Excellent and informative video. I’m retired now but my PhD is in Marine Biology from the University of Glasgow. As well as being entertaining, videos like your own are vital in making the public aware of the wonderful and surprising array of marine species around our British shores. I’ve just discovered your channel but will certainly be watching more of your content and sharing it with friends. Thank you and keep up your good work.
Thank you that’s great to hear from somebody who really knows their stuff! So as a marine biologist, do you think white sharks come into our waters? 😬🦈
@@AirbornePirates I’d say it’s quite probable that they do, but visits are probably fairly rare and confined to our Southern coast line. With water temperatures likely to edge upwards in the future, these visits may become more common and extend further north. As we have other Mackerel shark species with similar physiological requirements in our waters, it’s perfectly possible that they could cope with conditions. I hadn’t realised you were in the Isle of Man. I fondly remember spending time at the marine station in Port Erin as a student in the 70’s. Not exactly yesterday and not sure if it’s still there. Look forward to watching your future content. Kind regards.
@@AirbornePirates I used to be an avid shore fisherman, I say shore but you have to walk miles and climb up and down cliffs to get to the good Mark's. I've fished since I was 7. At Portpatrick they used to longline Spurdogs, I remember crates upon crates every time the boats come in, it was quite sad to see. They practically fished them to near extinction here around 1991. Anyway in 2005 I started fishing really heavily and over 2005- 2010 I noticed a big change in southern species moving to marks further north, noticeably Smoothhounds. I was catching tope again up to 50lb from the shore, smoothhounds on peeler and hermit crab. The Smoothhounds were going further north every year in bigger numbers. Common skate had been fished out in this area way back in the day and since about 2012 the boat lads have been catching them more regularly every year. Spurdogs dogs have also now in the past 10 years made a big comeback and are regularly being caught off boat and shore.
Yes, I do. I live in Ireland, and conditions in the West Of Ireland are ideal with large seal populations and suitable water temperatures. I'm sure they will be recorded in the coming decades. On another related matter, I heard a whale watcher from the West of Ireland say on the radio they encountered Minkes, Orcas & Fin Whales all on the same day beginning of August
This video is going to settled alot of arguments for me... I've been saying there are sharks in our waters for years so many people don't believe it.... Thanks very much for the ammo!🙌
Great vid , was very informative! I don't understand folk who enjoy killing them for fun tho, they are too beautiful and it's their terrain imo. We need to save sharks.
@makadeni123 exactly they are such crybabies get out from their home if you cant respect the ones that live there sharks are already being mass killed all across the world for no reason just for the fin that literally tastes like nothing and is for the 1% rich people that want to flex that they are eating sharks because of how expensive it is the world is so fucked sometimes
It's been a good week for Orca sightings here in Shetland. Two pods, the 27's and the 64's (named after the matriarch of each pod), combined to form a large pod of 12 individuals! I got some photos from the shore on Monday. They headed south to Orkney later in the week. Was out in the boat today and saw Risso's Dolphins and a Minke Whale. Still looking for my first Basking Shark of the summer.
Basking sharks as amazing. Been on the Hebrides many times, had a friend who did scoba diving and often played with killer whales, truely wonderful hearing the accounts after each dive.
This series excites me! Was just in Cornwall in St ives and went on a seal boat tour, we seen blue sharks circling them, wish I would of filmed it but was raining 🤣🙈
@@sharkbite5744 haha it was utterly peeing it down 🤣 the one day my chemo sickness decided to go away the heavens opened 🤣 rather possible I mean those seals was rather meaty, normally I'd use my mermaid call to bring all the sharks to the boat but this time I only managed to seal a deal with the big ole mega
Brilliant videos showcasing the misconceptions around sharks and them being in our waters hopefully it makes people love and respect these magnificent creatures and to make people realise that they aren’t monsters the only time you will get attacked is if you provoke or thrash around in the water
i was swimming the month before the attacks in naama bay and couldnt believe it that the attacks occured in the 2 bays i was snorkelling in .. great vid mate i have subscribed .. thanks
Those hammerheads & makos sure get around. As a schoolboy (12/13) in the 60s, on a camping trip near Port Antonio (Jamaica), we found a dead hammerhead on the beach nearby. About 8 feet, weirdly beautiful, locals told us it tangled itself in a fisherman's net and drowned. Happens occasionally and really pisses fishermen off, i.e. wrecked net, full of now mangled fish! More interestingly, wife of nearby property owner claimed to have caught a blue mako on rod and line while trawling not that far offshore. That was more scary, as we understood that they are fairly aggressive with form on attacking humans. We didn't swim much that weekend! In fact, more like 'paddling' than real swimming...no friendly reef barring access to that stretch of coast.
The lifeguards at Sennen in Cornwall in the 1980's tell a story of low tide at Sennen Cove, that left a massive sand bank with a fairly deep channel connecting at both ends of the raised sand bank. All the people were on the ocean side of the bank and the lifeguards; some using binoculars watched a *blue shark enter the channel at the north end, swim around the back of all the people and exit via the south end. No-one noticed, they reckoned it was around 5 -7 foot long. *A lot of them have family backgrounds in off-shore fishing so were confident on the identification - but having seen your video Tope might be a contender given the size.
Remember that everyone thinks sharks aren’t actually here, so it shows we don’t need to worry about this. Sharks are being slaughtered for their fins, lets not add to the problem by being unduly fearful of them and instead try to conserve them.
no one here in the UK thinks that. no one. we are taught about sharks in our waters at primary school ffs. Sharks are not slaughtered here for fins , nor are they hunted.
