swimming with white sharks in south africa

[Kylore11]

wtf kinda music is this!?!??

[000theUnforgiven000]

@Kylore11 Amazing music by Maynard James Keenan.

[coben80]

@000theUnforgiven000 False!! It is Deftones "Passenger" on their album White Pony!!

Great music for a great video of the most beautiful animal.

[000theUnforgiven000]

@coben80 I know.....but quess who is singing? thats right, Maynard James Keenan.

[coben80]

@000theUnforgiven000 That's right shame on me my friend...Beat me if you want :P

[tumbipanther]

Fucking epic sized balls on these lads

[Bennetting]

Wow they must have fed them like 50 cows before jumping into the water with them so they wouldn't be hungry. (that is a joke so dont comment on how they most likely didnt).

[adetuyi420]

1:42 fucking epic damn this is sick.

[TJKMONEY4LIFE]

@adetuyi420 and scary as fuck! LOL, love it!

[SuperEasytiger]

sailorgirl14 you know there are good dive stories on the net too ! Try myscubastory site... type myscubastory into google and its the first one i think

[medianatie]

The perfect soundtrack

[militaryminded85]

i love it how everyone is an expert, you know?, like steve irwin

[njjroberts]

HLY S@@T that is brave, the first time he ever did this i bet he got the ultimte rush, better than pure adreniline injected into ur heart

[gunseroses]

crazy mutherf 

[SullenMorbius]

guy has balls of steel! lame music, by the way ...

[000theUnforgiven000]

@SullenMorbius The music is amazing. Maynard James Keenan is one of the greatest contemporary metal singers

[newmanbeatbox]

Flipper! (Krr krr)

[dopeskis]

1:12 He leans over for a belly rub

[newmanbeatbox]

Peak soundtrack choice

[mrsfever4bieber]

at 6:13 does it eat it's flipper

[fusilier45]

Awesome I thought they blocked the Deftones song from this video

[findiddy]

is it jus tme or at 6:13 it looks like the shark tries to nibble his flipper/foot but the diver gets it out of the way just in time?

[findiddy]

at 6:13 it looks like the shark actually tries to nibble his foot/flipper but he fends it away?

[fusilier45]

@findiddy,yeah I noticed that too man

[salerno28]

song name?

[newmanbeatbox]

@salerno28 Deftones - Passenger

[horst384]

This guy just knows exactly what he's doing. Incredibly awesome.

[Vstar4me]

I saw a clip of Jack Costaus son doing exactly this off the california coast , where the Great Whites are in plenty.

HOWEVER he stayed below the GW and I thought it was much wiser, as they attack from below the prey right? All he had was a long stick for defense. I renamed him BIG BALLS.geeze I wonder what his father would have said.

Viva Le France!

[shox007]

O_O Good Grief!!! This guy is just asking for it. It was scary enough when actually dived into the water. But to touch the shark's nose, to put his hand over a wide open mouth, and then to hitch a ride on its dorsal fin!!!!!!!!!!!

That shark must have been well fed before this, so it probably couldn't be bothered to eat him.

[goatboyful]

ok, just because one guy in South Africa has the spine to go free-swimming with MR. WHITE, and i cant remember his damn name, that it no excuse for people to get reckless. oh i forgot, i'm expecting commonsense from the human race! how silly of me!

[goatboyful]

michael rutzen, that's his name. and from the pictures i have, which show him wearing the same brand of wetsuit, this may even be him. just be careful man, respect rather than RIP!

[buffalmacco76]

non lo farei neanche per tutto l'oro del mondo!!!...magari, per tutto l'oro del mondo, starei sulla barca, ben chiuso nella mia cabina!!!

[albertomdcc]

this is the greatest video about sharks I have ever seen. That guy has to be a little crazy but at the same time has to have great knowledge about great whites to be able what he does. He also teaches us that sharks are not the monsters that hollywood have shown....

[alekscee]

Amazing!

absolutely amazaing!!!

[ttom460]

The best, most amazing video I have ever seen on free swimming with white sharks.only a brave few do it .

[hio2paco]

un bel morso....e poi vedete come non facevano piu' gli spiritosi...amo gli squali e penso che DEBBANO meritare rispetto ed il giusto timore...

[casualcases]

HOW did he do this... this is completely out of i dont know... swiming with a white shark is not normal. O.O

[muckdiver]

shark matador... bravo!!! still, take care enjoyed your vid :)

[xaviclimbing]

Precioso!! No hay nada como conocer a los animales y saber que es lo que se puede y no se puede hacer.

Great!! Nothing better than know about the animals and what you can do with them.

[newmanbeatbox]

If you wanna the play the original auio which goes perfect with the clip: The Deftones, 'Passenger'

[brewil]

if you check at 4:20 where he holds his knees-its actually a non threatening gesture to the sharks to show them he is ... not a threat.

