Finding Bull Sharks in Waist Deep Water in Florida & Sharks Surfing the Waves
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- Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
- During my latest trip to Florida I encountered less than desirable water and wind conditions, but I was still able to find sharks quite easily. While it was the Bull Sharks in waist deep water that stole the spot light, it's the black tip sharks surfing in the waves that intrigued me most. And I found a hammerhead shark on my very last search! I'm definitely going back to Florida!
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dude, your channel and content are absolute gems. that shot of the bullshark in the surf-zone was stunning, with the blue and clear water. just amazing stuff. "artist" is not a lie. your eye for natural beauty is something breathtaking
YEah, he figured out a gold mine idea. Why didn't I do that?
Mr Malibu Artist your work is absolutely beautiful and I can’t wait for your new videos to come out! As a shark lover I can’t thank you enough for this. Hopefully your work will continue to raise awareness about sharing our beaches with sharks.
The fact that there could be Hammers, Bulls and Blacktips within a hundred feet of one another blows my mind!
Looking forward to you coming down to Key West, Florida to see some crazy numbers of sharks.. it would be very cool to do a drone shot along the 7 mile bridge, and see how many cruise underneath there between the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic. You get everything from Hammerheads, Bulls, Lemon’s, Bronze Whaler, Spinner, Black Tip, White Tip, etc all in the same spot. In one day I saw a new shark roughly every 10 mins pass under the bridge while I was fishing, and I was in that spot for about 2 hours.
Stunning video as always but honestly scares the crap out of me to ever go back out into the ocean as i was always a person who figured if i just stand in waste deep water i was okay
Shallow water is where most people are bitten by sharks.
A) it’s where most people hang out, so that skews the statistics a bit.
B) the waves and currents usually create choppy low viz conditions, where hands and feet might look like the flashing of bait fish to a predator.
C) most feeding activity takes place near shore for many fish species, so the littler fish and rays eating mollusks or shrimp or squid are eaten by bigger fish, who are hunted by sharks. Many sharks eat rays…even young Great Whites. Back in 2013-2014 a bunch of juvenile Whites showed up where I surfed in SoCal, and we’d see them between us and the beach munching stingrays. After you’ve stepped on a couple rays and felt that burning stinger hit, you cheer for the sharks eating them!!😂
@philipbohi983 "Munching" sounds cute 😆. I'm always so impressed by people who can just stay chill in the knowledge of sharks nearby--surfers especially. I'm from the coast myself but have somehow ended up so anxious about sharks that I'm rarely truly relaxed and in the moment while swimming...it's too bad, really.
Bliack Tip are by far my favorite shark species. When I was young, back in the 70s, I would often fish from the shores, the jetty, and pier of Port Aransas , Texas and occasionally would catch young Black Tip, and less often baby hammerhead.. They reminded me of puppies, playful and full of personality, and I did my very best not to harm them and to get them released back in the water as soon as I could. Not everyone did that. I quit fishing myself long ago so I can't say for sure the numbers that are caught, but no one mentions catching them any more. I don't want them caught, but I don't want them gone. The Texas/Louisiana coasts are prime breeding grounds for countless species. Unlike Florida or California, our waters aren't usually clear along the coast line, Mississippi mud and the like keep it cloudy and are what make it such a unique breeding ground. And, I suppose, a terrible location for aerial drone footage!
From the Juno Beach pier (towards the end of the video) south to the Lake Worth Inlet where you filmed the Blacktips chasing those big Southern Stingrays is a great place to see Hammerheads. Just a stones throw off the beach north of that inlet halfway to where you started near Ocean Reef Park there is a large artificial reef you can easily snorkel around. Big hammers are frequently cruising thru the rock piles. And further out a bit in 80-90’ is Corridors, a popular dive spot with 6 sunken ships. Nearby are Governor’s and Zion Train (more sunken vessel reefs)…all usually loaded with sharks, Goliath grouper, and a plethora of other fish. When we lived there, it took a while to get comfortable seeing sharks every time we were freediving - especially if we were spearfishing, since the sharks would get more “social”😂. On one dive hunting around the Sasha Boekanier wreck, I was getting too comfortable with Them…and a medium sized Bull reminded me to NEVER think I know what They are thinking. And things can change in an instant.
As long as they weren’t “hot” (coming in with pectoral fins down, making quick aggressive movements) they were awesome to watch - just respect them because it’s Their world.