Good information on shark species, we have a pretty good eco system for various sharks, white sharks could easily pass through our waters feeding,large seal colonies, etc, look forward to your next video.
Great video Matt 👍🏼 Makes sense with wind farms/electric cables. some surf board companies are incorporating transmitters as a deterrent to sharks in the boards.
I live in Wyke Regis overlooking Chesil beach - (It's pronounced "Chezul" by locals BTW). My nephew is a keen fisherman and he tells me he often sees sharks just off the beach when the mackerel are "running". This "beach" is actually a steep shingle bank and it gets very deep very close to shore - few people swim there as there are many safer beaches very near.
@@laylasmith301 that would be people who lived in Weymouth, got out, but haven't seen enough of the rest of Britain - to call it that. I'm not from Weymouth, would claim an independent perspective. Sure I haven't seen the worst of it, but seriously doubt it compares to the worst of all other places in Britain.
@@artgreen6915 sorry I shouldn’t have said UK I have lived all over England though and I can safely say that weymuff is a bum hole town why do you think he said he lived in Wyke Regis and not Weymouth. even the sandy beach is fake
Just came across your channel and i have to say i loved this vid, i had to subscribe! Ive only ever seen sharks in uk waters once, but it was this time last year, on my way into eastbourne on a mini break i went up beachy head as id always wanted to go up there and see the lighthouse, and i could not believe my eyes! I saw not one, but 2 basking sharks on the surface probably a mile out.. but they were absolutely unmistakeable, they were literally cruising on the surface and visibility that day was very good although a little grey, but they were absolitely huge, my best estimate was they were both around 25 feet long, as i could see them so clearly from so far away
Liked the video before I even watched it because I knew it would be fascinating! Honestly like you, it's only a matter of time someone captures a Great White on their mobile phone camera to prove the doubters. One thing that troubles me with the South Africa comparison is the fact the waters may be the same quality and temperature although it's been like this for hundreds of years and we've yet to have hard proof of Great White UK. Great video once again.
Superb video again Matt. Great information and footage I did not realise there are so many species in the British coastline. Looking forward to the next video. Cheers for sharing and hope your well. 🏴 Ian 🏴
"I'm not a nut job" 30 seconds later "nah never scared of sharks in Australia I was hoping to see one!" Lad. Great video. Love catching smooth hounds because they're a little shark, would lay a brick if I knew it was one of those big buggers on the end of a line.
I think you've almost certainly got great whites in UK waters. I would be far more amazed to learn that you didn't. I know they're certainly around around the coast of Massachusetts and Maine in the US; and that's not a lot different than the UK waters either - I suspect they can generally be happy anywhere there's lots of seals to eat and minimal orca presence to harass them. In the northern Atlantic I think whites can be much more elusive, mainly because the water is typically much more opaque - it really works well with their natural camouflage. It's not quite like the crystal clear, turquoise water you'll find in Australia, South Africa or California where you'll easily see the shadow beneath the surface from a distance. That's just the way the North Atlantic is...it doesn't really matter which side of it you're on. But, just because you can't see them, doesn't mean they aren't there. I'm not sure if you've checked this out, but this guy has an interesting way of looking for great whites in LA. ruclips.net/video/CxujxaXdvQE/видео.html
In the early 80’s sailing westward in the Solent, I saw a shark dorsal fin about fifty yards away break the surface for about ten seconds, this fin was somewhere about five feet out of the water. Grey brown in colour, it was not a basking shark (I’d have seen more of it, and for longer) and was not a pilot whale ( they have a floppy looking dorsal) so I just plain don’t know, but it was a bloody great fin !
Well you have made my weekend! I randomly stumbled across your channel here and after the 1st video watched I can safely say I’m hooked! All sharks are magnificent beautiful creatures I would absolutely love to learn to free dive. How thrilling it would be to be so close 😍 Thanks
british waters have to have white sharks as we have lots of them off the nova scotia coast and they have a wide range. if all the other species you mentioned are there then so are white sharks . that was a beauty porbeagle shark that guy caught on film though
Btw the Orcas are regularly seen off the Rhins of Galloway, mull of galloway. Sharks are a very important species for the eco system. Some of the lads i know have seen orcas off Port Logan
This is amazing video. I love the man on the shoulder bit, that was funny 🙂Is the Porbeagle the same shark or same family as the Salmon shark that hunts up in I think Alaska/Canada. They await the Salmon spawning at the mouth of the river I think. Brilliant video though Sir.
Mate!! Been following you for a while now and your videos keep getting better and better. Looking forward to the next shark and wild camp vids. Keep it up
They're all pretty magnificent Animals I think. I remember reading about the Greenland Shark when I was at school many, many, many years ago. I always thought of Sharks as tropical until then.
Really liking Ur Chanel keep it up👊I'm from the isle off Harris, I'm 41whem I was a kid ma uncles and family members they were all fisherman used too tell us stories about baby great whites, bet it was the porbeagle🤯 we get the Baskin sharks alot tho. Keep up the good work👊🏴
It's worth noting that the word shark is English and in other parts of the non english speaking world they are referred to as Pesci (fish) or Grand Pesci (big fish) or Tiburon in Spanish, so many encounters go unrecorded. The term shark is actually Tudor slang referring to a nasty bloke who'd stab you an a dark alley.
Most probably came into English from German "Schurke" (villain, rogue). In many languages it's English translation would be equivalent to "Sea Dog", as is in South Slavic languages (Morski pas). In Dalmatia, along Adriatic cost, a special status, so to speak, is recognised to the Great White, where it is called "Psina", connotative translation of which would be "A big, rogue, dog".
