'It's swimming straight towards him': Capsized kayaker's desperate escape from Great White shark
A kayaker has survived a terrifying encounter with a shark, stranded in the water for minutes after the man-eater flipped his craft at Monterey Bay in California.
The shark, reported to be a Great White, thrashes about frantically, appearing to be trapped under the kayak, and then starts heading straight for the kayaker who attempted to swim to safety.
On shore Gene Mace begins filming the frightening scene and alerts his wife to what is happening.
"I've just seen a shark attack, I'm filming it," he says to his wife.
Suddenly the grave situation worsens.
"He's swimming towards the guy now," Grace yells.
As the shark approaches within a few metres of the capsized kayaker, and after more than a minute of filming, it occurs to the watching couple to call for help.
Fortunately the shark frees itself from the kayak and swims off. The kayaker is rescued by a yacht less than three minutes later.
Lieutentant Commander Kyle Franklin on the boat pulls the kayaker to safety. Lt. Franklin had been out sailing with his wife and daughter.
A Coast Guard Response Boat, stationed in Monterey Harbor, later arrived to collect the kayaker, who was tired and cold and lucky to be alive.
was lucky to escape after a shark attacked his kayak, leaving the man no choice but to swim as quickly as he could to a nearby boat.
Gene Mace and his wife were out in Monterey Bay in California when he noticed a man had been flipped from his kayak.
