in 1995 I was in Australia on a working visa and staying with a friend who lived at Tama. A friend of his said that he'd heard i was a fair swimmer and would I like to swim at Bronte. I thought he meant the seapool at Bronte and he said no swim from Tama to Bronte. After a seconds thought and not wanting to invite any lightweight POM jokes I agreed. It was late February and the conditions were almost exactly like this. Got out back of Tama and he took off about 20-30 yards in front of me full bore freestyle, splashing like a loony. Then I was on my own, doing breast stroke so as to not splash, with THAT music going in my mind (you know the music) and absolutely sh&*%$ng myself. Made it to Bronte twenty minutes later and had to time going in with the swells as it had got bigger during the swim. Walked back to Tama shaking like a leaf. I had always wondered if i was being a bit paranoid that day. This video has given me a succinct answer - NO! I agree with the comment further down the page, the Federal government should be sponsoring you guys to do this, especially in light of recent increased shark activity in north NSW and WA.
I've heard shark experts say, "If you've ever been in the ocean, most likely you swam with a shark and never knew it". Still, I'd been fully on board with having drones in this situation.
For sure I have.....with all drones up in so cal now..... they haven't changed its just we have technology now to see whats been out there and they are always around......amazing actually how dis interested they are in us....when they hit us its extreme circumstances.....territory, their hunting grounds or they haven't been able to eat for awhile.....and they do give warning but on top of surface we never see it.....but am sure I've been around plenty of them also have had eerie feelings at certain times but ignored it
You should email your state premier cos beach safety is more a state matter than a federal one. Give Gladys an email but I bet she won’t give a shit either
Okay, this is amazing! I only now stumpled across this video, your channel and your app. I had never thought of using drones as shark alerts, but this is an absolutely brilliant idea. Do you think that this could be realised on a large scale all over the world? And most importantly...is there anything we can do to help spread this idea? I don't live in Australia or anywhere near a beach, but I would love to see this method catch on. For years, I've been wondering how shark attacks could be prevented without putting up nets everywhere. I think you might have found an awesome solution. So...yeah, if there's anything us 'mainlanders' can do to help this method of shark protection kick off...let us know. Personally, I'd love to get behind this idea.
It's great how the top camo blends in with the dark bottom areas of the sea bed. Once in there, it's difficult to make him out, giving it the upper hand, as it will thrust itself upward towards it's unsuspecting prey.
I think beaches with high shark attacks should have permanent drones. Maybe introduce a software to the drone that tracks or alerts the user to the silhouette of a shark.
Pay these people to protect the beaches. And give them access to loud speakers and also some type of jetski in case people cant hear them. They could get a boat and go and help them.
The problem with this is the overdramatic use of "grabbing" words In the title to get people's attention! Sharks swim passed beaches everyday, all the time. This shark was not heading for the surfers , he swam by them, shows no interest. We seem to be on the verge of an anti shark period, where masses of the creatures will be slaughtered; what is needed is education no more discrimination. Sharks need friends before another creature faces extinction. Your video is fantastic, no disrespect to you meant, if taken.
I think this is definately deserving of some attention. To have a white of this size so close to an urban sydney beach on a clear day is rare. He might not have been interested today but who knows if he decided to have a test bite of a surfer. Even a test from something of this size would be a loss of limb. You may think we're buddies with sharks and all that but something of this size will have a go at a human no problems if the situation is right. Surfers on the East Coast have had to change their behavior in a lot of locations because the white population is so healthy, but not at urban beaches. So yeah I reckon this vid is more than an everyday occurance and worthy of the grabbing words. Sorry I had to respond to your rant because you sound like someone who doesn't really know what you're talking about.
Nice job, good use of a drone and warning people. I hope at some point you are government funded this should be a must. I wish this was mandatory in Monterey, bay CA there are so many in that bay due to seals and elephant seals there was a fatal attack just a few weeks ago. Experienced surfer too. My dad used to surf in Monterey all the time and surfed over one once it was huge. I won't dip a toe in that bay and judging by this footage good reason not to. Monterey bay's water is murky and cold and harder to spot. Myself and my parents at different times have been chased up the shoreline at Del Monte Beach by seals after beaching chased out of the water by a great white. Four seals have raced out of the water and they will charge if anything is in the way. Last summer my mom and dad (they never believed me until it happened to them) were chased and charged by an elephant seal racing out of the water to safety of the shore. They were chased up a small dune until the seal felt safe to go back in again.