@@Mosnik1 Yes that helps a lot to explain the roots of the name. There where Croatian emissaries of the Tudor court of King Henry VIII. It is also where we get the English name Cravats for scarves worn around the neck.
@@Mosnik1 There is even a Venetian cemetery in Southampton as there where four annual fleets that arrived in England with exotic goods from the east, it is also why the fashion industry still has Winter/Spring/Summer/ Autumn collection to this day.
Great video 👍🏻 The international shark attack files are bollocks 🤣 I was nailed by an Angel Shark in Fuertaventura while snorkelling and have part of the attack on video. Pretty sure their is video on RUclips of divers being attacked too
I've had porgies bump me in the kayak, and I am under no illusions that the chances are very high that we have the occasional visiting Great White visiting our shores in Jersey Channel Islands, we have a decent seal population, and they have been seen many times less than 200 miles away in France, our waters at the moment is 18c mid September, so our waters can easily be accessible by these species
@@AirbornePirates I rather a porgie bump the kayak, than our damn seals attempting to board, only happened the once but crapped me up big time off St. Catherine's breakwater, we get a lot of porgies close to shore in Jersey off the North coast because of the deep water. Guernsey even had one caught on float in their harbour lol
“The Malibu Artist” has a channel on RUclips and most of his videos are drone footage from above of Great White Shark juveniles off the shore of California. Perhaps they are there having been chased away from South Africa? They put trackers on some, and found they swim from New Zealand to California regularly. Long journeys at depth are not foreign to them.
Most people believe that Gt. Whites live in warm waters. Though they may commonly be found around areas of land that are considered warm (i.e. South Africa, USA, Australia, et al.), they normally keep to the colder waters of those areas. Therefore, the UK's waters are areas that the Gt. White would find suitable. What isn't suitable for Gt. Whites around UK waters are it's main prey. Seals. The UK does not have the really vast seal populations that you get in other areas to keep populations of Gt. Whites. But there are Gt. Whites in UK waters. However, they're probably just visitors and will not hang around for long but when they're seen, they make the news headlines. Not sure that the Mako would be the most dangerous shark in UK waters. After all, they're primarily fish feeders. I'd be more worried about Porbeagles and Hammerheads. And if you seen Orca, then you're safe in the knowledge that no Gt. White is going to be within 100 miles of you 8-))... Great video. Very interesting.
I'm from Northumberland and we have a lot of coastline and some parts are absolutely packed with seals and great white sharks would have an absolute field day and would never go hungry! I have never heard of any sharks feeding in the Northumberland coast but can't see why they can't as surely our waters are not much different in temperature than say Canadian waters? I've always wondered why they don't visit us and would love it if they would!
I've been to Blackpool. And there's always a few sharks to be seen on Blackpool sea front. Usually between the hours of 11pn to 4am I think there night feeder's.
I reckon they do frequent British waters in Summers, considering they regulate their body temperatures that not all sharks can do, this means they can tolerate our temperate waters in Summers when they would be naturaly warmer. Only thing that goes against the theory for me is that they would'v been landed in fishermens catches by now if they were frequent visitors, but they have not been caught YET.
GULP.... about 20 years ago i was in my late teens in Newquay and i got drawn out to sea on a paddle boat, wasn't a great swimmer so just slowly tried to paddle in on the board, took me over an hour to get back, i was aware of basking sharks which was one reason i stayed on the board but now i cant help but wonder what else was in the waters around me. Side note when i got to shore my mates asked where i had been... 'Just catching some waves!' was my reply all cool whilst they noticed my red raw back from the sun!
Great series on this subject more videos like this we need on RUclips keep up the good work. Great Whites in the waters around the UK absolutely , why not .!
An aquiantance of mine, Tom, is a Marine bioligist and gave me an interesting explination as to why we are not YET a Great white hotspot, and why GW sharks dont cross the atlantic ridge or travel too far north heres the full explination from Tom "so the difference is complex, will give a couple of reasons though that add together in different measure. The first is that the tolerances of sharks are not just temperature, sharks have highly developed olfactory systems and as a result they rely on a number of chemical and physical stimuli to keep themselves alive and away from potential danger, the further away from land you get the more likely you are to encounter extremely nutrient-poor waters where lamniform species are very unlikely to find prey. The second I'd bring up is international waters being overfished, as you move away from shores where quotas on fishing exist you often see fewer and fewer fish, this lack of fish will dissuade GWs from heading in a certain direction once they hit an arbitrary "abundance cutoff" in their brain. The third is some oceanography so might be complex but bear with, one of the main stirring factors in the ocean is friction against the bottom, stirred waters tend to be cooler and distinct bodies of water as the density boundary tends to produce a discreet body of water with unique fronts. Rising seafloors provide a greater degree of benthic friction so around the mid atlantic ridge there is probably an area of physically unique water that provides a sudden change in conditions that makes the sharks turn back . There's probably 1000 other smaller (or even bigger) reasons too! Ethology (the study of animal behaviour) is complex af and very multifaceted, sharks especially so as they have remarkably simple brains for their body size and most of their brains are dedicated to olfactory processing (around 75-95% depending on species). This is so distinct that in my field you will often hear people refer to sharks as "swimming noses"..." I for one would welcome Great white sharks and other large sharks to British waters as we could become their last safe bastion, due to a high seal population and as well as our various protections in place, for endangered animals. As you also mentioned in the video, our Orca population is low enough that our waters would provide safe feeding grounds allowing them to be an apex predator, and i have no doubt that a few certainly have ventured to Brittish waters, but of course the explination above would explain why they are not found here
My Dad and I was fishing of Santon and when he pulled in mackerel, porpoises or dolphins breached as soon as he got the fish out of the water. It must have tried to get the mackerel.
