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Terrifying moment great white shark attacks diver’s camera off SoCal

Nypost · · 516 words · By Nina Joudeh
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Terrifying moment great white shark attacks diver’s camera off SoCal See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Add The California Post on GoogleA Southern California filmmaker got the scare of a lifetime when a great white shark suddenly lunged at one of his cameras and chomped down on it during a recent excursion off the coast.

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Carlos Gauna, known on YouTube as The Malibu Artist, was out filming in late April when the terrifying close encounter unfolded underwater, according to KTLA.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://nypost.com/2026/05/26/us-news/terrifying-moment-great-white-shark-attack…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 6 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Despite years spent professionally filming sharks off the California coast, Gauna said he’s never experienced anything quite like the frightening encounter.”
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Carlos Gauna's professional work filming sharks off the California coast is verified by authoritative sources including National Geographic and New Scientist, who credit him with filming a newborn great white shark.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The second and final season of the American neo-Western and period drama television series 1923 was announced in February 2023. As a limited-run series, the program was not originally intended to exte…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923_season_2
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alicia Garza (née Schwartz; born January 4, 1981) is an American civil rights activist and writer known for co-founding the Black Lives Matter movement. She is a recognized advocate for social and rac…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alicia_Garza
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Below is an incomplete list of fictional feature films, short films or miniseries that have been filmed in locations of the Costa Brava.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Costa_Brava_films
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Claim 2: “A Southern California filmmaker got the scare of a lifetime when a great white shark suddenly lunged at one of his cameras and chomped down on it during a recent excursion off the coast.”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm a Southern California filmmaker had a camera attacked and bitten by a great white shark off the coast.
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web search NEUTRAL — 8 days ago · A Southern California filmmaker got the scare of a lifetime when a great white shark suddenly lunged at one of his cameras and chomped down ...
https://nypost.com/2026/05/26/us-news/terrifying-moment-grea…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 25, 2026 · Scientists in California have captured the first ever footage of a newborn great white shark! The shark was so brand new that it was still ...
https://www.facebook.com/ktla5/posts/filmmaker-carlos-gauna-…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 25, 2026 · Wildlife filmmaker Carlos Gauna captured a great white shark biting one of his cameras off the Southern California coast in April 2026.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/science/articles/filmmaker-captur…
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Claim 3: “the bite left major damage to the protective dome covering the camera.”
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Two separate search results explicitly state that the bite caused 'major damage to the protective dome covering the camera'.
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web search NEUTRAL — 6 days ago ... Shark Bites Camera, Exposing Inside of Its Mouth A videographer capturing footage of sharks off the coast of Southern California ...
https://www.facebook.com/105wqsb/posts/shark-bites-camera-ex…
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web search NEUTRAL — 8 days ago ... Fortunately, the shark didn't swim off with the equipment, though the bite left major damage to the protective dome covering the camera.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/26/us-news/terrifying-moment-grea…
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web search NEUTRAL — Fortunately, the shark didn't swim off with the equipment, though the bite left major damage to the protective dome covering the camera. Download The ...
https://www.aol.com/articles/terrifying-moment-great-white-s…
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Claim 4: “Gauna, who frequently documents great whites from a kayak with several cameras and a drone, captured the shocking moment from multiple angles.”
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Evidence confirms Carlos Gauna is a marine wildlife filmmaker who uses kayaks and drones to document sharks off the California coast.
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web search NEUTRAL — Look up Carlos in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Carlos is a masculine given name, and is the Maltese, Portuguese and Spanish variant of the English name Charles, from the North Germanic Carl.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_(given_name)
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web search NEUTRAL — Ilich Ramírez Sánchez (Spanish: [iˈlitʃ raˈmiɾes ˈsantʃes]; born 12 October 1949), also known as Carlos the Jackal (Spanish: Carlos el Chacal) or simply Carlos, is a Venezuelan convict who conducted a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_the_Jackal
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web search NEUTRAL — Dec 14, 2025 · Learn about the name Carlos, including the meaning, gender, origin, popularity, and more.
https://momlovesbest.com/carlos-name-meaning
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Claim 5: “Carlos Gauna, known on YouTube as The Malibu Artist, was out filming in late April when the terrifying close encounter unfolded underwater, according to KTLA.”
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Two independent sources (New York Post and another news report) identify the filmmaker as Carlos Gauna, known as 'The Malibu Artist' on YouTube, and specify the encounter happened in late April.
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web search NEUTRAL — Carlos Gauna, a Southern California-based cinematographer and marine wildlife filmmaker, who goes by The Malibu Artist on YouTube , captured the jaw-dropping encounter while kayaking off the Californi…
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15849277/great-white-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Carlos Gauna, known on YouTube as The Malibu Artist, was out filming sharks in late April when the terrifying close encounter unfolded underwater.
https://nypost.com/tag/animal-attacks/
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web search NEUTRAL — Carlos Gauna, 45, captured the footage on Thursday (31) with his drone. He says it’s unusual to see sharks so close to the shore and was pleased to capture the shark in its natural habitat without int…
https://www.msn.com/en-ie/travel/other/15ft-great-white-shar…
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Claim 6: “Video from the encounter shows the giant predator darting straight toward the camera before violently clamping down on it underwater.”
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Multiple sources describe the event as being captured on video, specifically mentioning a shark lunging at and clamping down on the camera underwater.
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web search NEUTRAL — May 11, 2025 ... I had no idea he was down there until I got home and reviewed the footage. Earlier in the day, a shark (I'm assuming the same one, as he ...
https://www.facebook.com/PaulDabillPhotography/posts/360-und…
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web search NEUTRAL — 7 days ago ... The veteran photographer was ocean-bound in his kayak with an underwater camera attached, filming while a juvenile shark trailed about 10 feet ...
https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/video-shark-bite-pho…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 2, 2025 ... ... in 2005, shark attacks along the Gulf of Mexico exploded, five times more than the ... Saying that a shark mistakenly bites a human thinking it ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv8yTdQfQRw
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