That water is so clear. Wish N.C. had water and scenery like that. East Coast on the Atlantic Ocean is flat as a pancake and most of the time 2-5 ft waves and that's lame.
Wasn't that big. Don't know how long the jet ski was, but lets assume the guy piloting is average size 22 inches wide at the shoulders. Shark is only 10 to 12 ft long.
Agree with Kahele. The local councils should pay you. Much better and more targeted than those horrible baited lines that catch turtles, dolphins and harmless species.
They act as if it’s something extraordinary , it’s their home , imagine the shark filming all those idiots in the sea, telling his mates, LOOK all these people, old young etc why do we have it so wrong
They're most likely astonished. It is a massive, beautiful creature. Further, I believe they're filming the shark to protect the surfers. The reality is humans and sharks share the ocean.
Surely this sort of thing backed by government funding and increased deployment would be far more effective, cheap and less detrimental than nets. I can only imagine on some days visibility must make this impossible?
Once I was in an airplane taking off leaving the island of Jamaica and I was looking out the window saying goodbye to our vacation spot ... just then I saw about 10 big fish or something in the water that looked just like that.... I thought they were dolphins... but now I think they were great white sharks... yikes 😳😮
You might get into trouble if you follow my advice so you might want to get permission first, it's an experiment I'd like to see performed, when you spot a Great White with your drone have it set up so it can lower on a reel a waterproof speaker that emits Orca calls, lower the speaker on the beach side of the shark so if it panics it'll head out to sea , I'm not sure it'll respond to the sounds but around the world there are multiple reports of Whites fleeing their regular location due to Orcas showing up, do they take off when they hear the calls or do they have to see the Orcas first ? Drop the speaker in slowly and about 25 metres or more from the shark so it doesn't react to the physical act of putting the speaker in the water
Sharks have been mythologized in our culture as ruthless brutes and hunters, but the truth is humans are way, way more of a threat to sharks than sharks are to us. About 100 million sharks are killed annually, mostly related to "finning" (when the shark fins are sliced off and sold, often for soup). Marketer Joe Chernov wanted to visually express how the amount of shark attacks that kill people in a year stacks up against the number of people attacks that kill sharks. www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-04/shark-attacks-people-versus-people-attacks-sharks-infographic/
Are these guys on the drones attached to the surf livesaving clubs or are they just locals ? They do a great job. I hope they are getting government funding of some sort.
They aren't interested in people they are interested in their food source, they have to com closer into shore for food that's where the fish/ seals are. The habitat in deep sea is over fished🇨🇦🙏🏻✌🏻
4 meters is average is it not? Certainly isn't massive which would be 6 meters. A very big shark would be 5 meters. These guys keep saying gynormous and massive and huge. The shark is average for a great white shark. I mean based on what experts say anyway.
For sure... love this. Send the jetski from BONDI! Gah, such a funny name, cracks me up. Or maybe it was just me... My first time in Bondi Burger: "Yes I'll have the Bondie burger please..." All my auzzie friends turn away... nope, don't know him. Canadian tourist or something.
13 feet is not massive. A good young adult maybe. I'd say the definition of MASSIVE is 16+ feet. Massive should be much different than just adult normal size. But I get it, the need to hype up for personal reasons and gain is the root of the definition.
Now this is what drowns should be used for safety and if this system of drowns in place in every shark infested waters where it’s a proper job for people to watch over and look for these things then shark attacks could reduced to hardly ever happening.
Every major beach should have a designated drone operator flying the drone back and forth over the water
Great White is thinking to himself... " Damn Paparazzi !!!. I can't even go out for a bite in peace anymore. "
Lol
😅😅😅 📌 📍 this
Looking at a shark glide through the ocean, from a drone perspective is absolutely mesmerizing. 😯
I know makes me want to get a drone
Seeing how close to the shore these sharks actually swim has validated my entire dont go in past my knees philosophy. 😂
Amazing footage! And the water is so beautiful and clear.
in 1995 I was in Australia on a working visa and staying with a friend who lived at Tama. A friend of his said that he'd heard i was a fair swimmer and would I like to swim at Bronte. I thought he meant the seapool at Bronte and he said no swim from Tama to Bronte. After a seconds thought and not wanting to invite any lightweight POM jokes I agreed. It was late February and the conditions were almost exactly like this. Got out back of Tama and he took off about 20-30 yards in front of me full bore freestyle, splashing like a loony. Then I was on my own, doing breast stroke so as to not splash, with THAT music going in my mind (you know the music) and absolutely sh&*%$ng myself. Made it to Bronte twenty minutes later and had to time going in with the swells as it had got bigger during the swim. Walked back to Tama shaking like a leaf. I had always wondered if i was being a bit paranoid that day. This video has given me a succinct answer - NO! I agree with the comment further down the page, the Federal government should be sponsoring you guys to do this, especially in light of recent increased shark activity in north NSW and WA.
i swam that a few times from tama to bronte never had a problem
Yeah we are mad. Dunno how many times ive been near one, and completely oblivious.