Porthcurno is an electric cable junction and a hotspot for basking sharks. I think it's more likely the wind farm that is scaring them off where you are.
Hi I saw a programme years ago it might have been Jeremy wade and he thought the loch Ness monster is a Greenland shark because of its size and no dorsal fin, he caught one in a deep fjord and he got into the water with it.
Yeah mate great work..again. I'm actually catching up on all your previous vids... I can't see why Pointers (Noah's where l live) wdnt be in ur waters, they tend to like cooler water..also, if you come across seal colonies surely you'd see a few with chomp marks on them? And lastly, ld never heard of a Porbeagle, but they're definitely similar to the Noah. Keep up the good work mate.
I subscribed .. I live in London I love to explore the outdoors but don’t get to do it as often as I wish. Finding time and paying for trains anywhere half decent is a real ball ache it’s very refreshing to watch. Also I love the paramotor stuff id love to try that but would probably be too scared only just recently had my first time on a paddle board after years of being to scared to try it
This was very entertaining, a lot more than i thought it would be. I didnt know really any of this, i feel kind of stupid for not thinking tbe uk had sharks in the water. Youre great at presenting and i love the editing of the videos. Ive subscribed and put notifications on :) cant wait to see you grow as a channel and whats next in this series
Late partner used to fish for tope (with some success) in nearby estuary (from land) and one day something took his bait, and line ran off his reel like a speeding train. If I recall correctly, he thought it might have been a mako, though he never got a visual. When he recovered the line, the hook had been bitten through. Def not a tope.
Its funny when people talk about how rare shark attacks are If someone handed you a grenade and said, hold this for an hour, it might go off but its rare Would you really hold it
Interesting. However the pictures of fishermen displaying their catches are not impressive. These people are no better than big game hunters. We should leave wildlife alone
Excellent and informative video. I’m retired now but my PhD is in Marine Biology from the University of Glasgow. As well as being entertaining, videos like your own are vital in making the public aware of the wonderful and surprising array of marine species around our British shores. I’ve just discovered your channel but will certainly be watching more of your content and sharing it with friends. Thank you and keep up your good work.
Thank you that’s great to hear from somebody who really knows their stuff! So as a marine biologist, do you think white sharks come into our waters? 😬🦈
@@AirbornePirates I’d say it’s quite probable that they do, but visits are probably fairly rare and confined to our Southern coast line. With water temperatures likely to edge upwards in the future, these visits may become more common and extend further north. As we have other Mackerel shark species with similar physiological requirements in our waters, it’s perfectly possible that they could cope with conditions.
I hadn’t realised you were in the Isle of Man. I fondly remember spending time at the marine station in Port Erin as a student in the 70’s. Not exactly yesterday and not sure if it’s still there. Look forward to watching your future content. Kind regards.
@@babycharliebrown thanks again! Yes the marine bio centre is still there although suffered severe damage a few years back from fire
@@AirbornePirates I used to be an avid shore fisherman, I say shore but you have to walk miles and climb up and down cliffs to get to the good Mark's. I've fished since I was 7.
At Portpatrick they used to longline Spurdogs, I remember crates upon crates every time the boats come in, it was quite sad to see. They practically fished them to near extinction here around 1991.
Anyway in 2005 I started fishing really heavily and over 2005- 2010 I noticed a big change in southern species moving to marks further north, noticeably Smoothhounds. I was catching tope again up to 50lb from the shore, smoothhounds on peeler and hermit crab. The Smoothhounds were going further north every year in bigger numbers.
Common skate had been fished out in this area way back in the day and since about 2012 the boat lads have been catching them more regularly every year.
Spurdogs dogs have also now in the past 10 years made a big comeback and are regularly being caught off boat and shore.
@@AirbornePirates Sorry , what is the brand of your camo canoe at 1:47 ?
Thank you , greetings from France .
Do you think Great whites are here?? 👀🦈 also, I stated 17ft porbeagle it was actually 12ft. (The boat was 17ft)
100% They have been here... I've seen a couple, but not for years now!
Absolutey loving the channel. keep up the good work. peace
Yes, I do. I live in Ireland, and conditions in the West Of Ireland are ideal with large seal populations and suitable water temperatures. I'm sure they will be recorded in the coming decades. On another related matter, I heard a whale watcher from the West of Ireland say on the radio they encountered Minkes, Orcas & Fin Whales all on the same day beginning of August
That looked like a porbeagle in that first clip….but it was big…
I don’t think they r here coz of the lack of food so Great whites probs wouldn’t be here
Orcas was down by st abbs ! just on the border of England and Scotland both east coast about 2 months ago
Keep up the great work pal . You're the only guy I know covering this topic seriously and not embellishing stories.
Thanks buddy doesn’t need sensationalism, it’s interesting as is 😬🦈
This video is going to settled alot of arguments for me... I've been saying there are sharks in our waters for years so many people don't believe it....
Thanks very much for the ammo!🙌
You are absolutely correct.
@@JayB_210 well if they do ever come, they better be bringing that hot aussie weather with them.🙌
@@JayB_210 😆after 39 years I'm sick of it! ✌👊
@@JayB_210 😆😆it's about the minimum I'm happy with, hotter weather just makes me feel better inside... I'm miserable during the winter.😆👊✌
Great vid , was very informative! I don't understand folk who enjoy killing them for fun tho, they are too beautiful and it's their terrain imo. We need to save sharks.
Save sharks is my moto!
