'It was like a horror movie': Terrifying moment a kayaker is attacked by a Great White shark in California
- Brian Correiar was paddling in his 14-foot kayak in Monterey Bay, California
- Footage shot by a man on the shore shows a great white shark attacking him
- Shark attacked the red kayak as Correiar desperately tried to swim away
- The shark came within inches of the man as it thrashed around with the kayak
- He was eventually rescued when a family on a sailing boat saw him struggling
This is the terrifying moment a kayaker was attacked by a great white shark in California - and the man miraculously lived to tell the tale.
Brian Correiar, a certified diver, was paddling in his 14-foot kayak through Monterey Bay in March when the shark attacked and knocked him into the water.
A bystander who was standing on the shoreline started filming the ordeal as soon as Correriar was launched from his kayak. The witness can be heard in the footage asking his wife to call 911.
The footage shows the shark attacking the red kayak just several feet from where Correiar was desperately trying to swim away.
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Brian Correiar (in yellow above) was paddling in his 14-foot kayak through Monterey Bay in California in March when a great white shark attacked him and knocked him into the water
But within seconds, the shark was thrashing around dangerously close to where Corriear was bobbing helplessly in the water.
Correriar told National Geographic he remembered hearing a bang before the kayak was launched into the air and he fell halfway out.
He said he could see the shark's head above the water with its jaws latched onto the end of his kayak.
Correriar initially froze but then quickly got out of the kayak and tried swimming to shore, while keeping an eye on the great white.
The footage shot by a man on the shore shows the shark attacking the red kayak just several feet from where Correiar was desperately trying to swim away
The shark thrashed around dangerously close to where Correiar was bobbing helplessly in the water
This is the moment Correiar said the shark inched closer to him before dropping the kayak and diving straight down below him where he couldn't see it
He said he had tried to call the Coast Guard for help using his emergency GPS but they had trouble hearing him.
'At this point I was really nervous, I was sure I was done,' he said.
'It was like a horror movie. The shark came toward me, dropped the kayak, then dove straight down below me where I couldn't see it.'
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Correiar said he spotted a sailboat nearby and frantically waved it down - all while trying to remain calm given the shark was lurking somewhere underneath him.
The terrifying footage captured by the bystander showed the family in the sailboat pulling an exhausted Correiar aboard to safety.
He was eventually rescued by a family in a sailing boat who spotted him calling for help
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