🐋 Watch More ➡️ Great White Shark Encounters: • Kayaker Gets Close to a Massive Great Whit... ➡️ Orcas Take Down a Humpback Whale: • Orcas Take Down a Humpback Whale – Rare Dr... 📸 Follow My Journey: Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/themalibuartist Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/TheMalibuArtist Website → https://www.themalibuartist.com 🎵 Music licensed through Soundstripe MERCH STORE: Check out my latest designs. https://themalibuartist-shop.fourthwa... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your support is greatly appreciated on this channel. Please visit my Patreon page to support more videos like this. Or join my YouTube Crew or Explorer Membership. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For all footage licensing inquiries please reach out directly to me via the contact form on my website. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 🌊 About The Malibu Artist I’m Carlos Gauna, wildlife cinematographer and storyteller. My goal is to explore how we see the ocean’s most misunderstood predators — and to show the wild, unfiltered moments that happen just beyond the surf. DISCLAIMER: I'm NOT a marine biologist. As with all YouTube content, I encourage independent verification of facts via official scientific and trustworthy sources. I will strive to post citations for any information I discuss here whenever possible. My goal is to use photography and drones to bring awareness to wildlife and the nature around us. I welcome collaborations with scientists to bring cinematic elements to the educational presentation. If my drone work can assist in the study of these animals, please reach out to me.

🐋 Watch More ➡️ Great White Shark Encounters: • Kayaker Gets Close to a Massive Great Whit... ➡️ Orcas Take Down a Humpback Whale: • Orcas Take Down a Humpback Whale – Rare Dr... 📸 Follow My Journey: Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/themalibuartist Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/TheMalibuArtist Website → https://www.themalibuartist.com 🎵 Music licensed through Soundstripe MERCH STORE: Check out my latest designs. https://themalibuartist-shop.fourthwa... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your support is greatly appreciated on this channel. Please visit my Patreon page to support more videos like this. Or join my YouTube Crew or Explorer Membership. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For all footage licensing inquiries please reach out directly to me via the contact form on my website. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 🌊 About The Malibu Artist I’m Carlos Gauna, wildlife cinematographer and storyteller. My goal is to explore how we see the ocean’s most misunderstood predators — and to show the wild, unfiltered moments that happen just beyond the surf. DISCLAIMER: I'm NOT a marine biologist. As with all YouTube content, I encourage independent verification of facts via official scientific and trustworthy sources. I will strive to post citations for any information I discuss here whenever possible. My goal is to use photography and drones to bring awareness to wildlife and the nature around us. I welcome collaborations with scientists to bring cinematic elements to the educational presentation. If my drone work can assist in the study of these animals, please reach out to me.

I take a closer look at why great white sharks seem more visible today, especially along the California coast. Using drone footage filmed near busy beaches and insights from long-term scientific research, we explore how technology, social media, and increased observation have reshaped public perception of sharks. I break down why shark populations are difficult to estimate, how scientists actually study great white sharks, and what decades of data really show. I also share what I learned while spending time with researchers from the California White Shark Project, including how individual sharks are identified and tracked over many years. We also look at why sharks are often seen in shallow, nearshore waters — and why that overlap with people isn’t new. From prey availability to site fidelity, the behavior we’re seeing today has largely existed for decades. What’s changed is our ability to see it from above and share it instantly. Every clip in this video is real, filmed in natural conditions. Nothing is staged. Nothing is AI-generated. INFORMATION LINKS California White Shark Project https://www.californiawhitesharkproject.org/ Pacific Coast Shark Research Committee http://www.sharkresearchcommittee.com/ 📸 Follow My Journey: Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/themalibuartist Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/TheMalibuArtist Website → https://www.themalibuartist.com 🎵 Music licensed through Soundstripe MERCH STORE: Check out my latest designs. https://themalibuartist-shop.fourthwa... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your support is greatly appreciated on this channel. Please visit my Patreon page to support more videos like this. Or join my YouTube Crew or Explorer Membership. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For all footage licensing inquiries please reach out directly to me via the contact form on my website. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DISCLAIMER: I'm NOT a marine biologist. As with all YouTube content, I encourage independent verification of facts via official scientific and trustworthy sources. I will strive to post citations for any information I discuss here whenever possible. My goal is to use photography and drones to bring awareness to wildlife and the nature around us. I welcome collaborations with scientists to bring cinematic elements to the educational presentation. If my drone work can assist in the study of these animals, please reach out to me.

