A group of surfers had a close call with a massive great white shark Wednesday in San Luis Obispo County before it splashed one surfer in the face.<\/p>\n
Dave, a surfer who has used a drone to look for the beasts in the Pismo Area for the past two years, captured one lurking beneath their surfboards Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n
\u201cHands down the most vivid, clear water shark encounter I have ever recorded\u2026 It\u2019s 9\u20196\u201d long,\u201d Dave said while sharing the hair-raising video on Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for the California Morning Report newsletter\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n The 10-foot-long great white shark splashed one of the surfers in the face. Instagram\/@caveman_476<\/p>\n The massive shark was spotted in in Oceano, San Luis Obispo County. Instagram\/@caveman_476<\/p>\n The experience surfer said he\u2019s \u201chappy it ended up just being a close encounter.\u201d<\/p>\n He sent the chilling video to some of his friends, who were all in disbelief, while one even asked if it was AI-generated. \u201cHow about ask the Pier Avenue crew if it\u2019s real,\u201d Dave added.<\/p>\n Earlier this week, a shark knocked a fisherman off his kayak<\/a> in the water near Leffingwell Landing in San Luis Obispo County.<\/p>\n A massive shark lurks under California surfers in San Luis Obispo County Wednesday morning. Instagram\/@caveman_476<\/p>\n The fisherman managed to get back on his kayak and tried to paddle back to the shore, \u201cbut punctures in the hull caused the kayak to take on water, forcing him to swim to shore,\u201d the Cambria Fire Department said in a statement.<\/a><\/p>\n After looking at the photos of the damaged kayak, Dr. Chris Lowe from the California State University Long Beach (CSULB) Shark Lab said that \u201cit was reasonable to assume the kayak had been struck by a shark.\u201d<\/p>\n Download The California Post App, follow us on social, and subscribe to our newsletters <\/p>\n California Post News: Facebook<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>, TikTok<\/a>, X<\/a>, YouTube<\/a>, WhatsApp<\/a>, LinkedIn<\/a> \t\t\t\t\t\t
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