--- description: Captured on a GoPro camera title: This Is What It's Like to Come Face-to-Face With a Great White Shark image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Video Shows What It's Like to Come Face-to-Face With a Great White Shark by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 12, 2014 4:25 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 12, 2014 4:25 PM CUT Ever wonder what it would feel like to encounter a shark head-on in open waters? This video, shot with a GoPro camera in Sydney Harbour, Australia, claims to capture that experience. The man wearing the camera jumps off a cliff into the water and within moments, his friend above warns him of a shark lurking nearby. We can only imagine that this began to play in his heart: ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2865079/this-video-shows-what-its-like-to-come-face-to-face-with-a-great-white-shark/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2865079/this-video-shows-what-its-like-to-come-face-to-face-with-a-great-white-shark/"},"headline":"This Video Shows What It's Like to Come Face-to-Face With a Great White Shark","datePublished":"2014-06-12T16:25:46.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:10:42.277Z","description":"Yup, it's pretty scary","url":"https://time.com/2865079/this-video-shows-what-its-like-to-come-face-to-face-with-a-great-white-shark/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Sharks","Australia","animals","GoPro","sydney"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"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/2865079/this-video-shows-what-its-like-to-come-face-to-face-with-a-great-white-shark/","name":"This Video Shows What It's Like to Come Face-to-Face With a Great White Shark"}}]}] ```