![Great White Shark Breaks Into Dive Cage [VIDEO]](https://gcaptain.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Screen-shot-2013-03-22-at-2.28.46-PM.png)
This is why I don’t shark dive. Here’s the description from the uploader:
I went shark diving March 21st, 2013 for the first time in Gansbaai, South Africa with my sister Leanne and best friends Peter, Richard and Monica… and managed to catch this on film!!
A shark totally ignores the bait and goes straight for the cage!! He gets his head inside the cage, while fellow diver Roger (who got married the day before), acted quickly to swim below the gaping sharks mouth and to avoid any injury.
Apologies for any profanity in the video.. it was an out of control situation.
No apologies necessary. I thought shark cages were supposed to keep the sharks from getting in? I think that one was broken…
Updated: March 25, 2013 (Originally published March 22, 2013)
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