... realized he was just feet away from a great white shark, ... at that point I might get some shots of a surfer … A once-in-a-lifetime photograph has caught the JAWS-ome moment a massive great white shark breached its entire body out of the water behind an oblivious surfer. The Mavericks big wave surf spot was evacuated Sunday after a group of surfers had close encounter with a humongous great white shark estimated to be 16 to 20 feet long. A surfer's GoPro Camera captured a startling sight in Huntington Beach - a great white shark leaping out of the water. "These majestic animals do not appear to be in hunting mode. The Mavericks big wave surf spot was evacuated Sunday after a group of surfers had close encounter with a humongous great white shark estimated to be 16 to 20 feet long. A surfer notices a shark swimming behind him off Nauset Beach in Orleans. The surfboard is inside the blank and it is my job to find it and bring it to life for the surfer! He's behind you! Terrifying great white shark photo-bombs kids frolicking in the waves. The shark that took the life of surfer Ben Kelly off Sand Dollar Beach in Aptos on Saturday was a sub-adult great white at least 10-feet in length, according to local shark experts, and a … The stunning snap was taken by Natha… The frightening footage was captured by a drone camera as pro-boarder Matt Wilkinson, 32, practised at Ballina in New South Wales, Australia. Scary: The great white shark leaps just a short distance from the unsuspecting surfer (Image: Thomas Kampas). Here’s How I Did. “All of a sudden a great white shark appeared in the next wave,” Woodward wrote. A SURFER paddles along searching for the perfect wave — oblivious to the great white shark swimming right behind him. Yelling out 'there's two whites behind you,'" Mr Dent told Today. He said: "All of a sudden that great white came up from out of the water behind …