--- title: Great White Shark Photobomb Surfing Kid PHOTO description: An Australian father discovered photos from a day at the beach showed his son surfing straight toward the mouth of a great white shark. canonical: https://time.com/4652061/shark-beneath-child-surfing-photo/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-01-27T19:51:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:40:33.153Z og:title: Dad Captures Photo of Shark Lurking Beneath Surfing Child og:description: "Lucky he didn't fall off" og:url: https://time.com/4652061/shark-beneath-child-surfing-photo/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Dad Captures Photo of Shark Lurking Beneath Surfing Child twitter:description: "Lucky he didn't fall off" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # This Photo of a Shark Lurking Beneath a Surfing Child Will Terrify You > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 27, 2017 7:51 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 27, 2017 7:51 PM UTC An Australian father was in for a chilling surprise after a day spent at the beach, as photos from the outing showed his 10-year-old son [surfing](http://time.com/3974358/tahiti-teahupoo-chopes-surfing-niccolo-porcella-wipe-out/) straight toward the mouth of a [great white shark](http://time.com/4531193/great-white-shark-attack-diver-cage/). Chris Hasson shared a [post on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/ChrisHassonRealEstateFriend/posts/1566574803356639) Tuesday describing how he managed to capture his son Eden’s [near-encounter with the 8-foot shark](http://time.com/4375657/shark-attacks-climate-change/) while he was surfing at Samurai Beach in Port Stephens. He explained that he was snapping pictures of the surfing session from a jetty, according to [UPI](http://www.upi.com/Odd%5FNews/2017/01/26/Australian-10-year-old-photographed-surfing-over-a-great-white-shark/3841485458398/?utm%5Fsource=sec&utm%5Fcampaign=sl&utm%5Fmedium=13). “I see a big dark shape and about to call the small group in and Eden takes of on a left and smashes it to the beach,” he wrote. “Just as he is taking off I see something out of the corner of my eye. I keep shooting and after he finishes and starts paddling out I zoom in on the second photo and see he’s just done a backhand snap on an 8 foot Great White Sharks head.” However, Hasson didn’t seem too fazed by the incident. “Lucky he didn’t fall off,” he wrote. “This photo is going straight to the pool room. Not everyday you get a photo surfing over a big white. Check its mouth. It’s rolled over having a good look at his yummy yellow new wetsuit.” > [](https://twitter.com/OddNewsUPI/status/824771552373665792) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4652061/shark-beneath-child-surfing-photo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4652061/shark-beneath-child-surfing-photo/"},"headline":"This Photo of a Shark Lurking Beneath a Surfing Child Will Terrify You","datePublished":"2017-01-27T19:51:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:40:33.153Z","description":"'Lucky he didn't fall off'","url":"https://time.com/4652061/shark-beneath-child-surfing-photo/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Sharks","Australia","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4652061/shark-beneath-child-surfing-photo/","name":"This Photo of a Shark Lurking Beneath a Surfing Child Will Terrify You"}}]}] ```