But having Australia Fed Govt do that would be Helpful. If you trust Govt, you dont know history.
😮😮😮😮
I've heard shark experts say, "If you've ever been in the ocean, most likely you swam with a shark and never knew it". Still, I'd been fully on board with having drones in this situation.
For sure I have.....with all drones up in so cal now..... they haven't changed its just we have technology now to see whats been out there and they are always around......amazing actually how dis interested they are in us....when they hit us its extreme circumstances.....territory, their hunting grounds or they haven't been able to eat for awhile.....and they do give warning but on top of surface we never see it.....but am sure I've been around plenty of them also have had eerie feelings at certain times but ignored it
I love how they keep sayin "don't go out - he's MASSIVE". Like if it were just a 3m great white, I mean sure, take your chances.
Your wrong man. They are just saying like its huge. Even if it was a small great white they would warn them as well. Dont be silly
@@thisguy1779 they probably would but if you watch TheMalibuArtist youtube channel you'll probably be surprised how often they're around. check it out
The best use of a drone ive seen yet!
What a magnificent creature we are so blessed to have them !!!
And grizzly bears too! My gawd this is terrifying.
You’re right. Why don’t you give them a big hug?
Lol a bit of a stretch
Does the government back you guys up I think it should be mandatory at every popular surf break and it will create Jobs cheers to you!
No they don’t. I even emailed the PM Directly but no response
I live in Socal and we get whites all the time. Would love is the county would fund this.
@@DroneSharkApp I would love to do that work.
You should email your state premier cos beach safety is more a state matter than a federal one. Give Gladys an email but I bet she won’t give a shit either
@@Spentastic politicians = enemies of mother earth
Great White: Can you shut up? It's scaring all my food away!
Amazing animal. Love drone technology.
Great white are the coolest and best shark.
I panicked that much I jumped straight out the bath
😅😅😅
Aussies are all cool and the chicks are gorgeous. Always havin a good time. I gotta go someday. Cool Vid. Thanks from Cali.
That is so cool that you can see that from a drone and can warn people!
Awesome piloting of the drone!
I swam across Gordons Bay at Codgee with my brother a few years back and it felt sharky... Won't be doing that again. That thing was a big fish!
Yes a fair beast 👍
It's a wonderful great white in his nature. And thanks to the drone you can save surfers and
Swimmers so no one gets hurt
Okay, this is amazing! I only now stumpled across this video, your channel and your app. I had never thought of using drones as shark alerts, but this is an absolutely brilliant idea. Do you think that this could be realised on a large scale all over the world? And most importantly...is there anything we can do to help spread this idea? I don't live in Australia or anywhere near a beach, but I would love to see this method catch on. For years, I've been wondering how shark attacks could be prevented without putting up nets everywhere. I think you might have found an awesome solution. So...yeah, if there's anything us 'mainlanders' can do to help this method of shark protection kick off...let us know. Personally, I'd love to get behind this idea.
I think an alarm attached to drone to signal sharks are present would be a good idea
Love this footage, please keep doing vids like this
It's great how the top camo blends in with the dark bottom areas of the sea bed. Once in there, it's difficult to make him out, giving it the upper hand, as it will thrust itself upward towards it's unsuspecting prey.
I think beaches with high shark attacks should have permanent drones. Maybe introduce a software to the drone that tracks or alerts the user to the silhouette of a shark.
i seen a great white at bondi and i got attacked by a seal too!
Sharks thinking that fast food isent what it used to be!!!!!
Pay these people to protect the beaches. And give them access to loud speakers and also some type of jetski in case people cant hear them. They could get a boat and go and help them.
He's only looking for George....
They're the sea's crimebusters.
And.... Best friends.
*SUPER BEST CRIMEBUSTER PALS*
what is the guy with the jetski expecting to do?
Watch BondiNation. It’s a fascinating reality show in Australia about Bondi Beach lifeguards.
