California resident Maxwell Fleming captured video of his friend Ryder jumping into the Pacific Ocean near the Channel Islands to take a swim with what they thought was a basking shark after they spotted it swimming close to their boat. After a few seconds, Ryder has misgivings and tries to make his way back to the boat.
Fleming too begins to panic and believes the shark might actually be a great white! They later got to inspect it further and came to the conclusion that it was a basking shark after all.