Very well said!! 👏🐟👏
Absolutely fascinating creatures
Sharks rock 💪
@makadeni123 exactly they are such crybabies get out from their home if you cant respect the ones that live there sharks are already being mass killed all across the world for no reason just for the fin that literally tastes like nothing and is for the 1% rich people that want to flex that they are eating sharks because of how expensive it is the world is so fucked sometimes
It's been a good week for Orca sightings here in Shetland. Two pods, the 27's and the 64's (named after the matriarch of each pod), combined to form a large pod of 12 individuals! I got some photos from the shore on Monday. They headed south to Orkney later in the week. Was out in the boat today and saw Risso's Dolphins and a Minke Whale. Still looking for my first Basking Shark of the summer.
Thanks Ryan!!
Basking sharks as amazing.
Been on the Hebrides many times, had a friend who did scoba diving and often played with killer whales, truely wonderful hearing the accounts after each dive.
"I've got trainers older than that"😂Greenland sharks are incredible. Clicked so fast on this video. Keep up the great work!
I'm not sure what's more impressive ? This video or the fact you have trainers nearly 20 years old!
Very informative. Thanks for the upload
This series excites me! Was just in Cornwall in St ives and went on a seal boat tour, we seen blue sharks circling them, wish I would of filmed it but was raining 🤣🙈
Yeah right it was raining 🌧 you sure it wasn’t Megalodons circling 😂
@@sharkbite5744 haha it was utterly peeing it down 🤣 the one day my chemo sickness decided to go away the heavens opened 🤣 rather possible I mean those seals was rather meaty, normally I'd use my mermaid call to bring all the sharks to the boat but this time I only managed to seal a deal with the big ole mega
@@Bridget90Higgins 😂 😆 😂
@@sharkbite5744you bell end. 🤦🏻
Brilliant videos showcasing the misconceptions around sharks and them being in our waters hopefully it makes people love and respect these magnificent creatures and to make people realise that they aren’t monsters the only time you will get attacked is if you provoke or thrash around in the water
i was swimming the month before the attacks in naama bay and couldnt believe it that the attacks occured in the 2 bays i was snorkelling in .. great vid mate i have subscribed .. thanks
Those hammerheads & makos sure get around. As a schoolboy (12/13) in the 60s, on a camping trip near Port Antonio (Jamaica), we found a dead hammerhead on the beach nearby. About 8 feet, weirdly beautiful, locals told us it tangled itself in a fisherman's net and drowned. Happens occasionally and really pisses fishermen off, i.e. wrecked net, full of now mangled fish! More interestingly, wife of nearby property owner claimed to have caught a blue mako on rod and line while trawling not that far offshore. That was more scary, as we understood that they are fairly aggressive with form on attacking humans. We didn't swim much that weekend! In fact, more like 'paddling' than real swimming...no friendly reef barring access to that stretch of coast.
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The lifeguards at Sennen in Cornwall in the 1980's tell a story of low tide at Sennen Cove, that left a massive sand bank with a fairly deep channel connecting at both ends of the raised sand bank. All the people were on the ocean side of the bank and the lifeguards; some using binoculars watched a *blue shark enter the channel at the north end, swim around the back of all the people and exit via the south end. No-one noticed, they reckoned it was around 5 -7 foot long. *A lot of them have family backgrounds in off-shore fishing so were confident on the identification - but having seen your video Tope might be a contender given the size.
Remember that everyone thinks sharks aren’t actually here, so it shows we don’t need to worry about this. Sharks are being slaughtered for their fins, lets not add to the problem by being unduly fearful of them and instead try to conserve them.
no one here in the UK thinks that. no one. we are taught about sharks in our waters at primary school ffs. Sharks are not slaughtered here for fins , nor are they hunted.
@@steviecbf might want to fact check yourself on that as the UK does infact export shark fin...
Good information on shark species, we have a pretty good eco system for various sharks, white sharks could easily pass through our waters feeding,large seal colonies, etc, look forward to your next video.
Great video Matt 👍🏼 Makes sense with wind farms/electric cables. some surf board companies are incorporating transmitters as a deterrent to sharks in the boards.
Also use to live on the isle of man and mother's family is from there nice video fella
Also old man spotted orcas off port jack
I saw a basking shark near Oban a few decades ago. The size overrode any logical "it's just here for plankton" in my brain and I just froze in fear.
I live in Wyke Regis overlooking Chesil beach - (It's pronounced "Chezul" by locals BTW). My nephew is a keen fisherman and he tells me he often sees sharks just off the beach when the mackerel are "running". This "beach" is actually a steep shingle bank and it gets very deep very close to shore - few people swim there as there are many safer beaches very near.
You mean you live In Weymouth pronounced ‘the arsehole of Britain’ by people who have lived there and got out and seen the rest of the UK
@@laylasmith301 that would be people who lived in Weymouth, got out, but haven't seen enough of the rest of Britain - to call it that. I'm not from Weymouth, would claim an independent perspective. Sure I haven't seen the worst of it, but seriously doubt it compares to the worst of all other places in Britain.
@@artgreen6915 sorry I shouldn’t have said UK I have lived all over England though and I can safely say that weymuff is a bum hole town why do you think he said he lived in Wyke Regis and not Weymouth. even the sandy beach is fake
Are there spratts or whitebait getting chased up onto the shore?
@@theRhinsRanger Sorry, no idea - I don't fish - I windsurf in Portland harbour (badly - way too much time spent dangling as dinner).
Great vid mate. I have a feeling you’re gonna be the first person to get footage of a white shark in British waters 🙌🏻
I was killed by a great white off the coast of Rhosneigr bay, Anglesey. Being killed has had a drastic effect on my life.
