An Adelaide boatie almost bit off more than he could chew when a crabbing expedition off coastal Adelaide turned into an up-close moment with a great white shark, but he's described the 'once-in-a-lifetime' encounter as 'epic'.
Help keep family & friends informed by sharing this articleAn Adelaide boatie recently got more than he bargained for when a great white shark emerged from the water metres from his vessel before disappearing into the deep.A shark emerged from the water, launching itself at the baitRob Cremasco was out crabbing on Wednesday morning with family and friends off Semaphore, along Adelaide's northern coast.
"We left [the net] out for about 20 minutes or so, hoping that it had gone, and we didn't see it back again so we popped it back in," Mr Cremasco told ABC Radio Adelaide."He's had a go at [the bait] and semi-launched himself out of the water."Mr Cremasco's wife, Catherine, was filming when the encounter occurred, capturing the shark's emergence from the water — a moment that prompted shock and shrieks of "Oh, my God".
"We have the crab net tied up to the cleat of the boat and [the shark] was just pulling, slowly pulling it sidewards. A school of sharks was recently seen off Kangaroo Island, while a 4m great white was reported off Aldinga over the weekend."Every year, in summertime, you do get that increase in shark sightings," Flinders University marine ecologist Charlie Huveneers said.
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