In this episode of Ocean Talks, Dr. Phil Sternes joins me to talk about our latest research observation published in the Journal of Fish Biology. We also discuss recent shark news and topics that have garnered our attention. LINKS to Content Mentioned Below: Dorsal Fin Paper: Drone observations reveal white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) dorsal fins are highly flexible and possible investigatory structures https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfb.70210 (Use the Contact form on my website if you'd like a PDF of the full paper) Atlantic White Shark Conservancy's Sharktivity App https://www.atlanticwhiteshark.org/sharktivity-app Expedition White Shark: Marine CSI Shark tracking app https://www.marinecsi.org/2010/06/01/expedition-white-shark/ 📸 Follow My Journey: Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/themalibuartist Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/TheMalibuArtist Website → https://www.themalibuartist.com 🎵 Music licensed through Soundstripe MERCH STORE: Check out my latest designs. https://themalibuartist-shop.fourthwa... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your support is greatly appreciated on this channel. Please visit my Patreon page to support more videos like this. Or join my YouTube Crew or Explorer Membership. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For all footage licensing inquiries please reach out directly to me via the contact form on my website. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 🌊 About The Malibu Artist I’m Carlos Gauna, wildlife cinematographer and storyteller. My goal is to explore how we see the ocean’s most misunderstood predators — and to show the wild, unfiltered moments that happen just beyond the surf. DISCLAIMER: I'm NOT a marine biologist. As with all YouTube content, I encourage independent verification of facts via official scientific and trustworthy sources. I will strive to post citations for any information I discuss here whenever possible. My goal is to use photography and drones to bring awareness to wildlife and the nature around us. I welcome collaborations with scientists to bring cinematic elements to the educational presentation. If my drone work can assist in the study of these animals, please reach out to me.

Two years ago this week, I released a research paper that included just one minute of nearly 20 minutes of footage I captured of an extremely unique white shark. Here are a few more seconds of that remarkable shark. Co-authored with Dr. Phil Sternes, we proposed two hypotheses: this was a newly born white shark, or an extremely young shark exhibiting an undocumented skin condition. Both possibilities represented novel observations and warranted inclusion in the scientific record. When the paper was released, the footage quickly spread through the media, igniting widespread debate over what had been filmed. Over time, a broad consensus has emerged that this is likely the youngest white shark ever documented. To date, there is no scientific record of a skin condition—particularly one this pronounced—anywhere in the literature. While the observation is still debated, several characteristics support the newborn hypothesis: an underdeveloped dorsal fin, unusually rounded pectoral fins, and a white, milky substance visibly sloughing off the body. The striations on the pectoral fins indicate it is possibly caused by the dermal denticles of the mother upon exit. The extra floppy fin also helps young sharks exit. Most recently, researchers from the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium expanded on our original hypothesis, suggesting that the whitish film observed on the shark was not intrauterine material, but embryonic epithelium. Their conclusion was published in Environmental Biology of Fishes and was informed by necropsies of pregnant salmon sharks, whose newborn pups were documented with a similar whitish coating. Because salmon sharks are closely related to white sharks, the researchers propose that the substance observed on this shark is likely the same—further supporting the interpretation that this was a newborn white shark. The images to support their claim are uncanny in resemblance. I always get questions about the size. While the media used the upper most conservative size estimate of 5 feet, an estimate we gathered with the help of a mathematics expert from Scripps and the drone manufacturer engineers, I personally believe the correct size to be on the smaller side of the estimate of 3.2 feet. It is striking to see the shark shed the substance so quickly and appear to turn darker by the minute. I was able to get a 90% pixel-pattern match on a shark I suspect to be the same shark just 28 days later. One of my missions every day is to continue to find the breadcrumbs and clues that will eventually lead to an actual birth. Tall order. But with enough patience and dedication. It will come. At the very least, we will see some exciting things!

In this video, we go behind the scenes in search for great white sharks at one of Los Angeles's most popular beaches. I also document some unbelievable behavior.

It's January in Los Angeles and there are great white sharks on some of its busiest beaches! In this video, I sit down with Dr. Phil Sternes in search of great white sharks along one of Los Angeles' busiest beaches. This is a quick look at my equipment, and the process of searching for sharks. I also conduct a research trial for a study Phil and I are conducting at the moment. 📸 Follow My Journey: Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/themalibuartist Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/TheMalibuArtist Website → https://www.themalibuartist.com 🎵 Music licensed through Soundstripe MERCH STORE: Check out my latest designs. https://themalibuartist-shop.fourthwa... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your support is greatly appreciated on this channel. Please visit my Patreon page to support more videos like this. Or join my YouTube Crew or Explorer Membership. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For all footage licensing inquiries please reach out directly to me via the contact form on my website. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 🌊 About The Malibu Artist I’m Carlos Gauna, wildlife cinematographer and storyteller. My goal is to explore how we see the ocean’s most misunderstood predators — and to show the wild, unfiltered moments that happen just beyond the surf. DISCLAIMER: I'm NOT a marine biologist. As with all YouTube content, I encourage independent verification of facts via official scientific and trustworthy sources. I will strive to post citations for any information I discuss here whenever possible. My goal is to use photography and drones to bring awareness to wildlife and the nature around us. I welcome collaborations with scientists to bring cinematic elements to the educational presentation. If my drone work can assist in the study of these animals, please reach out to me.

Great White Sharks LIVE Stream from my Drone. Depending on conditions, LIVE streams will vary. I will try to go LIVE once I've found a shark to make this feed more active and enjoyable. Most footage will be sharks just swimming, but occasionally, we should see something special. Your support is greatly appreciated on this channel. Please visit my Patreon page to support more videos like this. Or join my YouTube Crew or Explorer Membership..

Great White Sharks LIVE Stream from my Drone. Depending on conditions, LIVE streams will vary. I will try to go LIVE once I've found a shark to make this feed more active and enjoyable. Most footage will be sharks just swimming, but occasionally, we should see something special. Your support is greatly appreciated on this channel. Please visit my Patreon page to support more videos like this. Or join my YouTube Crew or Explorer Membership.