They get 20 feet away and fade into the green...that's terrifying.

@Dutchman-2002

3 жыл бұрын

@Luka Karsyn and here we see a wild pair of bots.

I was borned in a small town in Spain. My dream always was to see great white shark in South Africa. In 2006 I was working in a supermarket and I went to ask for a credit in my bank just to go there. My mom was thinking his son was crazy, my friends was thinking the same, I didnt care, I just want to make my dream come true. Andre was my guide during all this travel, in that moment I was 26 and I didnt speak english but it wasnt a problem to enjoy of this animals around 5 days. Thanks Andre and his team for these beautifull days in Gansbaai.

@crowlover4444

4 ай бұрын

You were so lucky to be able to go! What a privilege! Glad it went well for you! Andre is quite the tour guide. I envy you, can't lie. lol May the rest of your life be as blessed.

All my respect and admiration for these underwater photographers. I'm shaking here and they have balls of steel.

This could be the first time someone has filmed swimming with white sharks, but I saw a documentary a long time ago about a guy in south Africa that swam with them, and that was on the BBC I thought back in the late 90's, but it could have been early to mid 00's. Kudos, anyway. Good post. White sharks are awesome.

You guys wanted to "Make the image of the shark better in public opinion"? Why would you pick the spookiest synth music to accompany it lol

@yeismeload

9 жыл бұрын

Jordan C Documentaries are guilty of this as well. Whenever you see segments on the Great White, Bull or Tiger sharks it's the same thing...haunting or anxiety-inducing music a la Jaws.

@Britta_no_filter

6 жыл бұрын

I like this music! It's spooky, but in a sexy way.

@davewolf6256

3 жыл бұрын

@@Britta_no_filter Porn would probably be less tacky if this was the more typical synth soundtrack.

@QpRogne

3 жыл бұрын

I thoguht about that as well, but in my opinion it was very fitting. It felt ancient and almost sacred, and of course it was a tense moment there for bit so it served a purpose for that too. however I agree that's annoying when they use over the top dramatic music even when they are just standing in the boat.

@daleme8187

2 жыл бұрын

@@QpRogne haha it is an 11 year old clip

Rumor has it that it's the tears of misunderstood sharks that makes the sea water salty

@GGamersUnited

9 жыл бұрын

Obie wan Jabronie lmao. dem feels though. I blame Jaws and ppl's ignorance not willing to learn more about them.

@souloftheage

6 жыл бұрын

Obie wan Jabronie A haiku should be written to tbat effect!!. Oh beautiful shark. Great is thy bite in my flesh. Frost on window pane. FIN.

@erinjean2695

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah that and mermaids 😂

Its the going back to the surface part which will have me scared

@wallacekgames2266

4 жыл бұрын

Me commenting on a five year old post to say that I got the same feeling as I got running up the stairs as a kid

@billwilson3665

3 жыл бұрын

I get that feeling ascending from a dive when there are no sharks visible Especially midway up when there is nowhere to take cover.

@Job.Well.Done_01

3 жыл бұрын

@@wallacekgames2266 very, VERY dangerous and vulnerable during the ascent. Ambush predator coming up from beneath or behind at 30 mph...beyond terrifying. I suppose when you HAVE to...you’ll do the ascent and block out the danger.

@christianburk2432

3 жыл бұрын

@@Job.Well.Done_01 what is really scary about the great whites is they are enormous but silent. You never hear them coming until they attack you. Whereas if you are in the forest you can hear a bear or a large predator coming. But the great whites are silent and stealthy.

@mitchsvlogs5361

25 күн бұрын

How's life been

The last 5 minutes seem to have been captured from a dream.

@joaopaes3347

3 жыл бұрын

Perfect

@leahcoppinger8770

2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful footage

@Luckboxrr

Жыл бұрын

you must have weird dreams, this seems more like a nightmare

That was an unbelievable sequence of clips. Moral of the story - Never ever become complacent.

My heart was pounding. They let them get so close.

These guys are absolute legends. What they are doing-educating the world and dispelling irrational fears, will save the lives of millions of sharks.

@3_up_moon

Жыл бұрын

The problem isn't the shark you see, it's the shark you don't see.

