WATCH Great White shark glides between surfers in South Africa

Below is the chilling moment, captured on film, where a Great White shark glides silently between three surfers in Jeffrey’s Bay who are blissfully unaware that death could be just a few feet away.

The nine-foot-long shark made its shock appearance at the very same surfing championships where Australian surf legend Mick Fanning survived a shark attack on live TV in 2015.

A drone was sent up after reports of a Great White behind the surf line, and it can be seen swimming along the coast towards a dozen of the world’s top surfers.

South African pro surfer Eli Beukes was one of them. He posted a photo a couple of days ago that shows how close the shark was to him, saying: “Little visit during the @sealandgear Airs for Good event in Jbay today.”

Friends of his said the epic pic shows the shark didn’t want to miss the show, and that the video footage was like watching Jaws.

@Zoard, an athlete filmer and lifeguard who shot the footage described it as “locals checking the waves”. When asked if they were able to warn the surfers @Zoard said: “We were far away so tried buzzing around, and we called ahead to people in the area to warn them…”

Incredibly, as the shark heads towards two unsuspecting competitors a third surfs almost over its head, unaware that it is in the wave right below him.

The Great White then lines up a surfer who is looking around him, trying to catch a wave in the Corona Open J-Bay 2023 leg of the Men’s Surfing Championships.

It then manoeuvres right behind the surfer appearing to be getting into the perfect attacking position, and then fortunately decides that the surfer is not on the menu for today and slowly turns away.

Professional surfer Nathan Florence, 29, from Hawaii put the incredible drone footage – taken by a friend at South Africa’s famous surf spot – on his Facebook page.

He said:

”It was pretty crazy and we saw some guys come in fast and I asked them what the deal was and they said they had seen a huge white shark come by.

“It was close enough they said to see its eyes so we put the drone up fast to see if it was there and sure enough it was swimming towards the world tour surfers.

“We tried to warn the first guy with the drone as we were far away and he pulled his legs up but didn’t see the shark, then the shark checks out another surfer.

“We alerted people on the beach who alerted the surfers and they all came in and the shark cruised on his way up the coast and everyone got on with their day.

“What a crazy chance to see a shark like that! South Africa is incredible!”

Great Whites can grow up to 20 feet long and weigh 2 tons and have up to 300 razor sharp serrated teeth arranged in rows for hunting prey.

They can swim up to 35mph and normally feast on seals, sea lions and dolphins, but can mistake humans in wet suits for what it naturally eats and then bites.

In the last 25 years 37 people have been killed by sharks off South Africa and at this time of the year when the sardine runs happens, they are very active.

In 2015 Australian three-times world champion Mick Fanning, then 39, was seen on live TV being attacked by a Great White but managed to fight it off.

The latest fatal Great White attack was pizza shop owner Kimon Bisogno, 39, at Plettenberg Bay in September, just along the coast where she was swimming.

WATCH Great White shark swims between surfers in Jeffrey’s Bay

This gruesome photo below shows the massive damage Great Whites can do but this 38-year-old victim, attacked in Jeffreys Bay two years ago, luckily survived.

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