Must be a great way of avoiding having to pay tax though.
My mom is from Anglesey!
@Kevin Griffin Definitely of Irish decent
Safe to say ghosts exist
Killed by a great white but still trolling the internet 🤦🏻
Just came across your channel and i have to say i loved this vid, i had to subscribe! Ive only ever seen sharks in uk waters once, but it was this time last year, on my way into eastbourne on a mini break i went up beachy head as id always wanted to go up there and see the lighthouse, and i could not believe my eyes! I saw not one, but 2 basking sharks on the surface probably a mile out.. but they were absolutely unmistakeable, they were literally cruising on the surface and visibility that day was very good although a little grey, but they were absolitely huge, my best estimate was they were both around 25 feet long, as i could see them so clearly from so far away
Liked the video before I even watched it because I knew it would be fascinating! Honestly like you, it's only a matter of time someone captures a Great White on their mobile phone camera to prove the doubters.
One thing that troubles me with the South Africa comparison is the fact the waters may be the same quality and temperature although it's been like this for hundreds of years and we've yet to have hard proof of Great White UK.
Great video once again.
COVID permitting, going to Cape Verdi next June . Planning to swim with lemon sharks . Buzzing to do that . Great video tyvm 👍
Superb video again Matt. Great information and footage I did not realise there are so many species in the British coastline. Looking forward to the next video. Cheers for sharing and hope your well.
🏴 Ian 🏴
A Porbeagle swam into salmon nets in my village in NE Scotland when I was nine or ten years old and I've never seen one since.
Well I feel a little less enthusiastic about going swimming in the sea after watching this lol
I just bought a flipping paddle board 🤦🤦
"I'm not a nut job" 30 seconds later "nah never scared of sharks in Australia I was hoping to see one!" Lad. Great video. Love catching smooth hounds because they're a little shark, would lay a brick if I knew it was one of those big buggers on the end of a line.
I think you've almost certainly got great whites in UK waters. I would be far more amazed to learn that you didn't.
I know they're certainly around around the coast of Massachusetts and Maine in the US; and that's not a lot different than the UK waters either - I suspect they can generally be happy anywhere there's lots of seals to eat and minimal orca presence to harass them.
In the northern Atlantic I think whites can be much more elusive, mainly because the water is typically much more opaque - it really works well with their natural camouflage. It's not quite like the crystal clear, turquoise water you'll find in Australia, South Africa or California where you'll easily see the shadow beneath the surface from a distance. That's just the way the North Atlantic is...it doesn't really matter which side of it you're on.
But, just because you can't see them, doesn't mean they aren't there.
I'm not sure if you've checked this out, but this guy has an interesting way of looking for great whites in LA. ruclips.net/video/CxujxaXdvQE/видео.html
"we're gonna need a bigger boat" - I swear that was said in jaws xD
@@trading7000 I thought as much I just couldnt remember if it definetly was said in jaws or if it is something I could imagine them of saying
Really enjoyed and appreciated this video. It's not only very interesting and entertaining; but also well constructed, precise and concise 🙂👍👍
Love your videos ole bean.
In the early 80’s sailing westward in the Solent, I saw a shark dorsal fin about fifty yards away break the surface for about ten seconds, this fin was somewhere about five feet out of the water. Grey brown in colour, it was not a basking shark (I’d have seen more of it, and for longer) and was not a pilot whale ( they have a floppy looking dorsal) so I just plain don’t know, but it was a bloody great fin !
Fin Mór
He's coming in for another attack 😁... Great vid mate thanks. That porbeagle was a sight to behold.
I don’t understand why people catch them, the Porbeagle for example, it was living in its home. Why kill it?
Agree, save sharks!!
Exactly, if you don't like them, keep out of their home
Well you have made my weekend!
I randomly stumbled across your channel here and after the 1st video watched I can safely say I’m hooked! All sharks are magnificent beautiful creatures I would absolutely love to learn to free dive. How thrilling it would be to be so close 😍
Thanks
Was terrified when I first saw a basking shark. Never seen anything so big. Thank God they're filter feeders!
I've had an avid interest in shark's for at least 40+ yrs, yet this has enlightened even further. Thanks for your detailed research.
british waters have to have white sharks as we have lots of them off the nova scotia coast and they have a wide range. if all the other species you mentioned are there then so are white sharks . that was a beauty porbeagle shark that guy caught on film though
It's worth being aware of what's out there! Very very good video.
Another banging video mate! Look forward to more videos
Btw the Orcas are regularly seen off the Rhins of Galloway, mull of galloway. Sharks are a very important species for the eco system. Some of the lads i know have seen orcas off Port Logan
This is amazing video. I love the man on the shoulder bit, that was funny 🙂Is the Porbeagle the same shark or same family as the Salmon shark that hunts up in I think Alaska/Canada. They await the Salmon spawning at the mouth of the river I think.
Brilliant video though Sir.
Mate!! Been following you for a while now and your videos keep getting better and better. Looking forward to the next shark and wild camp vids. Keep it up
Cheers Toby! Appreciate the support! Let’s see what happens 😬
They're all pretty magnificent Animals I think. I remember reading about the Greenland Shark when I was at school many, many, many years ago. I always thought of Sharks as tropical until then.
Thanks for the info. I live in Cornwall and spend a lot of time snorkelling and Freediving so I found this information very informative.