@billbally4419

Жыл бұрын

Tell China

I was scared just watching it....

The music is more terrifying than these beautiful curious animals ^__^

@zshark1495

4 жыл бұрын

yes,it can be true,but don't forget that these beautiful animals are killers too,if you give them a chance they will live up to their reputation. from the other hand yes,they are beautiful indeed,I am saying who ever is planning to meet them in the water like these guys did, they must be aware of what the outcomes could be, whatever it takes. In the sense of these facts, I think the music is right. Not many people would be willing to do what they had done.

@Justicia007

16 күн бұрын

Not always

No amount of mental preparation could prepare me for this. They would see me as prey...

Doing this kind of dive with a riled up bull shark is more dangerous since they don't rely on stealth when attacking. White sharks rely on the element of surprise. I believe that Jacques Cousteau once said that he feared the Oceanic White-tip more than the Great White based on his personal experience with both sharks.

Those divers got some major balls to swim with Great White(s)

"Requires strong mental preparation." Yeah, like a LOBOTOMY!

This came out when I was a kid and I'm almost 40. Man this brings back memories

This is not only the 1st footage (if it is) made with divers/great whites interaction, but by far THE BEST !! 😮😮 All that is totally crazy! I've never seen elsewhere divers so close and so confident with a single GW, let's not mention two of them and of that size! .... that's absolutely outstanding. Till to grab and let one self carried by their dorsal fin....I don't believe it And it was back in the days when people had stereotypical ideas about sharks, and particularly the GWs. I mean ....I'm not saying they're pet, but now we have a literature of many inteactions by professional divers. Simply superlative. I've watched tens, maybe hundreds of videos on sharks .... This is the best rather than the oldest one. Thanks to KZread

@Luhmekarl

8 ай бұрын

Absolutely. Insane footage. Would you get as close with GWs like they did? I already met silky sharks, reef white tips and also oceanic white tips while diving. But I’d never try to dive with GWs. Also wtf is this one dude using? Only a oxygen bottle carried by hand? Seems inconvenient…

@tm75_88

8 ай бұрын

@@Luhmekarl I've dived with sharks, but never with GW. of course I'd like to do it, but preferably in a cage 😌

Such beautifull creatures

@powerofone1645

9 жыл бұрын

The sharks look nice too. :)

@robertthomas6772

3 жыл бұрын

I will swim/drink to that. Just kidding. What bravery. Robert in California.

@geoffreybreasley9845

2 жыл бұрын

Is that you Barry

@justinhealey2408

2 жыл бұрын

So beautiful, until its gums are hangin out of its head with teeth nashin blindly until they sink deep into flesh

Nothing in the world would get me into the water if I knew what swims there with me... oO RESPECT!!! Balls of steel :D

Can't help but to think KZread is practically single handedly one of the best friends sharks could ever have-especially Great Whites. Thanks to KZread and all the videos that until perhaps 15 years ago or never got opportunities like this to be seen by the masses, such regal creatures have been so sadly misunderstood for virtually their entire existence on this planet. I hope videos like this one, and Ocean Ramse'ys and all the tiger shark petters of the Bahama areas and the like are changing the perception of the world where these incredible, beautiful, and formidable creatures are concerned.

@billbally4419

Жыл бұрын

Yeah sure Shempbob. It's KZread

@billbally4419

Жыл бұрын

Go pet a great white. Good advice you Lunatic

@Tito-en5nv

Жыл бұрын

Yes the live feed in Egypt worked wonders

@angelmartin7310

3 ай бұрын

​@@Tito-en5nvhahaha I was about to say. Popov was great PR

@Tito-en5nv

3 ай бұрын

@@angelmartin7310 idiots mate they are everywhere and sharks don’t get enough of them

That was the most incredible thing I've ever seen, thanks.

Yeo one of the best shark encounter videos I’ve had the privilege to watch.

Wow... I have no words. Just wow!!!

The videography is outstanding! Amazing video, way to go guys!

Those sharks are beautiful, magnificent creatures!

Certainly a once in a lifetime experience.

What a majestic creature! Respect, great footage!