If you’ve never seen it, the Blacktip/Spinner migration is just incredible. Lots of videos here. The Reel Reports channel has some great drone footage of the mullet run, with sharks, tarpon and snook feeding.
This is absolutely beautiful. The water is pretty, like a blueish glass, it just looks dreamy. The footage of these sharks was so nice, specially loved the Black Tips surfing! How playful!
Hope you enjoyed your time in our town.
Hammerheads are awe inspiring. We get plenty of Bulls heading into the intercoastal, and even get a Great White or two as they follow the black-tip migration in our "winter" months.
Thank you for visiting our great state of Florida! You are spot on in Jupiter with the Bulls, Blacktips and Hammerheads. Great shots! Comeback really soon please! Smyrna Beach is also a great place to see sharks. Most attacks happen there.
Welcome to SFL! So excited you were here. As a long time Floridian, with countless hours snorkeling, it's incredible how much we DON'T see! I often wonder how close to sharks I've been and never knew it! Absolutely beautiful and fascinating footage, as always.
That hammerhead was awesome! Totally jealous! What a fascinating and awesome creature! 😎👍
I grew up on the Gulf coast, and remember seeing hammerhead schooling in about six feet of clear water. Anna Maria Island or Lido Beach maybe. Must have been thirty of them. Very cool to see
I'm so glad you're filming in Florida!!! I've always wished to see these waters from the same perspective as your California waters. Please consider filming Florida from the Gulf side some day. Thank you 🦈
Yes I want to see the sharks migrating
Incredible, your images, your work, are revealing a fantastic side of the ocean, thank you very much and keep going 🤩💙🤙🙏🦈
You should go to the westcoast of FL. Tampa Bay is supposed to be the breeding grounds for hammerheads, At the southern section of the bay I was told there are usually hundreds of various sharks swimming about 300 ft. off the beach. And if you are into shark's teeth, Venice Beach has tons of teeth burried in the sand.
It definitely gives me a little shiver thinking about how I stood waist deep in exactly those waters 😯
People have been snatched by enormous white sharks in very shallow water. It's a dice roll every time you get water. Sort of like a reverse lottery
Most shark attacks in the world happen there
Yeah same deal i never want to go back into the ocean again
You’re just as close to gators everyday in fresh water too lol if that makes you feel better
And you were absolutely within easy attack range of numerous sharks, none of whom made their presence known.
man if I had known you were in my state I would have driven out to where you were just to shake your hand. Keep up the good work!
There is a dreamy, zen-like quality to every video production you release. The smooth-flowing footage of sharks cruising the shallows sinuously to the accompaniment of a calming musical soundtrack, all narrated by a sonorous voiceover whose tonal quality and cadence are almost hypnotic, transfix viewers until the final sequences play out, leaving the audience yearning for just a few moments more of your sublime cinematic artistry.
Now then, about that loan that I was hoping to score from you....
I read a lot of comments all over RUclips and this was particularly good, showing a touch of genius, even! Keep on!
Loved seeing sharks, as always, but thoroughly enjoyed watching the waves in this video. Calming.
On bullshark reputation.. you get in the water with em then!🤣
In my experience it just takes them a lot of bumps to get their confidence up before they start ramming your small boat or kayak.. they will try to flip ya if you let let em.
I'm not comfortable in the same waters for more than 10 minutes, because once they start following, they keep following lol.
I love all animals, and I'd swim with sharks that are safe to do so, but I wouldn't go near a Bullshark again with anything that doesn't have a motor. I've been stalked 3x (that I know of) and it wasn't fun. Maybe they're just curious, and they're not exactly vicious from the start, but that curiosity surely gonna turn into a curiosity about flavour once they know they can keep ramming you without repercussions lol.
Yeah, buddy I agree. Even the relatively small ones, 4-5 foot long can be gnarly. As a surfer they're the one shark that really gives me the shivers and the reason I use a shark shield. Not that that's fail-proof protection tho'.
Been following you for years. Now that you made it down here to Florida I wish you hadnt 😱😫🦈
Not the shark bite capital of the world for nothing.
Beautiful shots. About 10 years ago, a kite surfer was kilked by a tiger or bull in that area. The gulf stream warm water is closer to the Jupiter beach shore line than any other beach along the entire east coast, so there are lots of fish and sharks.
Speechless my friend! You do amazing work, and we can tell you love your passion.
Florida has it all. Beautiful waters, gorgeous beaches, and a huge variety of animals.. Been all over the US, but no place beat it and that's why I call it home.
