Video reveals great white shark attacking seal near Alcatraz

Swimmers set to dive into the…

Keaton and his mom were touring Alcatraz island and were waiting for their ferry back Saturday when they saw a shark jump out of the water and grab a seal, it was after that Meredith Shindler started recording video… “That’s the awesomest thing I’ve ever seen in my life!”

At least 15 great whites, including an 18-footer, were seen in June in and around Monterey Bay near popular spots for paddleboarding, kayaking, swimming and fishing.

David McGuire, director of the San Francisco shark conservation group Shark Stewards, told the Daily News that the shark they recently spotted was of an average size.

Despite the popular imagery of sharks wreaking havoc on unsuspecting swimmers, the odds of encountering one are extremely low. “It definitely looks like a white shark, about 8-10 feet, from the phone video sent to us”.

“That’s a great white!”

And the shocking scene is a first for the San Francisco Bay where it was filmed, just off the famous, and now defunct, prison island of Alcatraz. McGuire said the shark attack was good news for him. “The tourists were very excited”.

The feared great white shark is believed to be as long as 70 years and has no natural predators except the killer whale.

“For me it’s pretty exciting and a sign that health is returning to the San Francisco Bay ecosystem”, said Salvador Jorgensen, a research scientist for the Monterey Bay Aquarium who, together with other researchers, started seeing sharks in the bay as soon as they began tracking them with acoustic pinger tags in 2006.

The original video of the attack went viral, racking up more than 800,000 views in just three days. “It’s the furthest north white shark pups have ever been documented”.