Whoever they told not to jump in....they saved his life if that shark was already after a seal
The problem with this is the overdramatic use of "grabbing" words In the title to get people's attention! Sharks swim passed beaches everyday, all the time. This shark was not heading for the surfers , he swam by them, shows no interest.
We seem to be on the verge of an anti shark period, where masses of the creatures will be slaughtered; what is needed is education no more discrimination.
Sharks need friends before another creature faces extinction.
Your video is fantastic, no disrespect to you meant, if taken.
I think this is definately deserving of some attention. To have a white of this size so close to an urban sydney beach on a clear day is rare. He might not have been interested today but who knows if he decided to have a test bite of a surfer. Even a test from something of this size would be a loss of limb.
You may think we're buddies with sharks and all that but something of this size will have a go at a human no problems if the situation is right.
Surfers on the East Coast have had to change their behavior in a lot of locations because the white population is so healthy, but not at urban beaches.
So yeah I reckon this vid is more than an everyday occurance and worthy of the grabbing words.
Sorry I had to respond to your rant because you sound like someone who doesn't really know what you're talking about.
What a beautiful sight
Beautiful creature.
Good stuff helping prevent attacks!👍👍👍👍
Thanks so much 🙏🙏
They need drones on all the beaches to protect the swimmers, Drones are really a game changer.
There was a seal that was on the run first.
The lifeguards at our beach hold up signs that say "BFF!!" (For Big F**N Fish?) when there's a risky creature in the water.
imagine that ... a fish ... in the OCEAN! ... of all places!
theres always one dropkick that makes this comment
You took the words right out of my mouth 👍
They aren’t surprised that there’s a shark in the ocean they are surprised that they are seeing it
No there not surprised about the shark there worried how close it is to everyone
@@tex1688 'dropkick'. Mate I am gunna start using that term in the UK.
Nice job, good use of a drone and warning people. I hope at some point you are government funded this should be a must. I wish this was mandatory in Monterey, bay CA there are so many in that bay due to seals and elephant seals there was a fatal attack just a few weeks ago. Experienced surfer too. My dad used to surf in Monterey all the time and surfed over one once it was huge. I won't dip a toe in that bay and judging by this footage good reason not to. Monterey bay's water is murky and cold and harder to spot. Myself and my parents at different times have been chased up the shoreline at Del Monte Beach by seals after beaching chased out of the water by a great white. Four seals have raced out of the water and they will charge if anything is in the way. Last summer my mom and dad (they never believed me until it happened to them) were chased and charged by an elephant seal racing out of the water to safety of the shore. They were chased up a small dune until the seal felt safe to go back in again.
That water is so clear. Wish N.C. had water and scenery like that. East Coast on the Atlantic Ocean is flat as a pancake and most of the time 2-5 ft waves and that's lame.
every beach where are sharks common, should have this service, period
Can someone please point out where the surfers were???
Is this shark alert？
Did they search shark to guard swimmer?
i would go out there and swim with the shark great whites are gentle giants and people think they are just killers cause of movies
I Think he said it’s massive 🤣😂🤣!!!
Drones n such should be used worldwide to keep people safe in the water. Extremely affordable and eco friendly compared to some other options.
that was brilliant to watch
Thanks so much👍
Wasn't that big. Don't know how long the jet ski was, but lets assume the guy piloting is average size 22 inches wide at the shoulders. Shark is only 10 to 12 ft long.
Agree with Kahele. The local councils should pay you. Much better and more targeted than those horrible baited lines that catch turtles, dolphins and harmless species.
Great work
You guys should film both on the beach and the drone so we have best of both worlds lol just a suggestion
People actually needing to be convinced not to swim with a huge Great White.🤦♀️
They act as if it’s something extraordinary , it’s their home , imagine the shark filming all those idiots in the sea, telling his mates, LOOK all these people, old young etc why do we have it so wrong
They're most likely astonished. It is a massive, beautiful creature. Further, I believe they're filming the shark to protect the surfers. The reality is humans and sharks share the ocean.
The way they meander slowly gives me anxiety above the fact that it’s a great white. Just moving slow getting ready to murder somebody
Not true......even if surfer paddled out it probably would have swam away
Killer video!! Loved it :)
Cheers dude 👍👍
Surely this sort of thing backed by government funding and increased deployment would be far more effective, cheap and less detrimental than nets. I can only imagine on some days visibility must make this impossible?
If the drone can see it and are advising, why on earth does someone go out on a JetSki to go look at it??