Pretty cool you filmed in Fl. I can tell you how many times I have had encountered a hammerhead shark of the coast Sarasota and Naples. One scared the crap out of me while I was in a sandbar. My daughter seen it first than me as I was carrying her and I will tell you I got scare. But it just swam by nearly 5 feet away from me and didn’t do anything. Could have taken me out but didn’t. Such a scary yet cool encounter.
great video! You do wonderful commentary!
Wow, the images of the Bull Shark in the beginning of the video was just breathtaking. I think I'm going to do a super cut of your videos and watch them on a beamer. Thanks for this!
It's awesome to see footage from my state! Your videos are addictive.
Beautiful work. One of your best videos yet!
This is really cool footage - excellent work, buddy! Would love to have you come over to New Smyrna and document shark footage in our 'shark bite capital' 😄
As a Native Floridian, I can't tell you just how much this means to me 💗 have surfed and swam these waters for over 5 decades and developed a Healthy Respect and Admiration for ALL living creatures but, Sharks in particular.. Thanks for coming Southeast and showing our Beautiful Seas and inhabitants!
gorgeous footage! I used to live in Miami Beach. I always assumed sharks were nearby, but they were even nearer than I thought! But this is also why I only entered the water beyond my knees when the water was crystal clear.
I would love to see you document the mullet run off the east coast of Florida; tarpon, sharks, sea birds, and pelagic predators all herding and feasting on mullet together.
This is so cool! I was just reading an article that was talking about how much more chill sharks actually are, considering how often they are close to humans
Its time for Netflix to give you you a show, this is top notch quality content
I agree 100 percent @TheMalibuArtist is amazing!!!
I have long enjoyed your videos! Thank you!
I had a property management business on Jupiter Island just North of Jupiter in Hobe Sound. Most of the residences are gone during the summer and even though security is heavy on the Island the public can walk the beaches. We used to watch porpuses mating in the shallows between the beach and the sandbars during the flat seas of the summer, there were very few people around to bother them.
Just North of the Jupiter Inlet there is a small public park called Blowing Rocks where you can park and have access to the walk the beach. Just a mile North you will be on some of the prettiest unused beaches in South Florida. You may want to check it out next time you are over that way!
Your one of my favorite RUclips channels of all time. I’m obsessed with sharks and I love seeing them in their true natural habitat. Plus your camera work is stunning.
Beautiful as always! I look forward to more Hammerhead shark footage!
You are one of my favorite channels hands down. I actually have a phobia of sharks but your channel helps me see their beauty. I’m still not going in the ocean though. Those bullsharks in particular are too close for comfort. Where in Florida did you film these segments? You said you were near an estuary. Was that estuary the Indian river lagoon? It’s a known bull shark nursery. Sebastian Inlet also a shark “superhighway”-the Indian river meets the Atlantic Ocean there and is combined with heavy fishing off the pier. This makes for very sharky conditions. Would love to know your locations. Thank you!
inspirational work ! when are you coming to our European beaches? :) really curious what you could unveil !
Great footage, as always! 🌊
Great shots. I remember looking through the waves from the bluff at Palm Beach watching black tips cruising on through.
The wave patterns from aloft mesmerise, I liked the black tips chasing the rays, didn’t realise how fast they were.
I really appreciate the quality and tone of your videos. That water is glorious too, reminds me of my beaches at home in Australia (including the sharks)
Beautiful as always! My back yard this time! Thanks for covering SE Florida!
What a gem of a video, and as a Californian, wonderful to see what the East Coast offers.
I’m a native Floridian. In the St. John’s river bull sharks are everywhere
Loved this video!! I live in South Florida and it just confirms what I’ve always been telling my friends.. sharks are in the waist deep water!!
So far this video has been my absolute favorite video!!! I LOVE HAMMERHEAD SHARKS!!!!
Incredible vid, as usual
Hammerheads are the visual bomb! More, please! 👍
Wow. Just wow. I’ve loved sharks my entire life but at the moment I saw the hammerhead in your video, I realized I’ve never seen one swimming at naturel before. Thank you. Spectacular. Just wonderful work you are doing.
