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Despite its reputation for being a state whose residents pretty much live on the water 24/7/365, the surfing scene in Florida pales in comparison to California or Hawaii. Outside of Hurricane Season wave swells, Florida sees some of its best surfing throughout the Winter on the East Coast of the state. You know what else happens during the Winter months in Florida? An annual blacktip shark migration which brings hundreds of thousands (millions?) of blacktip sharks very close to the beaches as they swim past millions of beachgoers.
I showed you all some super gnarly footage of annual blacktip shark migration last week from the BlacktipH YouTube channel. If you haven’t seen that crazy fishing footage you can check it out here, but don’t go anywhere before you watch this awesome 4K drone footage from Hydrophilik. Around the 00:46 mark in this video you’ll see a surfer fall off his board and right on top of a shark who then gets spooked and hauls ass out of there (thankfully for the surfer!). This footage was captured near the Fort Pierce Inlet and Vero Beach, Florida:
Big shout out to Ed Killer (yes, that’s his real name) at TC Palm for tracking down this video AND having the coolest name on the Internet. I’ve been slacking lately on my shark-related content but saw Ed tweet this out the other day and loved this footage. Feel free to like/share this one with your friend, and you can find me on Twitter at @casspa if you’ve got any clips like this that you want to send my way.