Really liking Ur Chanel keep it up👊I'm from the isle off Harris, I'm 41whem I was a kid ma uncles and family members they were all fisherman used too tell us stories about baby great whites, bet it was the porbeagle🤯 we get the Baskin sharks alot tho. Keep up the good work👊🏴
It's worth noting that the word shark is English and in other parts of the non english speaking world they are referred to as Pesci (fish) or Grand Pesci (big fish) or Tiburon in Spanish, so many encounters go unrecorded.
The term shark is actually Tudor slang referring to a nasty bloke who'd stab you an a dark alley.
Icula or Ikula in Macedonia.
Most probably came into English from German "Schurke" (villain, rogue).
In many languages it's English translation would be equivalent to "Sea Dog", as is in South Slavic languages (Morski pas). In Dalmatia, along Adriatic cost, a special status, so to speak, is recognised to the Great White, where it is called "Psina", connotative translation of which would be "A big, rogue, dog".
@@Mosnik1 Yes that helps a lot to explain the roots of the name. There where Croatian emissaries of the Tudor court of King Henry VIII. It is also where we get the English name Cravats for scarves worn around the neck.
@@eyesofisabelofficial That is so, but even earlier than that there was a Ragusan (Dubrovnik) merchants colony in London.
@@Mosnik1 There is even a Venetian cemetery in Southampton as there where four annual fleets that arrived in England with exotic goods from the east, it is also why the fashion industry still has Winter/Spring/Summer/ Autumn collection to this day.
Great video 👍🏻 The international shark attack files are bollocks 🤣 I was nailed by an Angel Shark in Fuertaventura while snorkelling and have part of the attack on video. Pretty sure their is video on RUclips of divers being attacked too
Thanks Great Video with are Wealth of information on all the Sharks in our waters.
I've had porgies bump me in the kayak, and I am under no illusions that the chances are very high that we have the occasional visiting Great White visiting our shores in Jersey Channel Islands, we have a decent seal population, and they have been seen many times less than 200 miles away in France, our waters at the moment is 18c mid September, so our waters can easily be accessible by these species
I’d love a porgies to come up to my kayak! Would be mega!
@@AirbornePirates I rather a porgie bump the kayak, than our damn seals attempting to board, only happened the once but crapped me up big time off St. Catherine's breakwater, we get a lot of porgies close to shore in Jersey off the North coast because of the deep water. Guernsey even had one caught on float in their harbour lol
“The Malibu Artist” has a channel on RUclips and most of his videos are drone footage from above of Great White Shark juveniles off the shore of California. Perhaps they are there having been chased away from South Africa? They put trackers on some, and found they swim from New Zealand to California regularly. Long journeys at depth are not foreign to them.
Thanks for your comment yes I have seen some of his footage which is incredible, definitely helping sharks get more understood
Most people believe that Gt. Whites live in warm waters. Though they may commonly be found around areas of land that are considered warm (i.e. South Africa, USA, Australia, et al.), they normally keep to the colder waters of those areas.
Therefore, the UK's waters are areas that the Gt. White would find suitable.
What isn't suitable for Gt. Whites around UK waters are it's main prey. Seals. The UK does not have the really vast seal populations that you get in other areas to keep populations of Gt. Whites.
But there are Gt. Whites in UK waters. However, they're probably just visitors and will not hang around for long but when they're seen, they make the news headlines.
Not sure that the Mako would be the most dangerous shark in UK waters. After all, they're primarily fish feeders. I'd be more worried about Porbeagles and Hammerheads.
And if you seen Orca, then you're safe in the knowledge that no Gt. White is going to be within 100 miles of you 8-))...
Great video. Very interesting.
I'm from Northumberland and we have a lot of coastline and some parts are absolutely packed with seals and great white sharks would have an absolute field day and would never go hungry! I have never heard of any sharks feeding in the Northumberland coast but can't see why they can't as surely our waters are not much different in temperature than say Canadian waters? I've always wondered why they don't visit us and would love it if they would!
Great channel mate. I found you because I’m tempted to move to the Isle of Man. Keep up the great work
It’s an amazing place to live! Cheers mate
I've been to Blackpool. And there's always a few sharks to be seen on Blackpool sea front. Usually between the hours of 11pn to 4am I think there night feeder's.
Prob nurse sharks, also known as bottom feeders.
You really are the best in the business at this Matt. good work buddy
Great video! I like that you are trying to inform people about sharks. Greetings from sunny Greece, not that depressing clouds. Kidding. Cheers!
Great little channel, thanks man. really enjoyed this video.
I LOVE these videos. Great info and a nice voice make them a pleasure.
I just told her really Crazy story and everything just disappeared. Anyways awesome video man
Great video dude
I reckon they do frequent British waters in Summers, considering they regulate their body temperatures that not all sharks can do, this means they can tolerate our temperate waters in Summers when they would be naturaly warmer.
Only thing that goes against the theory for me is that they would'v been landed in fishermens catches by now if they were frequent visitors, but they have not been caught YET.
GULP.... about 20 years ago i was in my late teens in Newquay and i got drawn out to sea on a paddle boat, wasn't a great swimmer so just slowly tried to paddle in on the board, took me over an hour to get back, i was aware of basking sharks which was one reason i stayed on the board but now i cant help but wonder what else was in the waters around me. Side note when i got to shore my mates asked where i had been... 'Just catching some waves!' was my reply all cool whilst they noticed my red raw back from the sun!
Smashing video mate, very well done.
Great series on this subject more videos like this we need on RUclips keep up the good work. Great Whites in the waters around the UK absolutely , why not .!
How tf did your channel pop up! Glad it did
An aquiantance of mine, Tom, is a Marine bioligist and gave me an interesting explination as to why we are not YET a Great white hotspot, and why GW sharks dont cross the atlantic ridge or travel too far north
heres the full explination from Tom
"so the difference is complex, will give a couple of reasons though that add together in different measure.