Thank you for coming to my state and showing not only the beautiful waters, but also our beautiful marine life that needs to be protected. Our cypress mangroves are SO important to these graceful creatures, and we are losing them
Arg, please send this footage to Kris at Shake ktes. I love both your channels,I don't comment much, to be honest I hadn't even subscribed to either until recently because well, you were some of the only things I watched so you're all that came up on my feed and I never felt I had to until I learned how helpful it was. Anyway, you take the most gorgeous footage of sharks I've ever seen and he is a very like, Gen Y shark scientist, someone I just understand. He loves black tips, he even has a tattoo of one, and I would just love to see him react to this moment you caught which seems so unique and amazing.
Anyway, thank you for suffering early mornings for this footage! It's just unbelievably beautiful.
Another amazing video! I am always thrilled when you post another video because I know it will be filled with awesome footage. All of the sharks were beautiful, but my favorite would have to be the hammerhead! I hope you are able to get more footage of them! Take care and God bless! 🙏🏼😄💙🐬
I think it’s a good thing that bull sharks are close to Florida, because if they can adapt to freshwater pythons that swim in those waters will get a watery grave
@@Davidcallard why don’t we help them develop a taste for python flesh instead?
I saw a video of a crocodile coasting with the rapids downstream till it landed in the lake, so clearly some animals love to have fun!
Beautiful, just absolutely beautiful. also, you said black tip reef sharks at one point, the black tip and black tip reef shark are 2 different species. black tips are the ones that migrate along the coast. again, very beautiful.🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈🦈
Yeah... I caught that too. A very common misspoken term. I'm aware they are two different species, but the brain sometimes doesn't cooperate when recording something live.
The closed captioning reflects "Black Tip" and I said black tip "reef" for some reason while recording it. Ugh.
@@TheMalibuArtist we've all been there.
Love this video!!! I had an encounter with a bull shark when I was a little kid growing up in South Florida.
The rich color and lush textures you capture while filming these magnificent creatures is extraordinary.
Good onya mate. I always greatly enjoy your vids. Thanks again.
Please list the beaches ❤️ and yet another wonderful video. Thank you!
Thank you for sharing your joy and knowledge with us. Going along on your adventures is amazing.
I think we might need to get into the water to see if the black tips are just surfing or if, as I believe, they are simply using the energy of the waves to help them go faster to catch small fish that can't be seen from the drone. I snorkel and photograph fish in the surf in Malibu and have often used the waves as a way to get closer to fish that swim fast, like rare yellowtails and stripes.
Our beaches, as well as those in Florida, have schools of small fish year-round and I imagine they just can't be seen from above. Will be happy to accompany you on your next trip, hopefully in April or May, when the winds die down. Just be sure to let me know if there are any aggressive sharks or (more importantly) dangerous jetskiers!
Thanks for your work
I live in Perth Western Australia and we've had a lot of shark activity this summer (Dec-Feb), 2 weeks ago a 16 year old girl was attacked by a Bull Shark and passed away shortly after due to injuries, it was incredibly sad and made national news, while yesterday(2/27/23) a 10ft Hammerhead was spotted about 300ft from the shore near city beach. There's been Tiger sharks, Bull sharks and Hammerheads all summer, but no Great whites near the shore this summer that anybody's noticed or reported.
🙌🏼 from Florida!!
Malibu Artist , another great video!!! 🦈
You are amazing, thanks for your work, love everything you post. THANK YOU
You are so welcome. Thank you!!
Incredible, captivating videos. You are doing great things.
I didn’t realize how close I have been to where the blacktip sharks can be. I go to that exact spot all the time with my friends and we’ve never seen anything. Definitely makes me think twice before going back
Your work is always captivating to watch! Especially your footage of SoCal ocean wildlife.
I usually kayak fish out of the Dana Point area throughout the year and mostly come across Leopard Shark.
My brother lives in the Tampa Bay Area and every so often I get a chance to visit and enjoy the coast line.
If you haven’t visited the area I would like to recommend visiting the Apollo beach power plant area.
There are many species of shark that enjoy the warm water outflow. Also Manatees stay inside the power plant viewing area. I’m sure that you could create some awesome content just from one visit. Hope you have the opportunity to go there.
I really love this creatures since i was a child.
Thanks for sharing this viedo, You did a GREAT JOB. Greetings from Mexico City
Your video-making takes a step-up every time!
Great work, as always!!!
This is awesome!!!! If you haven't already, I would love to see if you can find anything further up the East coast (Carolinas, etc). I know the water is not as clear, but I'd be so interested to see what you can find! Love from Philly
Yet another great vid. Thank you.
I started watching fairly early. Sharks eating a Dolphin I think was my 1st. Learned so much since then.
