Speaking of surfers & sharks, when I was stationed in San Pedro, CA in 1983-84 a surfer was practicing his show for an upcoming competition while his GF was photographing his form with a movie camera. - When the film was developed, he nearly had a stroke, as the GF had photographed a LARGE Great White right on the tail of his board.
Had he not ridden the board into very shallow water, he likely would have been taken off the board.
Yours, TMN78247
Locally spotter pilot Wayne Davis has all kinds of aerial shots of clueless paddleboarders, wind surfers and surfboarders very close to white sharks.
You are not going to see the sharks when you are at water level. -Tom