{"id":84939,"date":"2023-08-30T16:03:36","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T16:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/?p=84939"},"modified":"2023-08-30T16:03:36","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T16:03:36","slug":"great-white-shark-crashes-into-kayaker-off-new-zealand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/world-news\/great-white-shark-crashes-into-kayaker-off-new-zealand\/","title":{"rendered":"Great white shark crashes into kayaker off New Zealand"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Heart-stopping moment great white shark crashes into kayaker and almost capsizes him while it was hunting prey off New Zealand<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Breathtaking footage showed a shark leaping out of the water to chase a seal<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The spectacle got too close for comfort as the shark hit the bottom of a kayak\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is the heart-stopping moment a great white shark crashes into a kayaker, almost capsizing the vessel as the animal powers through the water to hunt a seal off the coast of New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>Greg Potter was sitting back in his pedal kayak admiring nature from a distance as he watched a young great white shark shooting through the ocean surface to try and catch a seal off New Zealand&#8217;s Eastern Cape.<\/p>\n<p>But as the young shark sought to land the prey in its jaws, the spectacle got a little too close for comfort, almost plunging the kayaker himself into the action.<\/p>\n<p>The shark twice fired into the bottom of Greg&#8217;s kayak, nearly knocking over the vessel on the second time of trying.<\/p>\n<p>The knock nearly knocked Greg clean into the water, potentially leaving him with a similar destiny to that of the ill-fated seal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/30\/12\/74870947-12460873-image-a-48_1693394294857.jpg\" height=\"349\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>As Greg saw the great white shark chasing the seal, he stopped pedaling and filmed the incredible scenes to upload to his GP Fishing Adventures social media channels<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/30\/12\/74870925-12460873-image-a-66_1693394374664.jpg\" height=\"354\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A seal is seen up close as it nears Greg&#8217;s kayak off the coast of New Zealand&#8217;s Eastern Cape, with a great white shark following closely behind<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/30\/12\/74870933-12460873-image-a-67_1693394383024.jpg\" height=\"354\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A seal and shark plummet through the water off the coast of New Zealand just metres away from Greg&#8217;s kayak<\/p>\n<p>Greg has previously assumed the disturbance was a school of tuna fish flapping around and had ventured over on his kayak to have a look.<\/p>\n<p>He quickly realised however that it was a young shark chasing a seal. He stopped pedaling around 200 metres away and filmed the incredible scenes to upload to his\u00a0GP Fishing Adventures\u00a0social media channels.<\/p>\n<p>The seal can be seen repeatedly shooting up into the water to try and scramble away from the shark, which follows closely behind.<\/p>\n<p>In awe of what he&#8217;s seeing &#8211; at this point even closer at around 100 metres away &#8211; Greg says on the footage: &#8216;I&#8217;ve got a juvenile great white shark chasing a seal out here.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s unreal,&#8217; he adds, despite the chase getting for what many would consider more than close enough.<\/p>\n<p>After the experience, Greg told the New Zealand Herald: &#8216;They were moving fast man &#8230; like just flying through the water.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Greg then made the quick decision to hit the pedals as the seal and shark started to circle him &#8211; but it was too late.<\/p>\n<p>He said he thought the seal may have been using his kayak as shelter from the predator, causing the shark to leap up near him and strike the boat twice.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/30\/12\/74870935-12460873-image-a-69_1693394402247.jpg\" height=\"349\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Greg Potter filmed the incredible scenes for his social media channels, GP Fishing Adventures<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/30\/12\/74870937-12460873-image-a-65_1693394352163.jpg\" height=\"349\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0A seal and a shark are seen shooting out of the ocean as the hunter attempts to catch its prey<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/30\/12\/74870941-12460873-image-a-68_1693394396818.jpg\" height=\"354\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The shark twice fired into the bottom of Greg&#8217;s kayak, nearly knocking over the vessel on the second time of trying<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/30\/12\/74870931-12460873-image-a-70_1693394407670.jpg\" height=\"363\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The seal can be seen repeatedly shooting up into the water to try and scramble away from the shark, which follows closely behind<\/p>\n<p>The second strike nearly knocked Greg out of the kayak and straight into the water, even closer to the jaws of the shark.<\/p>\n<p>But the experienced fisherman managed to regain his balance and continued his swift exit out of the danger zone.<\/p>\n<p>He said he still remained in awe, comparing the real life action to something one would only normally see in a David Attenborough documentary.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He told the New Zealand Herald that the experience was &#8216;breathtaking&#8217; and that he was able to remain fairly calm despite the shark being an arm&#8217;s reach away at one point.<\/p>\n<p>However, the adventurer said the potential consequences of what could have happened had he not maintained his balance still gives him &#8216;chills&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If it had managed to get me out of the kayak, that that could have been a pretty disastrous ending,&#8217; he told the New Zealand publication.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/30\/12\/74870951-12460873-image-a-73_1693394431699.jpg\" height=\"349\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The juvenile great white shark is seen leaping out of the water as it attempts to catch a seal<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/30\/12\/74870927-12460873-image-a-71_1693394413516.jpg\" height=\"349\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>As the young shark sought to land the prey in its jaws, the spectacle got a little too close for comfort, almost plunging the kayaker himself into the action<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/30\/12\/74870943-12460873-image-a-74_1693394447693.jpg\" height=\"349\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A young great white shark shots through the ocean surface to try and catch a seal off New Zealand&#8217;s Eastern Cape<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/08\/30\/12\/74870929-12460873-image-a-72_1693394418632.jpg\" height=\"354\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The experienced fisherman managed to regain his balance and continued his swift exit out of the danger zone<\/p>\n<p>He noted that he had almost been covered head to toe in back at the time &#8211; making him almost indistinguishable from a seal in the shark&#8217;s perspective.<\/p>\n<p>But this was not the first time that Greg has been thrown in at the deep end with his escapades around New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>He said he has previously caught a 100kg marlin from his kayak, and even seen orcas and giant sunfish up close.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12460873\/great-white-shark-kayaker-New-Zealand.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heart-stopping moment great white shark crashes into kayaker and almost capsizes him while it was hunting prey off New Zealand Breathtaking footage showed a shark leaping out of the water to chase a seal The spectacle got too close for comfort as the shark hit the bottom of a kayak\u00a0 This is the heart-stopping moment a great white shark crashes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84938,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin 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