- Salvage diver had close encounter with a Great White shark on an expedition
- Shark suddenly appeared out of the gloom behind him with no warning
- Killer fish bared its jaws on approach but diver only got a bump on the head
This is the heart-stopping moment a diver almost got his head taken off by a huge Great White shark.
The salvage diver was floating near the sea bed somewhere off the coast of South Africa when the shark appeared out of nowhere behind him.
He was diving with his son, who took the frightening footage, and didn’t see the shark coming as he was looking the other way.
The salvage diver didn’t see the shark coming as he was looking the other way during his expedition off the coast of South Africa
The aquatic beast emerged from the gloom with no warning and swam straight over the top of the diver, bumping into his head on the way.
The diver appeared shocked by the close encounter, clutching his head in surprised panic before looking up in disbelief.
Though the shark bared its teeth as it approached the defenceless divers, it moved straight past without showing any interest in devouring them.
The shark emerged from the gloom without warning swimming straight for him
Though the shark bared its teeth as it approached the defenceless divers, it moved straight past without showing any interest in devouring them
Other divers and spearfisherman suggested the shark realised the pair were not prey and showed no signs of being in ‘attack mode’.
They were far luckier than numerous other divers who have been attacked by Great Whites and other big sharks even just this year.
Just last month tourists cage diving off South Africa got a fright when one of the killer sharks bit at the cage bars a dozen times before it was distracted by bait.