You guys are a lil crazy and extremely brave. Great footage!!!!

one of the best videos ive ever seen on youtube

Andre swimming with the 5 meter shark was beautiful. These are crazed monsters as so many describe them. They are extremely cautious fish.

I cannot help but shudder if those divers hearts were pounding when they were swimming with those great white sharks. Hats off to you. Robert in California.

The all time best shark vid!

this is awesome thanx for the upload

Wow how beautiful. I'm really glad they did this video to show people how misunderstood the white shark is, so thank you...🦈🦈🦈

Omigosh! The majestic and elegant way these magnificent animals glide through the water leaves me breathless (when looked from below)! Being there would scare the crab out me though....:-))

Pair this up with My 600 Pound Life, now that's a show I would watch.

@nicholasmallard2926

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao!

anyone elses heart throbbing just watching this

At about 03:00 where the cameraman loses track of the GW and it comes up behind him. There was a documentary once where a film crew followed the first? guy who ever swam cageless with GWs. The cameraman either had a chain-mail suit over his scuba gear or he was in a cage, the shark expert just had a normal suit and tanks... for protection IIRC he may have had a shark stick and his eyesight. So they attract a shark and this guy get's in the water and he and CM are facing each other for mutual protection, etc. The camraman is filming and he has the other divers top-half framed while the diver is looking towards the CM while looking for the shark which they'd lost track of. We, the viewers and the CM, can only see the diver and the murky water beyond him, and slowly a dark tint in the murk takes on the unmistakable form of a xxxxing huge Great White approaching them head on. The CM must have sxxt himself as he could be about to film his buddy get their head bit off and that must have transmitted itself to the diver who suddenly turned around, jerked back in shock as his worst nightmarer was mere feet away! To say he got a fright is a gross understatment. The GW was just looking ... it pointed its head to one side an went! I'd love to find the film again as that diver lost all his confident bravado.

Such beautiful creatures. I would love to do this. I'm going to cage dive with them in the future, can't wait!

Such an amazing creature :)

"the animal would like to taste this unknown yellow spot..." what an intense encounter! Andre sir, I admire your calm demeanor and abnormally large balls.

The camera man never dies 😅

This is so awesome! I`d love to do that one day!

great footage!!! :)

He has a scent someone or something is around but, he can't see😊 Brave souls ...divers!! Great camera work.

amazing video

so great Pics! Hope that many more people would seen that video

The eerie background music is what evoke unease rather than the shark itself, it seems~~

Amazing dive man it nice Experience Congratulation all of you

What a sheer will of this diver 🔥🔥🔥 grand salute👍

It was good that these men gave realistic assessments of the dangerous situation. What is it with some conservations lately? Some recent conservation efforts seem work on the premise that creatures are only worth saving if we can either prove they're harmless to us or else delude people into thinking so. Why can't we accept that dangerous animals are still amazing and worth preserving?

Awesome, I have seen this dude Andre in another program and this dude is serious!

Beautiful!!!

I don't think I'd even do this for a million euro...

@newerbroom1013

5 жыл бұрын

Not to get back that kidney someone stole from me the other day.

@johnrotten3268

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah you would.... wait till the cash is right in front of you...

@abetuna2707

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnrotten3268 what if the shark decide to attack? these are great whites, not some smaller shark. If they bite you, the pressure of their jaws will rip your arms out easy.

@rainforesthk2181

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnrotten3268 you may not have chance to spend it

@daniellee5147

3 жыл бұрын

No fucking way

Amazing ❤

Shark= " crazy does not taste good"

@burgundypoint

5 жыл бұрын

Or... "crazy can put my eye out, better keep distance until crazy lowers his guard and I can approach from the rear"

AWESOME! that's such an impressing animal!

Beautiful! As a diver myself, I only WISH I had the courage to experience something like this.

@frankrichards3089

2 жыл бұрын

Careful what you wish for

Nice, I went 3 and a half years ago for one week cage diving with Brian, this video is filmed on the same spot. I've met Andre Hartmann and friends of him give me this video.

I read some where that most people who have ever swam in the ocean have probably been within 100 feet of a large shark and didn't realize it.

Those eyes look at you through the lens of another age when dinosaurs lived...terrible beauty

Incredible !!!!

beautiful beautiful!