[warproness]

dont thinks its harpoon. Ive seen this done with great white before using electrical rods that give out a current making the shark dosile and unwilling to attack

[brewil]

iits a broken spear gun. This guy dives in gansbaai in South Africa with them. hes done over 200 dives so far with no incident.

[mrdaghaug]

he`s harpoon is´nt even loaded.

[GarlicBird2]

This shows that sharks are not the man-eating creatures people make them out to be. Brave guy too!

[CASTEROYLE]

well al no b puttin that to the test, thats for sure ma boy

[RoelofKenth]

I do that with a gold fish.

[williamrussell19]

Brave motherfuckers!!! Cant believe only 27000 views!!!

[davidecau73]

bel video però la musica ,avrei voluto l'audio originale .

[PistolaPirla85]

The Deftones-Passenger

[Guiseppe98]

it HAS YET TO GET TO GET A MILL.

[Guiseppe98]

3:22. unbelievably amazing! Who is the diver?

[Cordiner84]

wow, this made me nervous just watching...can't begin to imagine how this guy was feeling!

[jagvillintevaramed92]

Lucky for him the shark isn't bigger, but one brave guy anyway:P

[RaymaNo9IsHere]

wtf? the great white was like right next to him with his mouth open

good song though so it's not scary :D

[Guiseppe98]

how does this not have atleast 100,000 views by now? this is amazing footage of a rare breed of man free diving with the whites!

[10bjerg10]

Proving that sharks are not stupid man-eating monsters.

A beautiful animal

[Guiseppe98]

this is an amazing video. perfect song for it too. thanks for posting. (going into favs category)

[Grip316]

That's the shit man! He obviously had to be researching that particular shark for a while to swim with it. Awsome footage! Someone has balls!

[sergiman86]

i'm sure these guys must feed the white shark with tons of dead fish before they actually go into the water to swim with him. that way he isn't hungry anymore and doesn't see the swimmers as a potential meal

[seestarrs]

I saw some of this footage on AndrewDewittBakers "Shark Attack? Man Attack" post. Very informative about the shark over hunting for fin soup and human ignorance. This is amazing and I love the song.

[exsay12]

Dude, youd definitely have to have guts to do that! Plus you gotta be able to read shark body language. Wow. Id have been ripped to shreds xD

[ollelinell]

is it maynard singing? witch song is it?

[arckanum1]

Tool - Passenger (Ft Chino Of Deftones)

[gamezone360]

The most amazing 6 minutes I have seen.. whow!!

[farang1975]

and even the shark is fed damn nobody of us would go swim with the white one without getting hurt badly because we dont understand the bodylanguage of that shark

[UtubeStefan]

Right farang and than again, just watch and learn ;-) And for the others read! Dammit, JAWS was just Hollywood!

[farang1975]

These guys are scientiest. They have studied the big white for many years. They understand the bodylanguage of the white sharks ,thats why it is possible. in the whole world only 3-4 people can swim with the white shakr without cage,but what that guys is doing tts realy impressive, he touchs him and everything. but the most impressive thing is it seems like the white shark enjoys beeing there with him. It looks like they would play together.

[rhopilema]

@farang1975 Remember the guy who thought he spoke grizzly? Just sayin'...

[DHScherocha]

@farang1975, In most cage dives they put blood and fish guts in the water to attract the sharks, which puts them into more of a frenzy mode. Anybody could do the same as here, given enough guts, in this same situation, as we are not the shark's natural prey, and therefore appear alien to them. The shark did not want to "play" you spastic, it was curious if he was a potential food source. Great whites are streamlined killers, not dolphins. In summary, you're an idiot.

[newmanbeatbox]

The difference between 'anybody' and 'given enough guts' is about 5.7 billion people I guess

[newmanbeatbox]

@DHScherocha Gotta say this is a 6:30 minute version of the original 9:59 clip which was on YT but got deleted. And I guess in real time, the divers must have been in the water for 15 minutes at least? That's a little long for a million year old predator, just to find out if you're snack or not, I'd tend to think.

[doogiedog1234]

@farang1975 THis was just one encounter and it was with a really sick great white.. it was talked about on national geographics ... i would call this animal cruelty

[IanJamesG]

@farang1975 there's alot more than 3-4 people who can swim with great whites, that's a preposterous statment they are studied by an abundance of scientists who swim with them.

[mikey200885]

this guy is crazy. whether they have been fed or not, if they did feed them surely the food would have attracted other sharks. so i think if they did chuck in food that makes him even crazier. the shatks do seem dopey tho,

[spudmustang]

This guy is the aquatic version of Timothy Treadwell. If he keeps playing around with wild animals like that, it's only a matter of time...

