\/p>\n

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The video was shot off Martin\u2019s Beach just south of Half Moon Bay. Instagram\/@drone_guy650<\/p>\n

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The area is known as a natural habitat for the great white\u2019s. Instagram\/@drone_guy650<\/p>\n

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Shark sightings have increased at California beaches. Instagram\/@drone_guy650<\/p>\n

The area is known as a natural habitat for the great whites.<\/p>\n

Experts have said they expect more juvenile white sharks<\/a> than typical along the coastline of Southern California up to Monterey this summer, due to unusually high ocean temperatures pushing them up the coast from Mexico.<\/p>\n

The wild video surfaces just days after two paddle boarders were stalked<\/a> by a great white, as a drone video<\/a> showed the predator appearing to track them off the coast of Santa Barbara<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The two were visiting family during Father\u2019s Day weekend and had initially heard about the shark sighting before going off to locate it.<\/p>\n

An uncle of one of the paddle boarders had flown a drone to try to help them locate the shark, but the pair eventually came back to the shore thinking they had missed it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe feeling is a mix of adrenaline and just this excitement mixed with this \u2013\u2013 it\u2019s a big deal. Like probably shouldn\u2019t be doing that. There\u2019s a moment it becomes real, especially when I saw the shark,\u201d Robert Kagan, one of the paddle boarders, told ABC<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs soon as I saw the shark I started telling Kayla [Ross]. \u2026 We were terrified going back to shore,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe said that he saw something. \u2026 But I didn\u2019t see it because I was just looking forward, paddling. So I didn\u2019t know what he saw, how big it was, so we just went straight back,\u201dKayla Ross also commented.<\/p>\n

A similar incident also occurred in early June when a large shark swam close to a surfer<\/a> off the coast of Aptos near Santa Cruz.<\/p>\n

Shark sightings have increased at California<\/a>\u00a0beaches with\u00a0experts predicting a \u201csharky summer<\/a>\u201d as a result of abnormal warm weather and the start of the El Ni\u00f1o cycle.<\/p>\n

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