We’ve seen a shark in Mexico actually enter a cage with a diver in, and now the same island location has seen another pretty intense encounter.
Mick Fanning may have delivered a punch in order to save his bacon, but this guy decided a broom was all he needed to fend off a rather large shark.
Keen for a little shark cage dive over the weekend? This video might just put you off those plans, and spare a thought for the chap inside.
If you’re a fan of splashing around at the beach during the summer this should be good news, the city ramping up efforts to protect swimmers from sharks.
I’ve never been in the water when a shark has been spotted, let alone a great white enjoying a full breach. I imagine these guys were a little rattled.
You won’t find me in open water with a speargun in my hand, but that may have been exactly what saved the life of Californian Tyler McQuillen.
Us humans have done pretty well once we tick into the three digit age group, but for one species of shark that’s basically the teenage years.
I’d like to go on the record and say I apportion no blame to this poor Ozzie bloke, because even the best of us would be pretty freaked out by this.
I think you know where your money should be when it comes to this battle, but we won’t spoil the fun and give away the ending.
Protests of various sorts have dominated much of our local news these past few years, but I don’t remember seeing a collective effort 10m under the sea.
As our sharks’ natural prey gathers closer to the shore so do they, which has prompted the NSRI to issue a strongly-worded warning.
Jet skis are pretty fun to zoom around on, but if you come across a denizen of the deep you shouldn’t really antagonise them.
A leisurely outing turned ugly in Plett this morning, a shark chomping a bite out of a surf-ski and causing the NSRI to issue a warning.
Some surfers in California had their session cut short by a cheeky great white shark, although from a distance it all looked rather spectacular.
I hear there were some pretty decent waves around Cape Town yesterday hey? Turns out it wasn’t just the surfers who were having a jol.
Perhaps sharkapocalypse will become a thing as shark attacks are on the rise as the ocean gets warmer because: global warming.
Former bodyboarding world champ Sacha Specker is one lucky chap, surviving to tell the tale of a great white encounter in Noordhoek.
These two camera angles show a Great White getting rather up close and personal with a few cage divers in Gansbaai.
Mention the words ‘big shark’ and you generally catch people’s attention, so when you’re talking about the biggest shark ever filmed the world tends to sit up and take notice.
We all know that these creatures lurk in the waters beneath us but it’s a different matter altogether when they are hauled out of the water. This oke looks particularly nasty.
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There are always two sides to any story but, whilst Mick Fanning has been widely touted as a hero for his actions, there is at least one involved party who sees things rather differently.
Mick Fanning’s J-Bay Open took an unexpected turn yesterday when he was attacked by a shark live on air. Viewers watched on in horror as the Aussie battled the beast.
Another shark video from Mossel Bay has grabbed international headlines this week, although it isn’t the fierce looking beast in the foreground stealing the limelight.
When it comes to fishing I prefer to be on the boat, beverage in hand but I guess that’s not everyone’s style. This guy in Florida is a tad more hands on.
Has anyone else heard that line about punching a shark on the nose when being attacked and everything will be OK? I think we may have been misinformed.
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Well you won’t see this every day! An incredibly rare shark has washed up in the Philippines and it doesn’t look like anything we’ve ever seen before.
As much as we wouldn’t want to meet one face to face, there’s something beautifully majestic about a Great White Shark. This guy, however, isn’t quite as easy on the eye.
We know the Ozzies are prone to a bit of exaggeration after a couple of Fosters’ but it does seem like there’s a monster on the loose off the coast of Newcastle.