The first is that the tolerances of sharks are not just temperature, sharks have highly developed olfactory systems and as a result they rely on a number of chemical and physical stimuli to keep themselves alive and away from potential danger, the further away from land you get the more likely you are to encounter extremely nutrient-poor waters where lamniform species are very unlikely to find prey.
The second I'd bring up is international waters being overfished, as you move away from shores where quotas on fishing exist you often see fewer and fewer fish, this lack of fish will dissuade GWs from heading in a certain direction once they hit an arbitrary "abundance cutoff" in their brain.
The third is some oceanography so might be complex but bear with, one of the main stirring factors in the ocean is friction against the bottom, stirred waters tend to be cooler and distinct bodies of water as the density boundary tends to produce a discreet body of water with unique fronts. Rising seafloors provide a greater degree of benthic friction so around the mid atlantic ridge there is probably an area of physically unique water that provides a sudden change in conditions that makes the sharks turn back
. There's probably 1000 other smaller (or even bigger) reasons too!
Ethology (the study of animal behaviour) is complex af and very multifaceted, sharks especially so as they have remarkably simple brains for their body size and most of their brains are dedicated to olfactory processing (around 75-95% depending on species). This is so distinct that in my field you will often hear people refer to sharks as "swimming noses"..."
I for one would welcome Great white sharks and other large sharks to British waters as we could become their last safe bastion, due to a high seal population and as well as our various protections in place, for endangered animals. As you also mentioned in the video, our Orca population is low enough that our waters would provide safe feeding grounds allowing them to be an apex predator, and i have no doubt that a few certainly have ventured to Brittish waters, but of course the explination above would explain why they are not found here
My Dad and I was fishing of Santon and when he pulled in mackerel, porpoises or dolphins breached as soon as he got the fish out of the water. It must have tried to get the mackerel.
best silhouettes of 14 ft sharks vs 11 ft people lol
I once read a report of a Brittish saining vessel about 200 yrs ago geting sunk of South Great Brittnan and a Great White Shark had its way with them.
You got more chance of being attacked by the Loch Ness Monster than a Great White in British waters!
Loch Ness monster is snp leader 😆
Lol that me chuckle
@@johnbaxter3086 😂😂
Porthcurno is an electric cable junction and a hotspot for basking sharks. I think it's more likely the wind farm that is scaring them off where you are.
Hi I saw a programme years ago it might have been Jeremy wade and he thought the loch Ness monster is a Greenland shark because of its size and no dorsal fin, he caught one in a deep fjord and he got into the water with it.
A Greenland was recently in the news for traveling to tropical waters far from its habitat
Yeah mate great work..again.
I'm actually catching up on all your previous vids...
I can't see why Pointers (Noah's where l live) wdnt be in ur waters, they tend to like cooler water..also, if you come across seal colonies surely you'd see a few with chomp marks on them? And lastly, ld never heard of a Porbeagle, but they're definitely similar to the Noah.
Keep up the good work mate.
Cheers dude
And yes we have had various seals with bite marks but no tooth fragments found?
You should do a study on the beast of piddle down dale a great reference. To get a hold of would be tuck bushman the beaver hunter
great vid mate
Havnt clicked that fast on a video in a while
excellent info good presentation !
13:43 great white doggo
I caught a 240lb porbeagle shark off st Catherines light in 1984
1 was once nudged, in the side hip, once long time ago, off Frinton on sea, Essex, in 1980s
Another great one, love your videos. 😁👌
I subscribed .. I live in London I love to explore the outdoors but don’t get to do it as often as I wish. Finding time and paying for trains anywhere half decent is a real ball ache it’s very refreshing to watch. Also I love the paramotor stuff id love to try that but would probably be too scared only just recently had my first time on a paddle board after years of being to scared to try it
Lots of Orca attacking yachts off coast of Portugal. It’s become quite a problem. Videos and photos of rudders bite off and Orcas damaging steering.
Brilliant video mate 👍
This was very entertaining, a lot more than i thought it would be. I didnt know really any of this, i feel kind of stupid for not thinking tbe uk had sharks in the water. Youre great at presenting and i love the editing of the videos. Ive subscribed and put notifications on :) cant wait to see you grow as a channel and whats next in this series
Oh no, now I'm worried about not just sharks but also about a satellite falling on my head!
Love this video learned quite a lot thank you 😊
Late partner used to fish for tope (with some success) in nearby estuary (from land) and one day something took his bait, and line ran off his reel like a speeding train. If I recall correctly, he thought it might have been a mako, though he never got a visual. When he recovered the line, the hook had been bitten through. Def not a tope.
Brilliant insight. 🦈 🙏
Its funny when people talk about how rare shark attacks are
If someone handed you a grenade and said, hold this for an hour, it might go off but its rare
Would you really hold it
Love these videos. Thanks for putting in the Orcas aswell m8. Godbless you 💯🙏❤
It’s a Porbeagle in the first clip.
Correct buddy 👍🦈
@@AirbornePirates scare the shite out of someone that doesn’t know. Fantastic looking fish.
Excellent video very informative thank you mate just subscribed to your channel
Interesting. However the pictures of fishermen displaying their catches are not impressive. These people are no better than big game hunters. We should leave wildlife alone
Agreed.
Hhhmmmm well....... I kinda enjoy eating fish, u do know they don't grow in packets in shops don't you?😂
Definitely, well said 👏
The boatmen on Scilly reckoned they've had Great Whites...
It’s a good day when you upload a video on sharks. Keep up the research pal love your videos!