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Great white shark torpedoing cage divers caught on video

An American tourist has had a close call with a great white shark while cage diving on his honeymoon.

A bit too close for comfort. (YouTube)

A bit too close for comfort. (YouTube) Source: YouTube

A tourist has captured on video the moment a great white shark rams into the cage he is diving in off the coast of South Africa.

American tourist Spencer Riley  had a close call with a great white shark while cage diving on his honeymoon. (YouTube)
American tourist Spencer Riley had a close call with a great white shark while cage diving on his honeymoon. (YouTube) Source: YouTube

American Spencer Riley was cage diving on the coast at Gansbaai near Cape Town when one shark came in for a closer look at high speed.

The video shows Riley and a companion underwater in a cage before shark rams the front of the cage, its jaws almost touching Riley who exclaims “Holy s**t”.

The video which Riley took while on his honeymoon was posted to YouTube where it has attracted almost 100,000 views.


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