What a beautiful video.... I miss the real ocean this summer. I have the Baltic sea to frolic in, brackish, cooler, no coral and dark but nice. Very safe if thats the goal. But I'm an ocean girl, and love to snorkel, beachcombe the waters full of marine life of all shapes and colors. But I also like to swim out. Used to in waters I now understand have sharks I wasn't aware of as a child or teenager, in Long Island, Cape Cod, and Florida where my Grandpa lived.
Also Isla Guadeloupe! But I knew there could be around there with the great Jaques Cousteau marine center off the island, but I figured they were further out in the reefs, never occured to me then they'd come to a couple meters depth let alone shallower water! So I realize I've been close to sharks often and never been bothered. I often go to Greece, or Italy for summer vacation. Never heard anyone mention sharks around these Mediterranean beaches. That still seems entirely rediculous to me. I mean, anything bigger than catfish. I'm glad I wasn't raised to be scared of sharks, or I'd have missed out on so much of lifes most beautiful experiences. This footage is fantastic. The animals so graceful. It's amazing what drones can capture! Thank you so much for sharing your work!
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Same, I live near the baltic sea and for the biggest chunk of my life that was the only sea I'd ever visit. Until I went snorkeling in the mediterranean sea for the first time a few weeks ago. Those clear waters, the vibrant life, the saltiness of the water, that deep and vibrant shade of blue, all those things you can discover just a few meters below the surface... I've never felt so alive, like I found what I had been missing all my life. It saddens me that I don't know when I'll be there again. When I left I was really relieved I didn't see any sharks, but at the same time disappointed. I know they're apex predators and thus dangerous, but they're also impressive and beautiful. I'd love to see one in the wild one day, but maybe from the safety of a boat and not while snorkeling, haha.
I live in Pinellas County Florida and grew up in the water. We've always been told since we were kids that at the beach, you are never more than 3 ft from a Shark at the beach and never more than 100 yards from an alligator in the lakes or rivers. It's just something you grow up with and accept but for newcomers or tourists, they freak out. I remember feeling a small shark, rub against my leg once. you know that rough skin feel as they glide past and then the waves rock them backwards against you. To me, slightly unnerving. To my cousin from Minnesota, she freaked out and practically ran on top of the water all the way back up to shore when she violated the other thing we learn as kids..the stingray shuffle. She got nailed right at the shoreline.
What is the sting ray shuffle? I need more wisdom so I don’t make the same mistake!
it is a grateful thing when we can learn any knowledge of life we share in our environment ! even of and especially of those forms of life which present dangers and mysteries ! thanks
Wow, I just love your channel, this bull shark you found swimming in that morning shadow, just beautiful, I love how you're bringing awareness to our beautiful sharks, and I enjoyed your findings on your travels, how you get film on sharks in their own habitats and not pushed into unnatural behaviors. Loved that hammerhead, thank you for all your video's so happy I found your channel a few months ago, looking forward to more sharks!!
Thanks for another great video!
So beautiful and relaxing!
Great video! I'm born and raised in Jupiter Fl. Lots of sharks here. Try Blowing rocks park on Jupiter Island. It's just North of where you were on Jupiter Island.
just beautiful. thank you.
just beautiful ! thank you
Such beautiful footage ❤❤❤
Love your work ......What equipment are you using especially hoods covering your remote screen.
Thanks 👍🏼
As soon as you said you're in Florida, I'm thinking...'Isn't he from California?' LOL Yeah, guess I figure you never leave your state...LOL...you stay there just to film for us. LOL. You find the magic in the ocean every time and seems so effortlessly, too. But I'm sure you do a lot of looking at just ocean. Gorgeous even just the oceans, as I adore nature. You immerse me in it...thank you.
I saw you at the Boston Sea Rovers film festival last night. I've never learned so much about sharks in such a short time from someone who rarely goes into the water. Absolutely fascinating. what kind of drone and camera do you use?
Another great video Carlos. Thanks for sharing.
Outstanding yet again. Incredible work. Thank you.
Pure Poetry. Well done, mate.
Very nice video. Thanks!
More Florida videos please!!
Your page is a huge W
just beautiful. i love your videos🍀
If you like hammerheads you should try the Florida panhandle, I loved to watch them of a pier in Destin, Fla. You can see them very close to the shore chasing small fish.
Thanks for all your beautiful videos and your love for the ocean 🌊✌️