Wow. You are amazing

I'm such a weirdo!! When the shark comes at the camera, I ALWAYS flinch or back up, like it's gonna come thru the screen!! Sharks (in general) absolutely terrify & amaze me.. They just demand respect. Watching them 🦈 so effortlessly glide thru the water 🌊 is awe-inspiring😮😲!!

Well done!

"I am a nice shark, not a mindless eating machine. If I am to change this image, I must first change myself. Fish are friends, not food."

In any of these moments, it's entirely dependent on the Sharks desire. If that shark is curious, hungry or angry... you're in a world of trouble. Often they will be more placid... but apex predators are that when ever it suits their needs! In most cases you'll be fine but then there are moments like with Simon Nellist, where the brutality of what this shark can do, in the rare moment it feels like kit, are there for all to see!

So pure

just added this to my bucket list

very beautiful sharks and video. my heart would been definetly pounding w fear and excitment. just knowing if the shark came for me aggressively..absolutely no chance to do anything. wow..hope these shark whisperers never get attacked.

just AWESOME

Honestly i think it's the florescent yellow scuba tanks that are drawing attention from the sharks. They become curious and go in to investigate.

Magical 🦈🥰👏

fantastic :-D

I have only been with Great Whites from the safety of a cage, I would love to muster the nerve to do this one day. But really, because they are ambush predators, I'd think if they made their presence known, they would be less antsy and aggressive than the groups of bull sharks and Caribbean sharks I have dealt in the open sea. I don't know. I have just been taught that when it comes to ambush predators, it's when you don't see them, that you are in the most danger. At least I got to stroke a Great White once as she glided by me, while safe in my cage, lol.

@austinoldfield5251

6 жыл бұрын

Chewbecca101 how much did it cost

@starquishakgant1409

5 жыл бұрын

Lol. How did it make u feel?

@raegruder4626

4 жыл бұрын

Sissy boy,I once rode a great white.

@surfinmuso37

3 жыл бұрын

They are not just "ambush" predators-that is only one of many methods they use to hunt. We need to stop this type of misunderstanding-it causes irrational fear which causes stupid panicky behaviour. Its all about educating from facts not fear.

@ruthblagden6988

2 жыл бұрын

@@raegruder4626 Only after I broke it in 😉

Such amazing creatures

Amazing.. my only dream from being a young kid is to go down in a cage with great whites.. pure love for them

That was not an "almost shark attack at 03:00". That was an intelligent, perceptive creature coming in for a closer look.

@tingoorensis

6 жыл бұрын

No. It was very dangerous because the diver was looking away. That's exactly the opportunity a shark will take to mouth something it is curious about. They know when you are aware of them, when you are watching. They are often retreating when you advance but when you retreat then they will advance. They aren't stupid at all. They're very thoughtful creatures however they are not with these men to witness the majesty of humans. They are looking to see if there is food.

@Abebe345

2 жыл бұрын

The shark only cares about feeding. I have heard yellow is something that attracts them: it may be something they try to "taste" more than other colors. Surprisied knowledgeable people would drive this that color tank.

@MrSunnyB thank you, hope it will be much more, as this is one of the best videos about freediving with great whites

Amazing

Utterly astonishing !!

Incredible! But why did I watch this before going to bed?

Beautiful animals

Legend.

Greetings From Dar es Salaam,Tanzania 🇹🇿 Mudi Mabiriani Alikuwa Hapa 😎

Now that is an experience!!!!!

4.26 min! amazing!

love that BCD with yelow tank :)))

I just love how curious great whites are. You can't help but wonder what goes on in their minds as they survive in the oceans. How do they feel about us when they're fear or suspicion about these strange creatures enters their watery home? Great stuff.

that is CRAZY! yellow tanks possibly peaked sharks curiousity

I felt tense just watching this … and the music really made it unnerving!

Thanks, beautifull !!!

i wonder how many of those sharks have been scared, hurt, or even killed, until we have this footage.

these peoples just awesome!

The detail on the shark is beautiful but I agree how frightening that it can some and go in moments and blend in

Dankie Andre, van die van wyks van 27ste laan 1963

@micheaven Oke, but from who do you think Mike learned it?