Giant Great White Sharks Appear in Southern California: Plus Fishermen Try to Take Down my Drone

In this week’s video, I share several clips of large white sharks I've discovered in Southern California. These sharks tend to appear only during a specific time during the year. Why are they coming here? And could they be pregnant?

00:01:23 Very Large Great White Shark in the Shallows
00:02:59 Underwater footage of the largest shark I've seen
00:04:00 Sub-Adult Great White Shark approaches paddleboarder
00:05:40 Fisherman try to take down my drone

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DISCLAIMER:
I'm NOT a marine biologist. As with all YouTube content, I encourage independent verification of facts via official scientific and trustworthy sources. I will strive to post citations for any information I discuss here whenever possible. My goal is to use photography and drones to bring awareness to wildlife and the nature around us. I welcome collaborations with scientists to bring cinematic elements to the educational presentation. If my drone work can assist in the study of these animals, please reach out to me.

[jan-erikjones]

Your stream is better than Shark Week, by FAR!

[thrand]

Holy shit, Malibu Artist may genuinely be the first person to discover a GW shark birthing ground... i was watching you when you just started these cool little shark drone videos, and within such a small period of time, you have revolutionised what we know of GW sharks! Sir, many thanks, and much love from the UK!

[erik]

Great footage of both a pregnant white shark and a newborn! I have personally witnessed both with my own eyes while on a surfboard. The pregnant female swam towards me and was easily 15 ft probably more like 18f ft and was wider than a Volkswagon Bus! I saw the babies 3 days later and they were chasing our leashes as we were surfing! I will admit seeing the baby whites chase my friends leash as he surfed a wave was probably the coolest thing I have seen surfing in my 43 years of surfing. Seeing the 18 ft pregnant Great White made me catch a wave to shore and promise my wife I would never surf there by myself again!

[katiem]

These videos are mesmerizingly beautiful.

[bitcoinbeast]

Thanks for all your hard work mate, sitting here at my computer in England with a glass of wine, and enjoying your work. Cheers dude

[msvaleriah]

It's exciting that you've been able to get those high-definition photos of these large white sharks, and what they might mean for future research. I'll be eager to see what's discovered through this. Another great video, Carlos! Thank you as always.

[ronaldvanhogeloon]

Greetings from The Netherlands. Big fan of your work and white sharks

[SageRosemaryTime]

Carlos I've subscribed and watched you for a long time now and it AMAZES me that you keep getting better
I didn't think you needed to improve in the first place and yet you do .
This was worthy of a BBC documentary and still you sound humble and respectful as always.

[edwardspencer]

As an older surfer, I have always tried to keep my distance from fisherman.. they would try and hook us intentionally.. Sebastian inlet and New Smyrna Beach.. and, here they try and hook your drone.. makes me wonder what illegal shit they up to... Love your content and Keep up the Good Work!

[MarkoPareigis]

Your footage always leaves me in awe... Thanks for publishing this about these wonderful and fascinating creatures. Oh, I love your narrative voice, it reminds me of some science television shows from BBC or Terra X from when i was a kid 🙂

[nancydenmark]

These sharks seem to have a remarkable ability to heal from the wounds that they get. Especially that huge female you were able to film from the cage. What violent mating they must endure. As sad as it is that they get propeller strikes causing the wounds to their fins and upper body, it’ll be good to be able to record them for future reference. I’m so sorry that the fisherman was rude enough to try to destroy the drone. That’s so awful. Great video as always.

[TimJohniLL]

You do a great job narrating and explaining things.

I dig it man. Great stuff subbed and ding the bell!

[samuelajones]

The fisherman casting his line at you was epic. I think we would all benefit from a speaker or some type of alert system on drones.

[michelleflippin]

Carlos, again you leave me breathless!! Every time I see the newborn, I get so excited my heart starts racing!! It is truly awesome inspiring footage. I have followed you for a long time, and the way you watch the sharks is so wonderful to me. It's new things that we get to see them doing, because always before the footage had to be taken while disturbing the sharks. I love that you try to make sure they don't see even the shadow of your drone. You watch them, and leave them completely without any interaction. That is so unique in the study of these magical animals. I have been fascinated by whites since I was little. (Which was many years ago now!) Thank you for your innovation and patience while filming. And I can't wait to see this year's newborns!! If we are very lucky!!

[stephanieabsmeier]

Thank you so much for your videos. I watch them from Germany. Maybe I will never see a white shark live, so your clips are my possibility to have a look in their world❤.

[Trojan]

Awesome, got your T-shirt with WS on front & back to wear on Seal Beach pier🦈🦈❤️❤️

[rabadabadoo]

Absolutely stunning footage of these awesome creatures 👏
Good luck

[creightonfreeman]

I love what you are doing. I grew up watching "The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau" and what you do reminds me of his documentaries. Though your content is narrower in subject matter and mostly filmed from above rather than below the water, the tone and I think mission is the same.

[jdenmark]

Been following for what seems like forever. I can’t afford to send some support your way, but thank you for sharing your footage and stories. You have a great narrative voice.

[AKbaby]

Thank you for sharing with us Carlos! You're amazing my guy!❤