The number of shark attacks, whatever the species, can be greatly reduced, if not avoided all together if drones were implemented at all beaches.
Once I was in an airplane taking off leaving the island of Jamaica and I was looking out the window saying goodbye to our vacation spot ... just then I saw about 10 big fish or something in the water that looked just like that.... I thought they were dolphins... but now I think they were great white sharks... yikes 😳😮
You might get into trouble if you follow my advice so you might want to get permission first, it's an experiment I'd like to see performed, when you spot a Great White with your drone have it set up so it can lower on a reel a waterproof speaker that emits Orca calls, lower the speaker on the beach side of the shark so if it panics it'll head out to sea , I'm not sure it'll respond to the sounds but around the world there are multiple reports of Whites fleeing their regular location due to Orcas showing up, do they take off when they hear the calls or do they have to see the Orcas first ? Drop the speaker in slowly and about 25 metres or more from the shark so it doesn't react to the physical act of putting the speaker in the water
australian accent is so wonderful pervers
It's so beeg🤣
easily atleast 5m
Couldn't do your home a greater service. Great job guys.
How do you warn those in the water? I saw drone footage of a white heading right toward surfers and they couldn't warn them.
And the guy went there to encounter this huge shark with a little motor boat... that’s big of him!
Isn't this where Simon nellis got attacked
Now we simply mount some armament on the drones and were in business !
And that they is the reason why I gave up open water swimming
Beautiful but so deadly.
Looks like you saved someone from a bad time lol
That has to be atleast 2.5 meters. Big shark
Drone over water at 30%.....👀
Sharks have been mythologized in our culture as ruthless brutes and hunters, but the truth is humans are way, way more of a threat to sharks than sharks are to us. About 100 million sharks are killed annually, mostly related to "finning" (when the shark fins are sliced off and sold, often
for soup). Marketer Joe Chernov wanted to visually express how the amount of shark attacks that kill people in a year stacks up against the number of people attacks that kill sharks. www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-04/shark-attacks-people-versus-people-attacks-sharks-infographic/
Are these guys on the drones attached to the surf livesaving clubs or are they just locals ? They do a great job. I hope they are getting government funding of some sort.
They aren't interested in people they are interested in their food source, they have to com closer into shore for food that's where the fish/ seals are. The habitat in deep sea is over fished🇨🇦🙏🏻✌🏻
The shark is natural to the water-Dear Humans please piss off
Saying it's massive doesn't mean anything give an estimation of length
Looks about 5mm 😂
dude do u know how high the drone is 😂😂😂
We are going to need a bigger Drone.
4 meters is average is it not? Certainly isn't massive which would be 6 meters. A very big shark would be 5 meters. These guys keep saying gynormous and massive and huge. The shark is average for a great white shark. I mean based on what experts say anyway.
Can you have a paddle boarder on stand by to paddle out next to it so we can get an idea of it's length?
Aint they called White Pointers in Australia?
IS that plastics in the water....????
did he ever get the seal at the beginning of the vid?
Cruising like a bad ass!
We need a bigger boat... 😬
Wow!! Sadly this dron could be helped Simon Nellist 4 months ago where a great white shark mauled him in that exacly point
I'm never swimming in the ocean again. Thx.
Very nice tech 👍
Ok I’m looking and looking and I don’t see the damn guy that was ‘about to jump in on top of him’
where the heck is he?!??
Driving me crazy 😜
WE GET A GREAT BIG BLOKE
Looks like a small minnow really.
Massive ? hard to get an idea of scale from space.
This is not a grey white shark this is a tuna because look at its tale and google it up and you will see this is not a grey white shark people
For sure... love this. Send the jetski from BONDI! Gah, such a funny name, cracks me up.
Or maybe it was just me...
My first time in Bondi Burger: "Yes I'll have the Bondie burger please..."
All my auzzie friends turn away... nope, don't know him. Canadian tourist or something.
13 feet is not massive. A good young adult maybe.
I'd say the definition of MASSIVE is 16+ feet.
Massive should be much different than just adult normal size.
But I get it, the need to hype up for personal reasons and gain is the root of the definition.
Now this is what drowns should be used for safety and if this system of drowns in place in every shark infested waters where it’s a proper job for people to watch over and look for these things then shark attacks could reduced to hardly ever happening.
the grey landlord
Sence when is a 12 footer ginormous, 😆 lol,now a 5 meter is getting big
Sweet footage