Terrifying moment huge great white shark hunts paddleboarders off California

Two paddleboarders were stalked by a very unwelcome guest, as a drone video showed a great white shark tracking the pair off the coast of Santa Barbara Sunday.

The two were visiting family during Father’s Day weekend and had initially heard about the shark sighting before going off to locate it.

An uncle of one of the paddleboarders had flown a drone to try to help them locate the shark, but the pair eventually came back to the shore thinking they had missed it.

“The feeling is a mix of adrenaline and just this excitement mixed with this –– it’s a big deal. Like probably shouldn’t be doing that. There’s a moment it becomes real, especially when I saw the shark,” Robert Kagan, one of the paddleboarders, told ABC.

“As soon as I saw the shark I started telling Kayla [Ross]. … We were terrified going back to shore,” he added.

“He said that he saw something. … But I didn’t see it because I was just looking forward, paddling. So I didn’t know what he saw, how big it was, so we just went straight back. But that was a little nerve-racking,” Kayla Ross also commented.

A similar incident also occurred in early June in California when a large shark swam close to a surfer off the coast of Aptos near Santa Cruz.

Shark sightings have increased at California beaches with experts predicting a “sharky summer” as a result of abnormal warm weather and the start of the El Niño cycle.

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