Terrifying close encounter with 4m great white shark on NSW South Coast captured on GoPro

Rhiannon Lewin
7NEWS
Two spear fishermen off NSW's South Coast have had come a little too close for comfort with a four metre great white shark

Two spear fishermen on the far NSW south coast have filmed an incredible close encounter with a great white shark.

The men were fishing in Eden Bay off the Sapphire Coast when their GoPro caught the incredible moment they encountered the 4m shark.

WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Fishermen’s terrifying close encounter with monster of the deep.

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The men are heard screaming “white! white!” as the shark swims past them, just metres from where they are spearfishing.

The men said they were “truly blessed” by mother nature to get so close, adding it was a moment they will never forget.

Watch more on this shark encounter on 7NEWS Sydney at 6pm.

Originally published on 7NEWS

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