--- description: Video captures great white shark that got too close to a boat off the Jersey Shore title: Terrifying Video Shows Great White Shark Attacking Boat Off the Jersey Shore image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltff68bfba2409ec9f/698698c855a8596cb7a817c8/great-white-shark.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Chill Jersey Shore Shark Grabs an Afternoon Snack off a Fishing Boat  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Jun 23, 2014 4:26 PM CUT  Getty Images  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Jun 23, 2014 4:26 PM CUT Fishermen got a great scare over the weekend when a great white shark rushed up to their boat, according to [NBC Philadelphia](http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Great-White-Shark-Sighting-Near-Cape-May-264163151.html "undefined"). It reportedly stole the chum bag of fish off the side of the boat at 28-Mile Wreck, where a World War II shipwreck took place off of Cape May, New Jersey. According to the [South Jersey ](http://www.nj.com/south/index.ssf/2014/06/avalon%5Ffisherman%5Fhas%5Fclose%5Fencounter%5Fwith%5Fgreat%5Fwhite%5Foff%5Fcape%5Fmay.html "undefined")[_Times_](http://www.nj.com/south/index.ssf/2014/06/avalon%5Ffisherman%5Fhas%5Fclose%5Fencounter%5Fwith%5Fgreat%5Fwhite%5Foff%5Fcape%5Fmay.html "undefined")_,_ the fisherman Steve Clark was tagging sharks for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as part of the conservation effort Apex Predators Program. Cue [_Jaws_ theme](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvCI-gNK%5Fy4 "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2912154/chill-jersey-shore-shark-grabs-an-afternoon-snack-off-a-fishing-boat/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2912154/chill-jersey-shore-shark-grabs-an-afternoon-snack-off-a-fishing-boat/"},"headline":"Chill Jersey Shore Shark Grabs an Afternoon Snack off a Fishing Boat","datePublished":"2014-06-23T16:26:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:11:03.582Z","description":"It stole the fishermen's chum bag right off their boat","url":"https://time.com/2912154/chill-jersey-shore-shark-grabs-an-afternoon-snack-off-a-fishing-boat/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltff68bfba2409ec9f/698698c855a8596cb7a817c8/great-white-shark.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltff68bfba2409ec9f/698698c855a8596cb7a817c8/great-white-shark.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"great-white-shark","caption":"","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/2912154/chill-jersey-shore-shark-grabs-an-afternoon-snack-off-a-fishing-boat/","name":"Chill Jersey Shore Shark Grabs an Afternoon Snack off a Fishing Boat"}}]}] ```