[SonnyBoyPics]

I agree with allcityauto. The Sharks seem to have been fed, gorged themselves on whatever the divers were feeding them. They at times are almost in a trance it seems, which is what happens when they overeat. But still, this guy should own the copy rite on NO FEAR.

[padaxes]

wow impressive

[parmdude78]

The shark desparately wants to "taste" him but the guy manuevers towards the shark. If his back was turned the shark might have been so nice.

[avzett]

This is inSANE. This guy is asking for it.

[allcityauto]

I believe they took this Great White to McDonalds for dinner, he was stuffed. Nothing else makes sense or explains the placidity of this wild animal. He could devoure at any second this human or anything in the sea without even a preemptive concern.

[EchoCannon89]

most white sharks that I know eat at Red Lobster

[Fabiomillemila]

This is a superman!

Probabilmente avrà fatto tante immersioni con gli squali da aver imparato a non temerli, anzi...a trattarli come se fossero degli animali da giardino, tipo un bel cagnolone che vuole giocare!

quanto lo invidio....

[Dirtywayne80]

This is one of the very first videos I watched on YouTube about a year ago.

It talk BIG BALL to do this.I think I spoke with him once and Hope he is still alive.

NOTE:At 6:28 you can see its two Great Whites.

Wow,now that the man!!! ~10 StarS~

[dirtymattress]

you actually see both of them at 5.24

[amq911]

Best vid ever

[dreymaddox]

I saw more bout this guy, like turning upside down a great white, they get catatonic they stom swimming and reacting. he went to learn other teciques from a lady somewere i can't recall. she makes them catatonic just caressing them on the nose, like a puppy laying the face in your hands.a much smaller kind of sharks though.with the great withe didn't work much!To me......still, it's a nasty job to choose, u got some balls bro!!!!

[ghosttroop]

I have watched this video over and over again and I still find myself staring at it in awe and total disbelief. Here is proof that, if we can imagine it, nothing is impossible.

[shuvaman]

1:44 - ag jirre kyk hoe kom oubaas se honne vir n neusie krap, ougat vissie

[Residentevilman010]

wow he hadto die he was swimming with great white sharks

[cutepoisonUK]

Wow she is so beautiful!!! What an amazing experience. God, if I had the chance to that I would die happy. Everyone who thinks sharks are just killing machines NEEDS to see this. She's just beautiful!

[MeebleMeeble]

I saw a doc about this guy a few years ago, is he still alive?

[ghosttroop]

I swam with White-tip Reef sharks, wearing scuba gear. Great Whites with a snorkel, hey? Ummm ... you win. Absolutely awesome! I never thought this was possible. Thank you.

[WillyWonkaSeedorf10]

TOOOOOOOP !!!

[balonypony16]

geez... not your standard weekend activity

[AJM212006]

thats one brave guy

[ruspyati]

i dont uderstand why wear dark costume it justm makes you look more like a seal!

[killerall]

amazing!!!!!this man is crazy!!!!

[biteofreality777]

i want a request dont swim with one SWIM WITH ATLEAST 3 WHITE SHARKS...PLEASE

[lexie36]

i would serioulsy pee in my pants if a shark came that close to me!!!!!! lol

[LtBarnes2007]

i would pee and shit my pants lol. but technically i have a brain so i wouldnt be swimming there.

[UtubeStefan]

I love this amazing video! What a wonderful lesson on nature to admire.

This guy knows exactly, what he was doing and how to help himself dealing with the natural, "peaceful" curiousity of this beautiful white shark - a too demonized creature on the red list. Okay, I bet, the second one was not planned to drop by, but that's life ;-)

[vanezinha]

I've seen some people swimming with the great white...

but not touching the animal like this.

Incredible !

[ttom460]

The shark is probably to amazed at the fact that this creature is not afraid of him to think about being aggresive.

[MeebleMeeble]

the diver is doing nothing to trigger the shark's predatory instincts, especially by just swimming in place looking directly at the shark as it comes close, when almost every other animal would get out of its way. Amazing.

[enxareu]

the sound is amazing! A Perfect Circle for shure, but i dont know the song! Nice video btw :P

[sorenrudolph]

The music is Deftones, tracks Passengers and Change in the house of flies, Album White Pony

[dockessa]

madonna che paura!!!!!

[Dona1234567]

Wow!!! :)

[LordSpanky]

no drugs .. well at least not in the shark ..

just a good understanding of the animals behavior by the divers ..

[tarrachi9]

WHO OF TWO WAS ON DRUGS?

[holdenhq75]

Both of them hahahha

[erdanan]

incredible!

I never knew it was possible to swim so intimetly with great whites

beautiful!

[paulinbaja]

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